Beschreibung
Place of Work: Vienna, Austria
Employment Type: part-time (20h per week), permanent
Starting Date: asap
Annual Salary: from EUR 40.000 annually (for 38h, full time)

About the Role
As our Compliance & Governance Assistant, you will play a key role in ensuring smooth governance operations across the organization. You will coordinate board meetings and international hig...
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Place of Work: Vienna, Austria
Employment Type: part-time (20h per week), permanent
Starting Date: asap
Annual Salary: from EUR 40.000 annually (for 38h, full time)

About the Role
As our Compliance & Governance Assistant, you will play a key role in ensuring smooth governance operations across the organization. You will coordinate board meetings and international high-level meetings, monitor governance action points and statutory deadlines, and support board member onboarding and development. Acting as the Accessibility Focal Point, you will help ensure inclusive and accessible governance practices. In addition, you will support innovation initiatives that strengthen and modernize governance processes across the organization.

Your tasks
 * Organize and coordinate board meetings, assemblies, and international high-level meetings (online and in-person), including agenda preparation, documentation management, and stakeholder coordination
 * Prepare meeting minutes, document key decisions, and monitor follow-up actions to ensure timely implementation and proper record keeping
 * Ensure timely statutory filings and monitor compliance with internal and external governance deadlines across legal entities
 * Coordinate board member onboarding and offboarding processes, including due diligence and compliance checks
 * Maintain governance-related communication channels, compliance documentation, and board information databases
 * Serve as the primary administrative contact for board members and support board development and engagement activities
 * Act as Accessibility Focal Point by reviewing governance documents and events for accessibility and providing guidance to internal stakeholders
 * Support the planning and monitoring of governance budgets and expenses Coordinate internal workshops, meetings, and special governance-related projects for the CEO and Head of Governance & Compliance
 * Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance governance processes and collaboration practices 

Your profile
 * experience in governance, compliance, corporate administration, or a similar role, ideally within an international NGO or legal environment
 * Understanding of governance and legal frameworks relevant to NGOs is an asset.
 * written and spoken German and English skills
 * Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills with high attention to detail
 * Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic international environment
 * Proficiency in MS Teams and other collaboration and meeting management tools 

Our offer
 * You join a highly motivated team, appreciating your experience and eager to jointly shape Light for the World's monitoring and steering mechanisms
 * We are offering an outstanding opportunity to bring about change through an international development organization with strong expertise and a growing profile
 * We are committed to giving our colleagues space to explore new directions, test new ideas and to excel as individuals through and with their team.
 * We emphasize a good work-life-balance, have flexible working hours and Home-Office opportunity
 * We are a professional team that strives towards continuous development.
 * We believe in participatory leadership and expect you to contribute your expertise and ideas.
 * We believe that learning from mistakes is an important way of developing and put emphasis on our culture of learning 

Apply now:
https://www.licht-fuer-die-welt.at/mitarbeiten/jobs/