Project Instruction and Monitoring Officer

Based in Genève, our client is a foundation supporting the work of organisations in international Genève. In order to strengthen its team, it has entrusted us with the recruitment of a

Project Instruction and Monitoring Officer

Contribute to projects that strengthen international Genève

Your responsibilities

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you examine funding requests, from the concept note to the decision, and provide transversal support to the team in the preparation of files and the monitoring of validated projects. You analyze submitted files, examine the budgets and financial statements of project holders and their partners, and evaluate the relevance of each request in relation to the foundation's purpose. You draft instruction sheets intended for the foundation's bodies and contribute to the preparation of donation contracts. As a direct interlocutor for project holders, you collect the necessary information and clarify project elements, with a constant concern for the interest of international Genève. You participate in setting up the monitoring of supported projects (interim and annual reports, impact measures) and contribute to the development of the foundation's tools, notably the application management platform. You occasionally provide support for administrative tasks and act as a source of proposals to evolve methods and processes.

Your profile

Holding a bachelor's or a master's degree in international relations, management, or a degree deemed equivalent, you have at least five years of professional experience within an international organisation, an NGO, or another actor in international Genève, whose news you follow and whose actors you know. Complementary experience in project or programme management, consulting, or performance management constitutes a real asset. You question the feasibility of a project in view of its deadlines and resources. Comfortable with numbers, you know how to read a budget and annual accounts and identify points of attention. Discreet, rigorous, and autonomous, you write with ease and exchange easily with interlocutors of all levels. You appreciate working in a small team and demonstrate adaptability in the face of situations, priorities, and working methods that are likely to evolve. You have perfect command of French and have a very good level of English.

This position is remunerated according to class 18 of the State of Genève salary scale.

It is to be filled for a limited duration of 3 and a half years.

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