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About the Role

DRI is seeking a Programme Coordinator with project management experience and a strong knowledge of civic participation and elections. This role requires diverse knowledge of the MENA region and a proactive, team-oriented approach. It offers a unique opportunity to combine coordination and content work focused on democracy, elections, and civic participation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and provide oversight to all phases of programme implementation in accordance with project proposals, donor requirements, and DRI policy.
• Ensure programme planning, development, monitoring, and updating of work plans.
• Oversee effective delivery of programme activities and fulfillment of reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with relevant financial, procurement, and reporting procedures.
• Develop new programme ideas and proposals and liaise with donors.
• Ensure close coordination and effective communication between country teams and DRI management.
• Work closely with DRI’s country offices and teams in project countries and across DRI’s Berlin office.
• Monitor compliance and ensure quality delivery of project workplans and expenditure.
• Support and advise on the development of project implementation plans, activity implementation, and monitoring.
• Ensure quality of and contribute to project publications and other communication products.
• Provide support and check compliance regarding hiring, procurement, contracting, and asset management.
• Ensure quality reporting of relevant project donor reports.
• Support and advise country office staff and project teams in developing and implementing fundraising strategies.
• Support and advise on project development, including concept notes, full proposals, and activity budgets.
• Draft and review concept notes and proposals for donors, and facilitate donor communication and outreach.
• Represent DRI at donor and partner meetings and relevant project events in Berlin.
• Conduct regular travel to country offices and project locations to support operations and programmes.
• Facilitate exchange of information, knowledge, and lessons between country offices, project teams, and HQ.
• Carry out research and analysis on project-relevant trends and issues.
• Propose adjustments to projects in response to developments and ensure project risk analysis and mitigation.
• Keep supervisor and colleagues informed of relevant developments and discuss response options.
• Ensure development and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) plans.
• Ensure mainstreaming of gender and diversity in projects.
• Support and advise on implementation and oversight of security policy, risk mitigation, and emergency planning.
• Support and advise country directors and project leads in day-to-day management, including organizational development and staff management.
• Act as a focal point on assigned technical and thematic issues.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• At least four years of experience in project coordination or management with international organizations or NGOs.
• University degree in international relations, political science, law, social sciences, or a related field.
• Previous work experience in democracy, elections, and governance.
• Experience in coordinating complex multi-year projects, developing project proposals, and outreach to funding partners.
• Knowledge of and experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) within the project management cycle.
• Excellent written and oral communication and negotiation skills.
• Proactive, flexible, organized, and self-sufficient approach to tasks.
• Ability to work in an international, multicultural setting.
• Creative thinking, innovation, and willingness to experiment with new approaches.
• Demonstrated understanding of gender equality, diversity, and inclusion, and ability to mainstream these in projects.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other project tracking tools.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Full professional fluency in English.
• Working knowledge of Arabic.

Skills

• Project coordination
• Project management
• Civic participation
• Elections
• MENA region knowledge
• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Content work
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
• Learning (MEL)
• Proposal development
• Donor relations
• Financial compliance
• Procurement procedures
• Reporting
• Fundraising strategies
• Budgeting
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Research
• Analysis
• Risk management
• Gender mainstreaming
• Diversity mainstreaming
• Inclusion mainstreaming
• Security policy oversight
• Risk mitigation
• Emergency planning
• Organizational development
• Staff management
• Microsoft Office
• Project activity tracking tools
• Qualitative analysis
• Statistical computing software
• Databases

Location

• Berlin, Germany

Work Type

• Hybrid work model

Experience Level

• At least four years of experience

Education Level

• University degree in international relations, political science, law, social sciences, or a related field

Salary/Compensations

• 47,850 - 52,200 €

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid work model
• 30 days of annual leave
• Contribution to public transport (company ticket with BVG)
• Vocational training for every employee
• Comprehensive onboarding
• Regular team events (yearly retreat, BBQ, etc.)

About the Company

• Democracy Reporting International (DRI) is a non-partisan, independent, not-for-profit organisation registered in Berlin.
• DRI promotes the political participation of citizens, accountability of state bodies, and the development of democratic institutions worldwide.
• DRI’s programme and knowledge team works on democracy-related issues across the EU, Eastern Partnership countries, MENA and Sub-Sahara Africa, with collaborations also in Asia and Latin America.
• Thematically, our work centers on enabling public participation, with a specific focus on youth and women, protecting the rule of law, ensuring the integrity of electoral processes, strengthening local governance, reducing polarization, and promoting democratic innovation.
• The team is also closely collaborating with DRI’s digital democracy unit, which deals with issues of political disinformation, hate speech, algorithms, and platform design.
• Democracy Reporting International (DRI) is an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization committed to political participation and democratic governance around the world.
• DRI headquarters (HQ) is located in Berlin; DRI has country offices in Tunisia, Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ukraine, and works with local partners in a number of other countries.
• The working language is English.

Equal Opportunity

• DRI is committed to diversity and treats everybody equally, independent of gender identity, sex, pregnancy, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, age, ability, socio-economic status, political opinion (as long as respectful of democratic principles), or any other status protected by the laws in the locations where we operate.