Gapminder seeks assistant to the director

Poolia PRESENTATION We are seeking someone who will fit into a small dedicated team and who is prepared to 'do what it takes' to achieve the goals of the Foundation. Gapminder has a small office with currently five employees located at the Department of Public Health at the Karolinska Institutet campus in Solna, Stockholm. ARBETSUPPGIFTER Under the supervision of and in close collaboration with the director, you will be responsible for supporting him in all kinds of tasks and you will be expected to do all that it takes to run the small office efficiently. The main tasks will be: - assisting the director including preparing presentations, drafting letters and documents and circulating documents - planning travel and be responsible for travel bookings - frequent communication with clients and partners in Swedish and English - organizing the secretariat work, filing and archiving - assisting the project leaders with administrative tasks including budget-follow up - provide general support to meetings (such as scheduling meetings, taking minutes, assisting with follow-up) - assist with ad hoc tasks and providing other general support to the team as required. UTBILDNING/ERFARENHET Required qualifications: - strong computer skills, including internet navigation, G-mail. Blogging, graphics, and various office applications. Basic training in the Trendalyzer software will be provided - strong organizational skills - high social competence - flexibility and willingness to do all kinds of tasks that may be necessary to achieve the goals - ability to work independently - interest in and knowledge of development issues - a minimum of two years experience from similar work - reliable team member with strong interpersonal and coordination skills - ability to deliver results on time and under high pressure. You have excellent knowledge of Swedish and English, knowledge in non-European language is a plus. FÖRETAGSPRESENTATION Gapminder is a Foundation registered in Sweden promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels. Gapminder is an operating foundation (verksamhetsstiftelse) that implements collaborative projects with universities, UN organisations, public agencies and non-governmental organisations. It does not award any grants. A main product of the Foundation is Gapminder World, a web-service displaying time series of development statistics for all countries available at our website www.gapminder.org. It uses the Trendalyzer software which unveils the beauty of statistical time series by converting numbers into enjoyable, animated and interactive graphics. Since the Trendalyzer development was taken over by Google in 2007 the Foundation also uses Trendalyzer and its resources to produce videos showing major global development trends with animated statistics and as a basis for lectures and demonstrations.