Programme Officer, EMBO Courses & Workshops (absence cover)
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Job Location:
Heidelberg - Germany
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About us
EMBOis a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond. We fund talented researchers at all career stages facilitate scientific exchanges through high-quality academic publishing conferences and lectures and foster a research environment where scientists can achieve their best work.
Our diverse international team of approximately 70 staff collaborate closely with one another and with external stakeholders to further our mission. EMBO is located on the international EMBL life sciences research campus in Heidelberg Germany.
Your role
You will join the Courses & Workshops team as a Programme Officer. The Courses & Workshops Programme funds over 90 courses and conferences attracting more than 12000 participants every year making it the largest funder of life science meetings in Europe. EMBO Courses & Workshops are organised by leading scientists in their fields and enjoy an excellent addition to providing financial support EMBO assists organizers with the promotion of the meeting the creation of a website with registration system and abstract submission facilities and the design of a poster.
Reporting to the Head of Courses & Workshops you will provide a range of technical and administrative support for the Courses & Workshops Programme.
Your main tasks will include:
- Liaising with organizers of EMBO Courses & Workshops to provide support including setting up websites online registration systems questionnaires and promotional materials and implementing front-end web interfaces (design layout)
- Monitoring externally created websites and liaising with platform providers and third parties on technical questions
- Designing posters and abstract book covers using organizer-provided scientific images
- Distributing and evaluating questionnaires and managing promotional material stocks
- Collating statistical questionnaire and financial information and creating reports
- Supporting sustainable conferencing practices
- Assist in the organization of internal meetings including documentation and logistics
- Providing general administrative support and team back-up reviewing documentation and guidelines maintaining an archive of relevant documentation and assisting with related duties and additional tasks as required
You have
- Basic knowledge of databases (FileMaker Pro) and content management systems;
- Basic to intermediate skills in Indesign and Photoshop;
- Excellent command of standard office software packages (Microsoft Office suite);
- Excellent written and oral English language skills;
- Great attention to detail and high quality standards even when dealing with multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously and under time pressure;
- The ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team;
- A customer and service-oriented attitude and well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
You might have
- Relevant administrative experience or an equivalent professional training certificate.
Starting salary: Starting salary 3705 Euros or higher depending on experience and qualifications
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Management Experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- DoD Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Contracts
About Company
With 29 member states, laboratories at six locations across Europe and thousands of scientists and engineers working together, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory is a powerhouse of biological expertise. The intergovernmental organisation, headquartered in Heidelberg, was founde ... View more
