United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: CDKN Project and Communications Assistant

Organization: Overseas Development Institute
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 05 Sep 2014

****OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE****

****CDKN project and communications assistant****

****Contract: Fixed-term – until March 2016****

Salary: £21,184 – £26,791 pa

****Location: London****

****Ref: CEP/12/14****

****ODI is the UK’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.****

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is a flagship programme designed to help decision-makers in developing countries tackle climate change.

It provides high-quality research, cutting-edge technical assistance and knowledge and partnership services to developing countries.

We are looking for a project and communications assistant to support the work of the Knowledge Management team, to communicate content effectively and influence development policy and practice.

Your responsibilities will include administration and expenditure tracking of knowledge management and communication projects. You will also provide support to the running of public events and will receive training in how to liaise with ODI and other partner organisations’ communications teams to ensure event and project announcements are up to date.

A key responsibility will be to manage CDKN’s newsletter subscribers list and monitor online services and publications.

****You will have:****

• A Bachelor’s degree (minimum)
• Experience providing administrative support in a project environment (essential)
• Experience tracking expenditure and reporting to donors (desirable)
• Excellent written English (to be tested as part of the applications process)
• Outstanding people skills and a friendly outgoing personality (essential)
• Good organisational skills and the ability to multitask (essential)
• The ability to work to strict deadlines and under pressure (essential)
• Record of writing blogs or newsletter articles (desirable)
• Interest in climate and development issues

****Closing date: 5 September 2014****

****Interview date: Week commencing 15 September 2014****

ODI is an equal opportunities employer Charity Reg. No.228248

How to apply:

For more information, please download an application pack from our website at www.odi.org.uk/jobs. If you are experiencing difficulties downloading, please telephone 020 7922 8234 /0351 or emailrecruitment@odi.org.uk.

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