Project Associate (m/f/d)

  • Full Time

  • Hybrid

  • Alt-Moabit 96, 10559 Berlin

  • With Professional Experience

  • 11/11/26

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S) is currently seeking a Project Associate (m/f/d) within the Projects Team to support the implementation of a new three-year, multi-country project funded by the European Union (DG ENEST), Building Regional Integrity and Democratic Governance in the Western Balkans and Türkiye (BRIDGe-WBT).

To be delivered by TI-S alongside nine different partner organisations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye, as well as TI EU, the project aims to contribute to credible progress in the EU enlargement process by strengthening political integrity and judicial independence, through adequate regulatory frameworks that are transparently implemented and effectively monitored. Building on Integrity Watch platforms and a regional tracker of the implementation status of priority National Integrity System (NIS) recommendations, it monitors reforms, identifies weaknesses and provides evidence-based recommendations.

The role will primarily support the project management, implementation and chapter and partner coordination of BRIDGe-WBT and will work full-time on this project. As part of the wider flexible support model of the Projects Team the Associate may at times also be required to provide some limited support to other global or regional projects.

OVERVIEW OF KEY DIMENSIONS

Role purpose: The Project Associate is responsible for helping to coordinate the start-up, workflow, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), partner reporting, administrative management and event logistics of new and ongoing projects and ensuring that agreed-upon goals, best practice standards, donor obligations and TI-S policies and processes are met regarding project implementation and MEL by TI-S and partners.

Team: Projects

Reporting line: Sub-Team Lead (ECA and MENA)

Salary band: According to TI‑S internal salary structure; this position is aligned with band PF1, with a salary range of EUR 35.175–44.415 gross per year. Final salary placement will be determined based on the number of years of relevant professional experience.

Starting date: 1 January 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter, subject to funding

Contract duration: 3 years, linked to the implementation timeline of BRIDGe-WBT

Working hours: full time [100%; 40 hours per week]

Location: Berlin, Germany / Hybrid

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE ROLE

Based in the Projects Team, the Project Associate will:

  • Proactively support day-to-day implementation of the BRIDGe-WBT project within the Projects Team, ensuring consistency with TI-S processes, procedures and best practice standards.
  • Ensure consistently high-quality project documentation and efficient, standardised project processes to support the timely and effective implementation, monitoring and reporting of the BRIDGe-WBT project activities and outcomes.
  • Work in close collaboration and ensure ongoing communication with project partners in relevant countries, particularly in relation to ensuring high-quality and consistent standards of monitoring data and donor reporting.
  • Support the project lead and partners to monitor and evaluate project/programme advocacy interventions and impact, plan project activities, and document and share knowledge and experience across activities and projects.
  • Contribute to reviewing periodic narrative and financial reports received from chapters and partners, ensuring they are complete, accurate, supported by evidence and compliant with project guidelines and donor rules. Support chapters and partners in enhancing their reporting quality and follow-up to ensure timely submission of reports that meet the required standards.
  • Support the project lead in preparing consolidated interim and final narrative reports to the donor, and the project accountant with financial reporting, expenditure verifications and audits.
  • Support high-quality and consistent MEL data collection, analysis, and reporting against the project logframe aligned with organisational MEL standards and systems
  • Support the preparation of project outputs and learning products, including narrative/accountability reports, training, events, presentations, publications, communications materials, web content, etc., in line with EU communication and visibility requirements.
  • Support the organisation of events/meetings and related logistics; contribute to appropriate information management, including preparing documentation before and after events.
  • Support the financial administration and compliance of the project (monitoring budgets, contracting partners and consultants, procurement, organising funding transfers, reimbursements, invoices, etc.), in line with donor and TI-S rules.
  • Respond to requests for information, researching to provide sufficient responses or escalating where needed.
  • Support the coordination of work and information flow across partners and between the project and other internal teams (e.g. Finance, Policy & Advocacy, Global Movement, Communications, Research), ensuring process integrity, as well as coordinating regular updates within the team.
  • Contribute to the overall functioning of the team by providing proactive and ad hoc support to other projects as required by the Projects Team management.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

In order to succeed in this role, candidates will need to meet the following:

  • University degree in social sciences, administration, journalism, economics, management, or another relevant field
  • Knowledge of, or considerable interest in, the work of Transparency International and the field of anti-corruption
  • 2+ years of relevant experience - preferably with an International NGO or International Organisation - working on project management, budget/financial monitoring and MEL support or related, in a multi-country delivery context (essential)
  • Experience with donor-funded projects in the civil society field and EC donor rules and regulations, including experience in supporting MEL and impact reporting
  • Experience in supporting the financial administration, planning, monitoring and reporting of EU-funded projects (essential)
  • Excellent organisational and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to effectively support projects in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and to work flexibly across projects as needed
  • Experience in organising events with diverse international partners, in-person and remote, and meetings and workshops with project partners to support the development and roll-out of project MEL frameworks and processes
  • Experience with supporting/strengthening gender and inclusion mainstreaming in project implementation
  • Results orientation, resilience and tenacity with the ability to work under pressure in a collaborative setting, with exceptional attention to detail and high-quality standards of data task delivery
  • Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, and ability to communicate and network effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, inter-culturally and at distance
  • Experience and understanding of the Western Balkans and Türkiye, or the wider Europe and Central Asia region, and of themes such as political integrity, judicial independence, the rule of law and EU accession is a distinct advantage
  • Excellent oral and written communication in English; knowledge of languages spoken in the Western Balkans or Türkiye is a distinct advantage
  • Commitment to the values and principles of Transparency International
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