IUSY is looking for a Project Manager for our secretariat. As a Project Manager of IUSY, you will be engaged in all our activities and will get broad and multicultural project management experience. You will also get a unique chance to engage with the world from a political and social perspective.

The IUSY Secretariat is a small team consisting of the Secretary General, who leads the work, and three project managers. The job is full time, including frequent travel and work during weekends. The Secretariat is located in Vienna, Austria, and it is a requirement that you move and live there. We hope that you are ready to start working at the end of August/beginning of September at the latest.

In cooperation with the Secretary General and the rest of the secretariat, the Project Manager will assist in the management, preparation and running of seminars, statutory meetings and other political initiatives set out by IUSY. The Project Manager is responsible for the IUSY global project, a cooperation between IUSY, the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (SSU) and the Olof Palme International Center (OPC).

The Project Manager will be responsible for project and funding applications, as well as reporting. In addition to the previous mentioned tasks, the Project Manager will assist with the daily running of the secretariat, such as answering emails and phones, updating the website and whatever else the Secretary General needs to run the office.

Responsibilities:

• To generate ideas for developing the global project
• Responsible for reporting of grant funding and narrative reporting related to the global project
• Responsible for arranging activities that are outlined in the project description, in co-operation with the Secretary General, Presidium, IUSY member organisations and other actors
• Responsible for preparing and organising international campaigns together with the Secretary General, Presidium and the project manager responsible for communications
• Administrative office tasks

Requirements:

• Respect the values of IUSY
• Have interest in human rights, democracy building and international solidarity
• Capacity to organise conferences, run programme, campaigns, seminars and trainings
• Capacity to work in a team as well as individually and in the multicultural atmosphere of IUSY
• Excellent attention to details and highly organised; ability to meet deadlines
• Be ready to be flexible in terms of working hours and able to work under time pressure
• Interpersonal skills
• Creative with a strong mind for ideas for new projects and campaigns
• Keeps up to date with latest developments in relevant organisations with focus on projects and funding
• Fluent in written and spoken English; a good knowledge in French is desirable, but not a requirement

Technical skills

• Advance knowledge of content management systems
• Managing Microsoft Office package
• Prior knowledge and use of analytical tools and software including Google Analytics
• A strong understanding and experience of working with applying for projects

Conditions

IUSY offers a full time open contract (38,5 hours/week) that complies with the Austrian labour legislation pay scale grouping. IUSY operates a 14-month salary system. The salary is 2.300€ per month before tax (two months’ salary are given in July and December).

About IUSY

IUSY is an international NGO made up of about 138 socialist, social democratic and labour youth organisations from over 93 countries all over the world. IUSY is the world’s biggest political youth organisation.

Our international organisation has over 100 years of experience in running activities for promotion of our principles and ideas of young people for political solutions to issues and challenges of pressing concern in their societies. Our activities include short- and long-term programmes aiming at strengthening youth organisations through education and cooperation, empowering young people for active participation in social and political life through seminars, conferences and debates, increasing equal participation of underrepresented groups of young people and providing a global platform for cooperation and exchange of ideas of young people through world youth festivals, global campaigns and global communication platforms. We organise activities all over the world; conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops, trainings, study visits and festivals. We believe in a world based on equality, sustainability and solidarity. We want young people to be able to shape their own future. Therefore the struggle for democracy and human rights comes first for us!

Applications should be sent to the IUSY Secretary General (iusy@iusy.org) by 20 July 2016 at latest.

The application should include the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae
• Motivation letter
• 2 references

Please write the subject of your email as: IUSY PM activity organiser – (your name)

Interviews will be held 25-29 July 2016 in Vienna, Austria. After the interviews, all candidates will be informed of the results.

The new staff member is expected to join the office in the end of August/beginning of September.

Contact:
IUSY Secretariat
iusy@iusy.org
+43 699 171 20 830