VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Capacity Development programme officer

Background  

The Global Campus of Human Rights is an inter-disciplinary centre of excellence supported by the European Union, by the foundation Right Livelihood, and other partner institutions, aiming at pursuing the continued promotion of human rights and democratisation through education, specialised trainings, and research cooperation worldwide through a network of regional academic partners. Its main headquarters are based in Venice-Lido, Italy (at the Monastery of San Nicolò) and the regional programmes headquarters are based in Argentina, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kirgizstan, Lebanon, South Africa, and Thailand.  

  

The Global Campus is seeking a qualified individual for the position of Programme Officer for its Capacity Development Programme. The Capacity Development Programme is an emerging pillar of the Global Campus work, which aim is contributing to the affirmation of human rights, democracy and sustainable development in least developed or developing countries, countries in transition, emerging democracies, and democracies under pressure, by supporting the creation or strengthening of human rights education and research activities of universities outside the GC network or in underrepresented regions. The Programme is consistent with objectives 4 (enlargement, both geographic and thematic), 6 (empowerment of women and youth) and 2 (digitalization) of the GC Vision and Mission and enhances GC’s identity of a “network in action”, working at the crossroad between academia and the cooperation for development sector.  

Job description 

The position is results-oriented and tasks-based; its tasks will mainly concentrate on assisting in the planning and implementation of the projects anchored to the Programme, which focus on capacity building actions in partner universities and include curriculum development work, organization of training, seminars and exchange programmes, as well as engaging in communication, outreach and networking initiatives. The Officer will work closely with the Head of the Capacity Development Unit as member of the staff of the Global Campus Headquarters in Venice–Lido, will be linked to HQ transversal departments (above all Finance), to the relevant GC Regional Hubs, as well as to the projects’ teams at the university/partner where actions are implemented.  

 

The position includes the following duties: 

- work in cooperation with the Head of Unit and projects’ teams for the successful implementation of the programme’s actions 

- support the daily management of the actions, including promotion, reporting and administrative aspects 

- assist staff, experts, students and participants in all logistics related to their participation in projects’ activities 

- facilitate the smooth cooperation with all HQ transversal departments involved (mostly Finance) before, during and after each activities; 

- Support reporting duties 

 

and will envisage the application of the following skills: 

- creativity, innovation, critical thinking, intellectual risk 

- project planning and delivery; risk management 

- team working 

- communication and dissemination 

- engagement and impact, institutional diplomacy 

 

The list summarizes the main features of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. 

  

Qualifications and Requirements  

 

Expected 

- Post-graduate/master-level degree in the field of human rights and democratisation 

- Full proficiency of written and spoken Italian and English 

- Early-career experience in assistance to international projects 

- Familiarity with project management methodology of EU financial instruments 

- Strong familiarity with EU and UN institutions, and their functioning 

- Strong computer literacy and comfort with digital communication and collaboration tools (incl. conferencing platforms, LMS, cloud storage systems, Microsoft tools and other relevant project management applications). 

- Excellent communication, diplomatic and networking skills suited to a multinational and multicultural environment 

- Strong organisational and time management skills 

- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines  

- Collegiality and willingness to work as part of a team 

- Full commitment to the Global Campus values  

 

Desired  

- Study or Work experience in Eastern Europe, Eurasia or the Asia Pacific 

- Familiarity with functioning of academic mobility schemes  

- Knowledge of any of the languages utilized in current projects (Romanian, Russian, Urdu, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia, Tetum). 

 

Employment Conditions 

The position allows for the work to be mostly performed remotely, with regular visit to HQ, and occasional missions to project locations. The person is anyway asked to be based in Venice, or in close locations to Venice, from which commuting to Venice-Lido is reasonable. Applicant must possess working permit in Italy and the EU.  

 

Starting date: January 2025 

Contract duration: 12 months with possibility of extension 

Contract: contract of continued and coordinated collaboration (co.co.co) 

Salary: amount to be based on seniority and qualifications 

 

Application and Selection Procedure 

  

Please send a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and detailed curriculum vitae in English, inclusive of names, positions and contacts of two referees, by  December 4th, 2024 (12pm CET) to the Global Campus Administrative Director, Elisabetta Noli, elisabetta.noli@gchumanrights.org, and to capacitydevelopment@gchumanrights.org  

 

Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview to be organized online between December 9th-20th via Microsoft Teams.  

  

Notice: GC is a global human rights organisation which aims at building an inclusive workforce with diverse backgrounds, cultures and perspectives. We encourage people of all ages, ethnicities, religions, gender identities, sexual orientation, disability to apply and are interested in receiving applications from those who are marginalized and underrepresented. 

 

*The vacancy is issued pending the confirmation of funding