Project Officer At Bread for the World

Start of contract: 01.01.2025
(local contract with a term until 31.01.2026 for a work permit)

The project officer’s work focuses on financial cooperation to
civil society organizations in Central America with a primary focus on El Salvador.

The area of ​​responsibility of the position includes:

• Planning, directing and monitoring financial cooperation actions in
  conjunction with partner organizations and in coordination with the management of the
  regional office.
• Evaluation and documentation of ongoing and completed projects.
• Review of project requests with respect to programmatic and
  regional needs, preparation of approval proposals to request the respective funds
• Budgetary responsibility and financial processing of projects.
• Dialogue with partner organizations in Spanish, combined with regular
  work trips to Central America.
• Close coordination with the working units responsible for
  financial cooperation of Brot für die Welt in Berlin.

You meet the following requirements:

• Completed university academic degree or comparable qualification in the
  relevant subject
• At least three years of professional experience in international development cooperation
• Good ability in the area of ​​project management and financial management
• Very good knowledge of Spanish, knowledge of German and/or English is an advantage
• Ability to think innovatively and strategically and to work in an
  intercultural team
• Commitment, initiative and responsibility for work
• Intercultural and gender competence
• Reflect Christian values ​​in daily activities
• Good knowledge of current MS Office programs and digital tools and
  willingness to learn special programs for project work.

We offer you a local contract with a competitive salary between US$2,768 and US$2,952
gross/worker (according to our salary schedule), flexible working hours (with one day of teleworking per week) and 20 days of vacation/personal enjoyment in an international work
team .