💼Position: Project Manager (EU social initiatives)

🕒Capacity: Full-time, Part-time, and Mini-Job.

🌍Location: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 (with frequent international travel ✈️)

All interested candidates are kindly requested to apply before 15 November 2025 📅 by sending their CV along with 1-2 recommendation letters, all respective study and courses' certificates, and a video 🎥 of a maximum of 10 minutes answering the questions (at the end of this announcement) to [email protected] 📧

Mission 🎯

The mission of our new staff member in ACCELERAS will be to make a difference in our society and environment 🌱 through cooperating with the other team members and EU partners in shaping new educational methodologies, tools, activities, and many more! You are actually accountable for taking any action needed to make our vision for a better, more just, and green world 🌍 succeed. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget 💰, timeline ⏳, and scope 📋. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members 👥.

Context 🏛️

ACCELERAS KG was established in 2023 by a group of young professionals who are committed to social innovation and social impact 💡. In a very short time, ACCELERAS joined several European partnerships in diverse EU programs and it already has its first EU-funded project 🎉. ACCELERAS is active in the fields of adult education (Erwachsenenbildung), Vocational Education (Berufsbildung), and Youth Work (Jugendarbeit). We research the needs of local people and organisations, and then collaborate with European partners to initiate projects funded by the EU to respond to the identified needs of the local community 🌍. We have four different departments: Corporate Education, Research and Innovation, Professional Training, and Multimedia Production. This position is within the Research and Innovation department.

Responsibilities and Tasks 📋

📌 Act as the national focal point and designated manager of assigned projects.

🔄 Co-ordinating the implementation of multiple EU-funded projects.

📝 Drafting of project applications and proposals for EU-funded programmes/measures.

📅 Contribute to project development, organisation, planning of schedules, tasks and priorities, review of project deliverables and ensure project implementation, completing all necessary arrangements in advance and in a timely manner.

🛠️ Implement project activities within fixed criteria and planning.

📊 Track activities against the plan and provide status reports.

✍️ Provide support and written input to drafting and updating comprehensive reports, focus papers, handbooks and/or briefings.

📢 Disseminate the outputs of the project/s through various means and channels available, such as presentations, articles, conference papers, workshops, seminars, publications, conferences, social media, etc.

📨 Prepare and process and draft correspondence, memos, documents, presentations and assist in preparing reports.

🔍 Proofread and correct linguistic and grammatical errors within texts and documents. Translate documents and texts related to project activities from/to English and German.

📚 Organise the production, distribution, and publication of documents in print version or online.

🤝 Maintain contacts with partners and stakeholders, including specialists in specific fields.

🔍 Carry out desk and field research as necessary.

📅 Carry out the practical and logistical organisation of meetings, official journeys, and other events.

🎓 Design learning and training materials to be used for manuals, toolkits, and E-learning.

📈 Carry out evaluations as necessary.

📑 Prepare qualitative and quantitative reports about project processes, progress, and products.

🌐 Liaison with local and transnational partners, acting as a trusted focal point.

⚙️ Handling day-to-day duties required for the smooth running of the projects.

🗣️ Report to the supervisor on activities in progress and inform of any problems encountered.

🛠️ Carry out other tasks as may be required connected to the project implementation.

Skillsets and Requirements 🛠️

Location:

- Candidates must be already based in Vienna 🇦🇹.

- Readiness and ability for project-based travels within Europe ✈️.

Languages:

- Excellent command of Business English (more than C1+).

- Ability in drafting high quality analytical papers in English.

- Excellent command of German (more than C1+).

- Ability in communicating and negotiating in German.

- Official language proficiency certifications for non-native languages such as IELTS and ÖSD are a plus.

Cognitive:

- Knowledge of the European Union and its history, institutions, structure, and work 🏛️.

- Understanding of international collaboration and development work.

Practical:

- Experience in project management.

- Ability to prioritize tasks and deliverables and time-management.

- Ability to work independently, and under minimal supervision.

- Experience in undertaking qualitative and/or quantitative research (at least during studies).

- Understanding of monitoring and evaluation.

- Ability / Readiness to design workshops and trainings and also facilitate/deliver trainings.

Personal:

- Possession of good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.

- Can communicate clearly and precisely both orally and in writing.

- Develop and improve personal skills and knowledge of the organisation and its environment. commit to train others, share knowledge, and systematically improve working methods.

- Ability to work as part of a team.

- Ability in engaging with diverse people with various roles and backgrounds.

- Interest in versatile topics such as digitalisation, innovation, education, entrepreneurship, health, sustainable development, employability, and social integration and empowerment.

- Ability to identify the critical facts in complex issues and develop creative and practical solutions.

- Ability to take personal responsibility and initiative for delivering work to a high standard quality within set procedures.

- Be flexible and adapt to a changing work environment and embrace changing circumstances.

Technical:

- Experience with computer applications such as MS Office package or similar (mainly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, spreadsheet).

- Experience with online collaborative tools such as Google Drive, SLACK, and so on.

- Experience with online conference tools such as ZOOM, Google Meets, and so on.

- Experience with online design tools such as CANVA, MIRO, JAMBOARD.

Education & Experience:

- A minimum of a completed bachelor’s degree 🎓

- Minimum of 1 year of full-time experience after bachelor graduation 🗓️

Benefits 🎁

- Hybrid work with mostly remote office setting 🏠.

- Flexible working hours ⏰.

- Continuous training and development 📚.

- Nice work travels for project meetings and trainings ✈️.

- Fixed annual salary increase 💶.

- Additional bonus for outstanding performance and initiatives 🏆.

Salary 💰

- The starting monthly gross salary on a full-time basis (38 hours) is 2,750 Euro (x12) based on relevant experience of at least a cumulation of one year of full-time experience after bachelor graduation.

Contact 📩

The department director of Research and Innovation, Mr. Mohamed Sakr: [email protected]

Applications 📝

- Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis and only suitable candidates will be contacted for future information or interviews.

- Please review the department page before applying (https://acceleras.io/research) and make sure to mention and list the main areas of our “Thematics of Work” that interest you or that you are most experienced in.

- Please indicate the exact dates of starting and ending of all positions, trainings, and studies.

- Please indicate the type of work (internship or not) and number of hours for each position.

- Please also mention ANY trainings or certifications you have completed, as well as ANY work experience you have done during your studies.

- Please also mention your preferred and minimum/maximum of working hours sought.

- Please mention your preferred earliest starting date.

- Please answer the following questions in your video 📹 and send it to us:

1. Tell us about yourself

2. Why did you join your current (or previous/last) company?

3. What did you best and least enjoy- love in your current (or previous/last) position/job/company?

4. Describe us 2-3 achievements in your current (previous/last) job

5. Tell us about a mistake you made in a previous position/job/company

6. What led to your decision to leave your current (or previous) company?

7. Why did you apply for this position in our organisation?

8. Why are you a good fit for this position?

9. What do you know about our organisation?

10. Which are your strengths and weaknesses?

11. Which 2-3 skills are you currently working on?

12. Which are your key values?

Data privacy 🔒

- We save your application for a maximum of one year since the date of receiving it. Should you wish that we dismiss your application earlier, please send us an email to the same email address used for the application as a reply on the initial application email.

Website 🌐: www.acceleras.io