Location: ARK Office, Beirut, Lebanon
Reporting to: Head of Corporate Services
Role type: Full time, 4-month fixed term contract with potential to extend
Closing date: Friday 12th January 2024
About ARK
ARK is a social enterprise, empowering local communities through the provision of agile and sustainable interventions to create greater stability, opportunity and hope for the future.
We believe that strong, resilient communities are the foundation of local, national, regional and international development and stability and ultimately a safer, peaceful and more prosperous world. At ARK, we have delivered research and programmatic interventions validating this approach in over twenty countries since 2008. As a social enterprise we work in partnership with communities, our donors, and other implementers to build local capacities, generate opportunity and bring about sustainable change.
Learn more about our impact here: https://www.ark.international/impact
About the role
We have a unique opportunity for an Administration Officer to join our Corporate Services team on an initial 4-month contract, with an immediate start.
ARK’s Corporate Services department provides general guidance, administrative and financial support services to all other departments, ensuring compliance with internal governance obligations and procedures. The department is also responsible for leading and managing logistics, procurement and tendering processes, subgrants management and ensuring adherence to relevant donor policies and regulations.
As Administration Officer, you’ll support project implementation by providing procurement, logistics, travel and administrative support and procedural guidance. You’ll also play a key role in subrecipient management and compliance.
What you'll be doing
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Benefits
Why join ARK?
Our People
Our team covers a diverse range of professional backgrounds, from diplomacy, humanitarian, development and the military, to the UN, civil society groups, multilateral organisations, journalism and the private sector.
An ARK Person Is:
Smart: We think deeply about things. We’re proud of our institutional knowledge and our grounding in rigorous research, which we use to make informed decisions.
Humble: Our work leaves little room for pride or arrogance. Our operating environment is constantly evolving, and we recognise out limitations. We believe in and rely on the education and experiences of others while remaining quick to read, invite feedback, and ask sensible questions.
Accountable: Each of us want ARK, its partners, and beneficiaries to succeed. This means taking initiative, assuming ownership when necessa