Asistente de Proyecto

The Project Assistant supports technical, operational, and territorial coordination for the implementation of strategies and activities aimed at reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (MAPE) in Ecuador. The role involves facilitating communication among project stakeholders, conducting field visits, supporting pilot projects, and assisting in documentation and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, operational, and territorial support for implementing project strategies and activities as defined in the PRODOC.
• Support coordination of technical, operational meetings and working groups with local and inter-institutional actors.
• Facilitate communication and coordination between project coordination, public institutions, private actors, community organizations, and beneficiaries.
• Conduct field visits and territorial monitoring to verify compliance with activities, strategies, and agreements.
• Identify needs, challenges, and opportunities to strengthen project implementation and mercury reduction actions.
• Support call processes, participation, and logistical coordination of local actors in project activities.
• Support implementation, monitoring, and documentation of pilot projects, incentives, and productive alternatives aimed at cleaner processes and mercury reduction/elimination.
• Support operational field activities for pilot projects and clean production initiatives.
• Identify beneficiaries and local actors for incentives and productive alternatives implementation.
• Conduct periodic monitoring and follow-up of implemented activities and collect information on progress and results.
• Facilitate training, technical assistance, and awareness-raising sessions for beneficiaries and communities.
• Systematize experiences, lessons learned, and good practices from executed activities.
• Support sensitization, training, and community strengthening activities including logistical organization and operational support for workshops, meetings, and events.
• Coordinate logistics for workshops, training, meetings, and community events.
• Manage calls, participant confirmations, and agenda coordination for sensitization and training activities.
• Provide operational support during workshops, meetings, and other field activities.
• Prepare attendance lists, minutes, photographic records, and supporting documentation of activities.
• Distribute informational and sensitization materials to participants and territorial actors.
• Support collection, organization, systematization, and updating of technical, operational, and documentary information generated in the field.
• Collect and consolidate technical and operational information for reports, matrices, databases, and project documents.
• Prepare minutes, progress reports, and periodic reports on field activities.
• Update databases, monitoring matrices, and operational project records.
• Systematize information, technical evidence, and photographic documentation collected during field activities.
• Maintain organized and updated physical and digital files related to project document management.
• Support preparation, preliminary review, and consolidation of technical and documentary project products to ensure quality, consistency, and timely delivery.
• Collect and organize supporting information for terms of reference, agreements, and other technical and administrative documents.
• Consolidate information from different activities and territorial actors for project product preparation.
• Support preliminary review of reports, technical documents, and products developed within the project framework.
• Verify coherence, technical consistency, and quality of collected and systematized information.
• Support editing, writing improvement, and timely delivery of documents and inputs for final review and validation by project coordination.
• Support knowledge creation, exchange, and capacity development relevant to the assigned project.
• Assist in dissemination and exchange of relevant data and lessons learned within the project.
• Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice; support collection and systematization of project knowledge, products, and tools.
• Perform other activities within the functional profile necessary for efficient office and organizational functioning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of experience OR High School certificate with 5 years of experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant work experience with secondary education or two (2) years with a Bachelor's degree in functions strictly related to the Ecuadorian metallic mining sector.
• Experience in the use of computer tools (Excel, Office / Open Office, and internet).
• Desirable experience of at least two (2) years working in metallic artisanal and small-scale mining (MAPE).
• Experience interacting with public sector, private sector, civil society, and/or international organizations.
• Experience in gold beneficiation and/or recovery processes in hard rock and/or alluvial mining.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams and supporting coordination with local actors.
• Fluency in Spanish is required.
• Availability to travel frequently nationwide if required by the project.

Skills

• Project Coordination
• Metallic Mining Sector Experience
• Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
• Gold Beneficiation
• Gold Recovery Processes
• Hard Rock Mining
• Alluvial Mining
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Public Sector Interaction
• Private Sector Interaction
• Civil Society Engagement
• International Organization Collaboration
• Field Visits
• Documentation and Reporting
• Excel
• Office
• Open Office
• Internet Research

Languages

Spanish