United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Directorate Assistant

This is a part-time post (50%) for 2.5 days per week, beginning early November and lasting until the end of February 2016 in the first instance.

Salary: starting at £11,574 (£23,148 full time equivalent)

This post is based at the Minority Rights Group (MRG) London Office. Please note that candidates must have the right to work in the UK, as MRG is unable to secure work permission for this post.

MiRG is an international Human right organisation working to secure rights for ethnic, national, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples around the world.

The successful applicant will provide support to the Deputy Director and Director and will be the primary person working on human resources. The post holder will work closely with interns who also support projects and functions overseen by the Director and Deputy Director (e.g. HR intern, evaluation and learning intern, project interns).

This is a key administrative support role undertaking a range of administrative tasks as well as providing more detailed support to individual projects and work programmes within the Department as and when needed. The needs of this role will change frequently, based on the needs of the Deputy Director and Director.

The main duties for the assistant include supporting both the Deputy Director and Director to arrange meetings, travel and attend events, and to facilitate participants’ attendance at events. The post holder will also support and/or advise all staff on human resources including recruitment, drafting offer letters and contracts, human resources monitoring (e.g. sickness, annual leave, equal ops) and policy development. It may also be possible for the post holder to contribute to some programme design and fundraising tasks.

To do this role you will need to have:

• Administration/organisational skills, with the capacity to pay close attention to detail


• Ability to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and the internet


• Verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate with a wide range of people in person and over the telephone.


• Ability to work independently and with initiative, co-operatively and as an effective team member


• Ability to multi-task, to organise and prioritise a busy workload and work to tight deadlines

For more details please see visit http://http//minorityrights.org/about-us/jobs/directorate-assistant/