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Job opening at ESI: Administrative Assistant

Would you like to work for the European Stability Initiative (ESI), a small but influential European think-tank? We need administrative support in the day-to-day running of our projects and activities. This is a full-time employed position in Berlin under German law. We offer a stimulating and fast-paced environment, and involvement in the planning and running of ESI projects.

Responsibilities:

• coordinating meetings and schedules;
• making travel arrangements;
• routine correspondence by phone, email and letters;
• preparing advocacy and programme materials;
• organising events;
• maintaining up-to-date programme and financial files as well as address lists and the database of contacts;
• public outreach, liaising through social media;
• managing internship and job applications;
• preparing basic facts for reports to ESI donors; and
• providing any other administrative and logistical support that the chairman, the office manager and the programme staff may require.

Qualifications:

• Oral and written fluency in German and English;
• Work experience in providing administrative support of the type mentioned above;
• Excellent organisational skills, capacity to take initiative and provide support pro-actively, to prioritise duties, and to work independently while functioning as a member of a team;
• Capacity to work under pressure and to meet deadlines;
• Interest in ESI's work and mission (see www.esiweb.org);
• Written and oral communications skills (in both German and English);
• Computer, internet research and database skills;
• Basic understanding of HTML and content management systems desirable.

Please submit your application (a CV and a letter of motivation) by Sunday, 15 September 2019, via email to: vacancies@esiweb.org. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask by writing to the same address!