Project Officer

Contract type: volunteer position or Internship
Duration: min. 9 months
Working time: 30-40%
Location: Lausanne, partially home-based
NB: This part-time, long-term volunteer or internship position is not paid.

To support the Operations, strengthen the operations activities at the headquarters, to ensure the development and implementation of new programs, Norlha is looking for a:

Project Officer

Job Description

• Analysis of new projects, writing project proposals

• Contact field partners

• Research potential donors and analyse their criteria

• Participate to research study and data collection (tbc)

• Contribute to drafting of guidelines and other operations documents

• Provide support for other Operations related activities.

Candidate Profile

• Experience in research, development projects, poverty reduction, (voluntary) field projects, ideally in international development

• Good knowledge of China and Himalayas, a definite asset

• Degree (or ongoing studies) in Development Studies, Asian Studies, International relations or Social and Political Sciences

• Fluency and writing skills in English (working language)

• Excellent computer, research and inter personal skills

• Motivation to invest oneself fully in this opportunity

• Dynamism, autonomy, drafting qualities, analytical and synthetic capacities.

Norlha Offers

• A rich experience of volunteer work

• Collaboration in a dynamic team

• Opportunity to help poverty-stricken populations.

Application Process
For information and the submission of application, contact RH(at)norlha.org
NB: This part-time, long-term volunteer or internship position is not paid. Partial home-based work is possible.