The EU Partnership Assistant will work in the Partnerships and Policy Department. The Partnerships and Policy Department is responsible for NRC’s strategic relations with institutional donors and private foundations, thereby providing support to all Departments, and Regional, Country and Representation Offices in the organisation. This includes being responsible for developing relevant global strategies for resource mobilisation; developing funding prospects with existing and new donors; further streamlining NRC’s procedures, processes and tools related to resource mobilisation and grant management; developing and providing internal training and help-desk support, etc.
The Partnerships and Policy Department consists of three sections: The Institutional Partnership Section (Oslo), the Advocacy and Media Section (Oslo), and the Humanitarian Policy Section (Geneva). It also hosts 5 Representation offices: NRC Geneva (Geneva), NRC Europe (Brussels), NRC USA (Washington D.C.), NRC Flüchtlingshilfe Deutschland (Berlin), and NRC UK (London), as well as the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre IDMC (Geneva).
Generic responsibilities
- Assist the Senior EU Partnership Advisers and the EU Partnership and Compliance Coordinator developing analysis, adapting capacity building materials, supporting internal prioritisation exercises and coordination efforts, and contributing to the preparation and organisation of strategic meetings at EU or European capitals levels.
Specific responsibilities
- Develop analysis on EU development funding allocations for prioritized countries as per guidance received by Senior EU Partnership Advisor (Development Donors). This will include analysis of Annual Action Plans or Special Measures in countries with no MIP.
- Update donor engagement training modules for EU development donors to reflect new donors priorities.
- Develop analysis on the latest evolution of Global Gateway.
- Support NRC thematic leads on donor engagement (ICLA, Education) at EU level.
- Develop relevant donor analysis (e.g. feedback analysis, rejection analysis; peer review analysis).
- Coordinate NRC’s inputs and response to VOICE and DG ECHO surveys, reaching out to the relevant focal points within NRC and ensuring inputs are provided, quality checked and validated if needed.
- Attend relevant internal meetings and meetings organised by the EU, Member States and NGOs as needed and draft minutes to share with the team.
- Assist in arranging and preparing meetings in Brussels and European capitals for visiting field-based colleagues, including contacting EU and Member States’ officials, conducting research on EU policies or funding strategies towards those countries and drafting briefing notes, especially in the framework of fundraising tours.
- Support internal prioritisation processes for access to EU funding as needed and requested by the Senior EU Partnership Advisers.
- Other ad-hoc administrative support needed (organisation of trips, trainings, events, surveys…).
- Monitor and report back on key EU policy milestones relevant to NRC’s partnership and advocacy work.
1. Professional competencies
Generic professional competencies:
- A university graduate in a relevant field such as Law, International Relations, European Affairs, or some related equivalent experience.
- Fluency in English, knowledge of other EU languages (French and Dutch in particular) is an asset
- A rigorous and structured person with good analytical and administrative skills, including computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
- Good knowledge of EU institutions and EU donors is an asset
- Interest in refugee and/or humanitarian issues
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Organizational skills including the ability to multitasking, prioritizing and working efficiently with limited supervision
- Comfortable in a multicultural professional and/or NGO environment
- Commitment to humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence
2. Behavioural competencies
- Planning and delivering results
- Working with people
- Analysing
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Coping with change
3. Performance Management
The employee will be accountable for and evaluated on the responsibilities and the competencies, based on NRC’s Performance Management Framework. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:
- The Job Description
- The individual Work- and Professional Development Plan
- The NRC Competency Framework
What We Offer
- Duty Station: Brussels, Belgium
- Start date: 1st of June, 2026
- Contract: 6 months Belgian Professional Immersion Contract (CIP)
- Salary: 1200 Euros per month
- Lunch vouchers
- Transportation allowance
- 3 Extra-legal holidays
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