Join us as a Coordination Officer and you will be working closely with the Head of ClientEarth Germany, providing a wide range of high-quality and essential administration, organisational and programme coordination support in our growing Berlin office.
ClientEarth is a global legal and environmental charity that uses the power of the law to fight against climate change and to protect nature and the environment. We have offices in Europe, the US, Japan, and China.
Meet your Manager
In this role, you will be managed by Dr Christiane Gerstetter who is a German lawyer, with a focus on environmental and international economic law. She is admitted to the bar in Germany. Dr Christiane Gerstetter joined the Berlin office of ClientEarth in 2019. She first worked as a Legal Researcher in the Fossil Fuel Infrastructure programme and then went on to lead the activities of that programme in Germany. At the beginning of April 2024, she was appointed a Managing Director of ClientEarth gGmbH in Germany and is now the Head of ClientEarth in Germany. For many years, she has been involved with social movements, with a particular focus on climate change.
Main Duties
1. General administration support to the Head of Germany and other Berlin staff, including: scheduling meetingspreparing agendas, summariessupporting report writing (annual report, grant reporting) preparing, processing, and filing contracts, procurement, invoice processing, budget management
2. Support on building a strong office culture and community (in collaboration with the Head, Operations Manager and people and culture colleagues) among others through organising team meetings in the Berlin office.
3. Be an internal communications champion in the Berlin office. Working with our Internal Communications team to help connect the office with ClientEarth’s other offices globally and helping to connect the various teams within the Berlin office; manage document templates and internal intranet
4. Support on general research tasks
See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.
Role requirements
5. Demonstrable experience of providing administrative, or similar support to senior staff and/or a team
6. Advanced (CEFR level C1) in English (essential)
7. Advanced (CEFR level C2) in German (essential)
8. Strong computer skills – Microsoft Office packages: Word, Outlook, Excel (essential)
9. Strong organisational skills and ability to efficiently manage multiple tasks and priorities (essential)
See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.
Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.