Project Assistant
At Nelson Mandela’s personal request, the MAMAS Children’s Fund was established 24 years ago to help the most vulnerable children in South Africa. The MAMAS Children’s Fund is perhaps the most modern and inclusive fund of its kind. Since our founding, we have believed in our local partners (strong women); they know best and determine what is needed locally. MAMAS know best!
Job Opening: Project Assistant at the MAMAS Children's Fund (28 hours)
“Fighting poverty is never charity. It is, at most, justice!” (Nelson
(Mandela)
At the personal request of Nelson Mandela, the MAMAS Children’s Fund wasestablished 24 years agoto help the most vulnerable children in South Africa. The MAMAS Children’s Fund isperhaps the most modern and inclusive fund of its kind. Since our founding,we have believed inour local partners (strong women); they know best and determine whatisneeded locally. MAMAS know best!
About the MAMAS Children's Fund
In South Africa, hundreds of strong women work tirelessly every day tofree the most vulnerablechildren from the prison of poverty. We affectionately call them MAMAS.Every day,theyprovide 77,712 children with care, food, education, medical care, and, above all, lots oflove. The MAMAS Children’s Fund supports these amazing women through long-term financialaid and by sharing knowledge.
Purpose of the position
The “projects team” consists of a project portfolio manager in the Netherlands and a countryrepresentative in South Africa, and we are looking for a project assistant whocan handle project administration and supportinastructuredmanner. Together with your colleagues, you will be responsible for providing optimal support to theMAMAS and their organizations in South Africa and ensuring optimal accountability to ourdonors in the Netherlands.You will be in direct contact with the MAMAS in South Africa toensure thatthecollaboration with Kinderfonds MAMAS runs as smoothly as possible. In this way, youwillhelp themmake a difference for the children in their programs.
What you will be doing
- Project Support: You take a proactive approach to process planning. You understand howchanges to schedules or policies impact ongoing processes andknowhowto anticipate them. In addition, you process data from reports in GoogleSheets for data analysis purposes.
- Administrative tasks: communicating with MAMAS regardingproject administration, sending reports, drafting contracts, andmaintainingrecords, including financial records. You know exactly what informationisstillmissing, who still has an outstanding question, and whereto findthe latest correspondence regarding adonation.
- Preparing for colleagues’ project trips: keeping track of the schedule,coordinating visitswith the MAMAS, and gathering and preparing the necessary documents. Youensure that your colleagues set off worry-free and fully prepared.
- Other duties: providing flexible support to the team, for example duringpeak periods and holiday seasons in donor administration. Assisting withevent preparations, such as the biennial conference in South Africa.You take ownership and proactively suggest solutions toachievethe bestresults.
What do you bring to the table?
- You are proactive and work with precision, in a highly organized and systematic manner.
- You are culturally sensitive (open to the South African way of working andcommunicating) and feel comfortable in a small team wherecollaboration and personal input are important.
- Dutch and English are required for this position.
- You are proficient in Excel (experience with Google Workspace is a plus) and havea knack for numbers.
What do we offer?
A socially meaningful job in a pleasant workplace in the heart of Laren (North Holland) as part ofan ambitious and entrepreneurial team where diversity is in our DNA. There is plenty of roomfor your own input and opportunities for further professional development. Our international teamconsists of nine Dutch colleagues in Laren and eight South African colleagues inJohannesburg. Days off on regular holidays can be exchanged for your ownimportant days. We offer a 6-month employment contract, with the intentionof converting it to a permanent position upon satisfactory performance; a competitivesalary based on guidelines from Goede Doelen Nederland, with a phone andtravel allowance.
Leave a comment
Applications must be submitted by May 7. Please email your resume and cover letter to Marita Pruijser atmarita@kinderfondsmamas.nl. Tell us why you want to work for Kinderfonds MAMASand provide a specific example of how youworkin a structured and precisemanner. We look forward to hearing from you!
We do not welcome unsolicited sales calls regarding this advertisement.
