The Validity Foundation (formerly the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre – MDAC) is looking for a full-time Project Manager to join the team in our Budapest office on a fixed term, two-year contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for enhancing our organisation’s ability to create meaningful change for children with enhanced vulnerabilities in Europe. The Project Manager will be responsible for implementing a European Commission co-funded project on child-friendly criminal justice procedures in three EU countries.
Note: Candidates must hold the right to reside and work within the European Union; preference will be given to people who self-identify as having a disability. This position will be based at Validity’s headquarters in Budapest.
Validity Foundation
Validity is an international non-governmental human rights organisation that uses legal strategies to promote, protect and defend the human rights of people with mental disabilities. Based in Budapest, Hungary, we work throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Eastern and Southern Africa. For 18 years we have used strategic litigation, advocacy and other strategies to achieve systemic change for the better in the lives of people with mental disabilities.
Role Description
The position is a fixed term, two-year position to manage an EU co-funded, multi-country project. This project aims to improve access to justice for children with enhanced vulnerabilities in criminal justice systems across Europe. Focused on capacity-building legal and allied professionals, the project will take place in three different countries with expert partners focused on children with disabilities, children deprived of parental care and children in migration. The postholder will be responsible for overall coordination of the consortium, ensuring synergy between the workstreams and leading on international symposia and dissemination activities.
With a post-graduate degree and at least five-years relevant work experience, the position-holder will have a solid understanding of children’s rights, in particular the relevant EU acquis regarding the procedural rights of child victims and suspects in criminal procedures. A strategic thinker and solution-oriented, s/he will be flexible, creative, well-organised and analytical. S/he will be at ease leading a large, multi-lingual team, excellent at building and maintaining partnerships, and confident working independently with limited supervision. The post-holder will have strong project management skills and experience and proven ability to successfully complete complex projects, including budget management.
Qualifications and experience
· Post-graduate degree in law, a social science discipline, public policy or related field (or a minimum of five years relevant professional experience)
· A minimum of five years relevant experience working in the fields of children’s rights, disability rights and/or access to justice
· Proven track-record of successful project management
· Prior experience in managing projects co-funded by the European Union, including familiarity with the Commission’s Participant Portal
· Demonstrable prior significant professional decision-making authority
· Minimum two-years regional or international experience
· Experience supervising an assistant or volunteers
· Desirable: Management or project management qualification (such as an MBA, Prince, PMP qualification or other)
· Desirable: Experience creating professional tools and materials for professionals in the field of access to justice
Knowledge and skills
· Strong understanding of children’s rights and international law, and relevant EU directives relating to child victims and suspects of crime
· Superior English language skills and ability to draft and edit documents, including editing the work of non-native English speakers to publication standard
· Strong project management knowledge and skills, in particular, cost, scope, schedule and risk management
· Performance management skills
· Substantive knowledge of criminal justice processes, child friendly justice standards, access to justice and/or victim support
· Excellent networking and partner management skills
· Outstanding interpersonal skills and communication skills, including when working remotely
· Ability to condense complex information into clear messages for a wide variety of audiences, including at short notice
· Ability to work with complex budgets and ensure compliance with strict financial rules
· Ability to manage own work processes and deadlines with minimal supervision
· Excellent computer literacy skills
· Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation processes
· Demonstrated analytical skills and a strategic thinker
Personal attributes
· Strong commitment to personal and professional development, including the ability to actively seek feedback
· Thrives when handling challenging situations
· A positive approach to developing professional relationships that encourages openness, transparency and a collaborative ethic
· Solution-oriented and resourceful
· Clear commitment to Validity’s mission, vision and organisational values
Salary range: EUR 28,000 – 32,000 gross per year, subject to experience (actual salary will be denominated in Hungarian Forints – HUF)
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