Senior Project Coordinator - Thomson Reuters Foundation

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The Thomson Reuters Foundation is offering an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Coordinator to join our Programmes Team and support the delivery of a new project in the Labour Rights portfolio. In this role, you'll work alongside the Portfolio Lead to ensure the successful delivery of the Foundation and project’s objectives.

The Senior Project Coordinator will be expected to provide cross-cutting operational and administrative support to ensure the successful delivery of the project activities, as well as taking the lead in aspects of project cycle management. The successful candidate will be a proactive self-starter with existing experience in project coordination, an appetite to further develop project management skills, and a willingness to work flexibly to meet the demands of the project.

The ideal candidate must be able to communicate effectively and have good problem-solving skills. You will be able to juggle multiple demands to support the project, arranging logistics, providing administrative and financial support, ensuring all records are kept up to date and financial data is kept on track and logged. You will be working on Microsoft Outlook and Excel as well as in Salesforce to ensure our contact databases are up-to-date. Occasional travel may be required to Southeast Asia.

Please note, this is a fixed-term contract until December 2026.

About the Role

As a Senior Project Coordinator at the Thomson Reuters Foundation you will:

• Work closely with the Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead to monitor the project plan and deliverables, keeping documents updated as and when changes take place.
• Keep track of examples of impact and contribute to report writing.
• Contribute to budget oversight through monitoring project expenses and tracking budget allocations as necessary. Collaborate with finance teams to ensure financial compliance.
• Take the lead in the management of key project partners ensuring partners adhere to project plans and financial and narrative reporting and receive support when required.
• Provide direct support to Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead in setting up and managing vendors/consultants, conducting procurement as per policy, booking logistics, and conducting project financial administration.
• Coordinate the work commitments/contractual obligations of the project consultants.
• Perform data capture and maintain databases.
• Provide logistical support for remote and in-person activities including workshops and mentoring schemes.
• Coordinate activities with Expose the Flows project team members, including those from other departments, such as Trust Law and internal functions (finance, comms, etc.), external contractors, and partner organizations, where relevant.
• Support the Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead in coordinating and facilitating inputs to the project Board.
• Support knowledge capture, ensuring that we document our networks, relationships, and ongoing conversations systematically.
• Support the Senior Project Manager/Portfolio Lead in identifying potential and emerging risks and issues which could impact the successful delivery of the project. Escalate critical concerns. Contribute to the development of mitigation strategies.
• Participate in designated meetings with internal and external stakeholders, conferences, and events, and feedback information to the team.
• Support knowledge sharing and learning for the programmes team by sharing lessons learned and contributing to discussions to increase wider team understanding.

About You

To be our Senior Project Coordinator, you will likely have:

• 5+ years’ working experience in a similar project role.
• Prior experience in a relevant role building relationships across organizations with common goals, and working constructively with a diverse range of people.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work with changing priorities and time pressures.
• High motivation with the ability to work independently or in a team environment.
• A proactive self-starting and problem-solving attitude, including paying attention to detail and being good on follow-through.
• Experience of administrative or finance processes and excellent numerical skills.
• Competency in Word, Teams, Outlook, and Excel. Experience with databases (e.g. Salesforce) would be an advantage.
• Fluency in English.
• Understanding of media capacity building would be beneficial.

What’s in it For You

At the Thomson Reuters Foundation, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Perspective and Impact: Interested in working for a dynamic global organization with a focus on social impact? With hubs all over the world from Bangkok to Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, join a truly international team with a shared goal of helping to build societies around the world that are free, fair, and informed.
• A Unique Approach: Our expertise in media and the law is world-class; we combine the power of both to address the critical issues faced by humanity.
• Our Relevance: With a focus on advancing media freedom, fostering more inclusive economies, and promoting human rights, our work has never been more needed than right now.
• Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits.
• Learning & Development: We are dedicated to the continual professional development of our employees and offer access to both in-house and external training opportunities.

About Thomson Reuters Foundation

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique media and legal services to drive systemic change.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.