United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Project Assistant

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

BRACED Project Assistant

Contract: Fixed-term – until March 2018

Salary: £21,608 – £27,327 pa

Location: London

Ref: CEP/03/15

ODI is the UK’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.

Climate change and the environment at ODI has grown significantly in the last four years, with interest in climate change in almost every programme in the Institute. the BRACED Knowledge Manager (a consortium of organisations delivering evidence and learning for climate resilience), which works to build evidence on what works to strengthen resilience and to improve policies and programmes by getting that evidence into use.

We are looking for a project assistant to provide administrative and coordination support for the Programme Management Unit of the BRACED Knowledge Manager.

Your responsibilities will include administration and tracking of BRACED management and communication projects. Key responsibilities will be:

Assisting the project manager in drafting and tracking of milestones and deliverables for 7 consortium partner organisations

• Supporting internal knowledge sharing processes with the BRACED Knowledge Manager consortium

• Supporting the production of knowledge management and PR materials

You will have:

• A Bachelor’s degree (minimum)
• Excellent written English and communication skills (essential)

• Interest in climate and development issues (essential)

• Outstanding people skills and a friendly outgoing personality (essential)

• Good organisational skills and the ability to multitask (essential)

• The ability to work to strict deadlines (essential)

• Experience providing administrative support in a project environment (desirable)

• French language skills (desirable)

Closing date: 15^th December 2015

Interview date: 6^th January 2016

ODI is an equal opportunities employer Charity Reg. No.228248

For more information, please download an application pack from our website at www.odi.org.uk/jobs. If you are experiencing difficulties downloading, please telephone 020 7922 8234/0351 or email recruitment@odi.org.uk.**