Programme Administrative Assistant
Center for International Forestry Research
1. Programme Administration:
- Provide comprehensive day-to-day administrative support to the Thrivelands team, including scheduling meetings and tracking action points.
- Assist in the coordination and logistical arrangements for internal and external meetings, field visits, learning exchanges, workshops, and events.
- Manage internal documentation systems, including meeting minutes, and filing key programme documents.
- Support the Programme Lead and the team in the preparation of briefing materials, presentations, and background documents.
2. Event and Workshop Planning:
- Work with the team to develop detailed logistical plans for capacity building workshops, cross-learning forums, youth engagements, and multi-stakeholder consultations.
- Provide on-site or virtual support during events, including participant registration, documentation, materials preparation, and feedback collection.
- Support production and dissemination of event summaries, reports, and outcome documents.
3. Travel and Logistics Management:
- Coordinate travel logistics (domestic and international), including flight bookings, accommodation, local transport, travel advances, and visa arrangements for staff and external stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain a travel tracker for the programme team, ensuring timely and accurate documentation of travel approvals and reports.
- Liaise with procurement, operations, and finance teams to ensure travel-related expenses are processed and reconciled efficiently.
4. Procurement and Budget Monitoring Support:
- Assist in drafting and reviewing requisitions for procurement of goods and services, including venue hire, catering, printing, and consultant contracts.
- Support budget tracking and reconciliation of programme activity expenditures in coordination with the programme coordinator and the finance staff.
- Maintain an up-to-date administrative budget tracker and flag any budgetary issues requiring action.
5. Stakeholder Engagement Support
- Assist in the logistical preparation and documentation of stakeholder consultations, partnership meetings, and co-design sessions in support of programme activities.
- Maintain updated contact lists and communication records with government officials, community representatives, development partners, and other collaborators.
- Support the organization of virtual and hybrid meetings, ensuring appropriate tools and platforms are set up, and that participants have all needed materials in advance.