Senior Project Coordinator - Thomson Reuters Foundation
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London, England, United Kingdom
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12/16/2024
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The Thomson Reuters Foundation is offering an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Coordinator to join our Programmes Team and support the delivery of new project in the Labour Right portfolio. In this role, you'll work alongside the Portfolio Lead to ensure the successful delivery of the Foundation and project’s objectives.
The Senior Project Coordinator will be expected to provide cross-cutting operational and administrative support to ensure the successful delivery of the project activities, as well as taking the lead in aspects of project cycle management. The successful candidate will be a proactive self-starter with existing experience of project coordination, an appetite to further develop project management skills, and a willingness to work flexibly to meet the demands of the project.
The ideal candidate must be able to communicate effectively and have good problem-solving skills. You will be able to juggle multiple demands to support the project, arranging logistics, providing administrative and financial support, ensuring all records are kept up to date and financial data is kept on track and logged. You will be working on Microsoft Outlook and Excel as well as in Salesforce to ensure our contact databases are up-to-date. Occasional travel may be required to Southeast Asia.
Please note, this is a fixed-term contract until December 2026.
About The Role
As a Senior Project Coordinator at the Thomson Reuters Foundation you will:
To be our Senior Project Coordinator, you will likely have:
At the Thomson Reuters Foundation, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique media and legal services to drive systemic change.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on https://thomsonreuters.com.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is offering an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Coordinator to join our Programmes Team and support the delivery of new project in the Labour Right portfolio. In this role, you'll work alongside the Portfolio Lead to ensure the successful delivery of the Foundation and project’s objectives.
The Senior Project Coordinator will be expected to provide cross-cutting operational and administrative support to ensure the successful delivery of the project activities, as well as taking the lead in aspects of project cycle management. The successful candidate will be a proactive self-starter with existing experience of project coordination, an appetite to further develop project management skills, and a willingness to work flexibly to meet the demands of the project.
The ideal candidate must be able to communicate effectively and have good problem-solving skills. You will be able to juggle multiple demands to support the project, arranging logistics, providing administrative and financial support, ensuring all records are kept up to date and financial data is kept on track and logged. You will be working on Microsoft Outlook and Excel as well as in Salesforce to ensure our contact databases are up-to-date. Occasional travel may be required to Southeast Asia.
Please note, this is a fixed-term contract until December 2026.
About The Role
As a Senior Project Coordinator at the Thomson Reuters Foundation you will:
- Work closely with the Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead to monitor the project plan and deliverables, keeping documents updated as and when change takes place.
- Keep track of examples of impact and contribute to report writing.
- Contribute to the budget oversight through monitoring of project expenses and tracking budget allocations as necessary. Collaborate with finance teams to ensure financial compliance.
- Take lead in the management of key project partners ensuring partners adhere to project plan and financial and narrative reporting and receive support when required.
- Provide direct support to Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead in setting up and managing vendors/consultants, conducting procurement as per policy, booking logistics and conducting project financial administration.
- Working closely with the Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead, coordinate the work commitments/contractual obligations of the project consultants.
- Perform data capture and maintain database.
- Provide logistical support for remote and in-person activities including workshops and mentoring schemes.
- Coordinate activities with Expose the Flows project team members, including those from other departments, such as Trust Law and internal functions (finance, comms, etc.) external contractors and partner organisations, where relevant.
- Support the Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead in coordinating and facilitating inputs to the project Board.
- Support knowledge capture, ensuring that we document our networks, relationships and ongoing conversations systematically.
- Support the Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead in identification of potential and emerging risks and issues which could impact the successful delivery of the project. Escalate critical concerns. Contribute to development of mitigation strategies.
- Participate in designated meetings with internal and external stakeholders, conferences and events and feedback information to the team.
- Support knowledge sharing and learning for the programmes team by sharing lessons learnt and contributing to discussions to increase wider team understanding.
To be our Senior Project Coordinator, you will likely have:
- Around 2 years’ working experience.
- Prior experience in a relevant role building relationships across organisations with common goals, and working constructively with a diverse range of people.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work with changing priorities and time pressures.
- High motivation with ability to work independently or in a team environment.
- A pro-active self-starting and problem-solving attitude, including paying attention to detail and being good on follow-through.
- Experience of administrative or finance processes and excellent numerical skills.
- Competency in Word, Teams, Outlook and Excel. Experience with databases (e.g. Salesforce) would be an advantage.
- Fluency in English.
- Understanding of media capacity building would be beneficial
At the Thomson Reuters Foundation, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:
- Global Perspective and Impact: Interested in working for a dynamic global organization with a focus on social impact? With hubs all over the world from Bangkok to Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, join a truly international team with a shared goal of helping to build societies around the world that are free, fair and informed.
- A Unique Approach: Our expertise in media and the law is world class; we combine the power of both to address the critical issues faced by humanity.
- Our Relevance: With a focus on advancing media freedom, fostering more inclusive economies and promoting human rights, our work has never been more needed than right now.
- Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits.
- Learning & Development: We are dedicated to the continual professional development of our employees and offer access to both in-house and external training opportunities.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique media and legal services to drive systemic change.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on https://thomsonreuters.com.
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