About the Role
The Programme Manager is the operational lead of the Election Integrity Task Force (EITF), a multi-partner consortium project monitoring foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) in electoral contexts. This is a part-time role (~20h/week). The role requires someone equally comfortable managing budgets and logistics as engaging critically with information integrity content. GMR offers a flexible, mission-driven working environment with exposure to a range of projects across the global information integrity landscape.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and plan projects, managing day-to-day tasks and timelines across all project phases.
- Manage consortium partner coordination on operational matters.
- Prepare and follow up on internal coordination meetings.
- Flag and coordinate on strategic issues with the EITF Strategy & Editorial Lead.
- Lead on template, documentation, data, and information management.
- Manage deployment scoping, preparation, and operational support during active deployments.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for in-country teams on logistics and scheduling.
- Manage close-down processes and post-deployment documentation and debriefs.
- Monitor budgets and financial reporting, acting as the primary liaison with GMR Finance.
- Track deliverables and manage reporting calendars and documents to meet donor requirements.
- Draft donor reports for review and represent the EITF externally on donor matters as needed.
- Process and track invoices, reimbursements, and per diems.
- Manage bulletin and report production timelines, coordinating inputs.
- Maintain CRM and distribution list management in collaboration with Activity Leads.
- Support monitoring, evaluation, and learning data collection and tracking.
- Recruit, onboard, and manage contracts for deployment consultants.
- Ensure compliance with GMR HR and procurement processes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of proven experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects in international development or related fields.
- Background in information integrity, elections, journalism, or a related field.
- Familiarity with FIMI concepts required.
- Strong financial and compliance management skills.
- Experience with institutional donors, ideally including Global Affairs Canada or comparable bilateral funders.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities across time zones and partner organizations.
- Fluency in English.
- Proficiency in other languages is an asset.
- Familiarity with social media analytics tools, OSINT methodologies, and related research is desirable.
- Experience working in or with media, civil society, or electoral monitoring organizations is desirable.
- Experience with CRM or distribution tools (Brevo or similar) is desirable.
- Gender and inclusion awareness as applied to project implementation is desirable.
Skills
- Budget management
- Logistics management
- Information integrity content engagement
- Project coordination
- Timeline management
- Consortium coordination
- Meeting preparation and follow-up
- Template management
- Documentation management
- Data management
- Information management
- Deployment scoping
- Deployment preparation
- Operational support
- Financial reporting
- Donor compliance
- Deliverable tracking
- Reporting calendars
- Document management
- Donor report drafting
- External representation
- Invoice processing
- Reimbursement processing
- Per diem processing
- Bulletin production
- Report production
- CRM management
- Distribution list management
- Monitoring and evaluation data collection
- Learning data collection
- Performance measurement framework adherence
- Recruitment
- Onboarding
- Contract management
- HR process compliance
- Procurement process compliance
- FIMI concepts
- Social media analytics tools
- OSINT methodologies
- Media experience
- Civil society experience
- Electoral monitoring experience
- Brevo
- Gender awareness
- Inclusion awareness
Location
- Berlin
- Remote
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Part-time
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Benefits
- International collaboration within a dynamic, diverse, and highly experienced team.
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements, ideally with partial on-site presence in our Berlin office.
About the Company
- Global Media Registry (GMR) is a German non-profit social enterprise working at the intersection of media, technology, and regulation.
- GMR supports transparency, accountability, and pluralism in the media and information space, working with partner organisations, regulators, academia and civil society worldwide.
- The Election Integrity Task Force (EITF) is a rapid-response stabilization facility aimed at enabling local stakeholders to detect and respond to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) during election cycles.
- Through a combination of real-time monitoring, local capacity-building, and timely analytical publications, the EITF equips journalists, civil society actors, election observers, and public institutions with the intelligence and tools needed to safeguard electoral integrity.
- The EITF deploys country-specific Situation Rooms using the Bloom Social Analytics platform, supported by a roster of FIMI experts and local analyst teams.
- It operates as a consortium led by GMR (Germany), with partners International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES, United States) and Fondation Hirondelle (Switzerland), and is funded by Global Affairs Canada.
- GMR is non-profit based in Germany that aims to promote transparency and accountability in the information space.
- GMR’s flagship projects include the global ‘Media Ownership Monitor’ (MOM) and the ‘Global Media Identifier’ (GMI) industry standard setting initiative according to ISO.
