Location:	Vienna, Austria
Application Deadline:	4th of November 2021, 12.00 am CET
Type of Contract:	6 months fix contract
Post Level:	Junior
Languages Required:	English (Spanish, French; other languages are an advantage)

IUSY is looking for an employee for its Secretariat based in Vienna (Austria). 

As an employee of IUSY you are engaged in all our activities and will get very broad and intercultural coordination and management experience. You will also get a unique chance to study the world from a political and social perspective. 

IUSY Secretariat is a small team consisting of the Secretary-General who leads the work of the office and two Project Managers. The job is full-time, which might include frequent travel and work during activities that take place during the weekend or in the evenings. 

The Secretariat is located in Vienna, Austria and normally it is required that you are ready to move here.

In cooperation with the Secretary-General and the rest of the Secretariat, the employee assists in the management, preparation, and implementation of seminars, statutory meetings, study visits as well as other political initiatives. 

The employee will be assisting project managers in preparing funding applications, reporting activities, and assisting in coordination. 

In addition to the previously mentioned tasks, the employee will assist in the daily running of the Secretariat, such as answering emails and phones, updating the website and other administrative tasks that support the running of the office. 

Responsibilities: 

• Assisting project manager in the assigned project by maintaining the delivery of appropriate technical, operational, financial and administrative outputs,
• Assisting the coordination of the activities within the project,
• Assisting in preparation of project funding and reports 
• Assisting in office administration (emails, phone calls, updating various documents etc.)
• Assuming responsibilities in line with the office (Secretary General, Project Manager)

Competences 

Values 

• Aligning with IUSY values of solidarity, democracy, human rights, gender equality, social inclusion, social justice etc.
• Displaying sensitivity and adaptability in various cultural and socially constructed environments. 

Management and organisational skills

• Demonstrating tolerance for change, complexity and unpredictability
• Using initiative and making new ideas
• Demonstrating event organisation skills (conferences, seminars etc.)
• Focusing on details, meeting deadlines 

Communication skills 

• Having strong interpersonal and networking skills
• Demonstrating active listening skills
• Respecting differences in opinions

Technical skills

• Managing Microsoft Office Package 
• Office administration skills 

Languages

Fluent in written and spoken English. Good knowledge of Spanish or French is desirable, but not a requirement. German and other language skills can be an asset.

Conditions

IUSY offers a fixed-term contract for six months, (38,5 hours/week) that complies with the Austrian labour legislation pay scale grouping. IUSY operates a 14-month salary system. The salary is 2.500€ per month before taxation. 

The candidate should have a work permit for Austria or EU citizenship.

About IUSY

IUSY is an international NGO made up of about 150 socialist, social democratic and labour youth organisations from over 100 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 programs 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 organize 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 in to IUSY Secretariat at iusy@iusy.org by latest 4thNovember, 12am CET 2021.

The application should include the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Motivation Letter
• 1 reference letter
• National identification card or passport

Please refer in the subject of your email: IUSY JOB – (your name and surname)

Interviews will be held either in Vienna, Austria, or online via video conference. After the interviews, all candidates will be informed of the results. Only pre-selected candidates will be contracted for interviews.

The employee is expected to join the office right after acceptancy (preferably in the first half of November 2021) to help IUSY Secretariat with IUSY upcoming fundraising, reporting process, with ongoing and new activities. 

Contact:

Bruno Gonçalves

IUSY Secretary General.

Email: iusy@iusy.org CC: bruno.goncalves@iusy.org

Phone: +43 699 171 20 830