Country: Colombia
Closing date: 02 Jun 2019
The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (“ABA ROLI”) seeks an Administrative Assistant in Columbia.
Responsibilities:
The Administrative Assistant provides administrative support for field staff:
- Carries out secretarial duties in assistance of Director and program staff.
- Phone calls
- Letters, emails and other communications
- Maintains staff contact lists
- Preparation and follow-up of meetings
- Drafting of power point and Prezi presentations
- Keeps and updates the office’s official calendar
- Maintains calendar of substantive events and staff vacations
- Assists Field Financial Manager in contracting process for supplies, goods, and services
- Follows procedures in accordance with Local Office Policy Manual (LOPM)
- Under the coordination of Field Financial Manager:
- Charged with organizing and arranging for events as necessary
- Arranges travel and lodging logistics for staff, participants and short term consultants
- Maintains stationary and other supplies for the office
- Prints, edits, and otherwise prepares training materials
- Arranges conference calls, interviews, and meetings at the request of the Director and Deputy Director
- Assist Director in preparing charts, reports and data
- Assists Director and program staff in preparing and filing travel and other expense reports
- Conducts special projects as requested
Required Qualifications:
- Professional fluency in Spanish.
- Intermediate fluency in English (B2)
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong commitment to rule of law principles.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with U.S. government-funded international programs.
- Experience working in Latin America, particularly Colombia.
- Professional fluency in English.
- Experience with criminal justice issues, and government transparency and accountability issues.
Compensation will be commensurate to market ranges and candidate’s experience. Full social security benefits.
To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to Greg Taylor at Gregory.Taylor@americanbar.org. Please indicate in your email and subject line the position you are applying for.
About the Organization ABA ROLI is a non-profit program that implements legal reform programs in roughly 40 countries around the world. ABA ROLI has nearly 400 professional staff working abroad and in its Washington, D.C. office. ABA ROLI’s host country partners include judges, lawyers, bar associations, law schools, court administrators, legislatures, ministries of justice and a wide array of civil society organizations, including human rights groups.
How to apply:
To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to Greg Taylor at Gregory.Taylor@americanbar.org. Please indicate in your email and subject line the position you are applying for.