The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is a grant-giving organisation based in Brussels.
EED’s goal is to provide flexible support to democracy activists, complementing other EU and member state democracy support programmes. EED provides context-based, demand driven support based on a principle of fostering democracy and facilitating initiatives of local actors. Its geographic mandate covers the European neighbourhood and beyond.
EED seeks a trainee for a twelve-month traineeship for Grant-making Support (Southern Neighbourhood/ Arabic Speaker).
Main tasks
• Assist in preparation of grant agreements, addenda and other standard contractual documentation;
• Assist in the review of financial reports to ensure compliance with EED requirements and draft feedbacks to beneficiaries (mostly in Arabic and English) as well as internal memos;
• Translate brief texts from Arabic to English and vice-versa;
• Update the database and maintain the archive;
• Assist with other administrative tasks of the Grants team.