Administration Officer NGO Job Open Society Foundations

Role Purpose

Responsibilities of this role could include logistics support, events management, schedule management, preparing briefing materials, presentations, contracts administration, credit card reporting, and travel arrangements.

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Key Responsibilities

• Manage a wide range of administrative and executive support tasks, including events management and logistics support.
• Assist with events management, workshops, and other logistical aspects, with limited supervision.
• Support the President with administrative functions, including coordinating schedules, travel arrangements, planning complex stakeholder meetings/events, and researching/arranging logistics.
• Serve as a critical communications liaison between the Office of President, and the OSF Network as a whole, exercising considerable discretion and working under limited supervision
• Generate and prepare a variety of materials in advance of routine and special engagements, preparing briefing materials, meeting agendas and logistics notes, presentations, and reports as needed
• Take notes in meetings and supports project management as required.
• Support management of contracts and vendors for local outsourcing where needed to ensure alignment with global policies
• Perform other tasks and responsibilities as required, demonstrating resourcefulness and self-motivation with the ability to work independently and creatively solve problems.

Qualifications

• Commitment to listening and working with humility; ways of working that are respectful to all people; and that support space and voice for all diverse perspectives in our workplace
• Demonstrates commitment to OSF’s core values of humility, commitment, collaboration, respect, inclusivity, and integrity
• Willingness to adjust working hours to include calls and discussions with colleagues and vendors located in various geographic regions
• Commitment to continuous learning and growth in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, antiracism and social justice
• Managing Change – Ability and skill to demonstrate a change mindset as well as plan, execute and monitor activities during times of change whilst keeping performance levels up
• Able to build consensus with diverse audiences/stakeholders
• Possesses cultural sensitivity to work respectfully and effectively in different settings

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