Assistant to the DARIAH Secretary General based at CMB

Post Title: Assistant to the Secretary General
Post Status: Part-time (19,5 hours per week), 2-year contract (incl. a 2 months probation period)
Location: DARIAH Coordination Office Berlin, Centre Marc Bloch e.V., Friedrichstr. 191, 10117 Berlin
Closing date for applications: 25.07.2024
Contract Start: as soon as possible
Salary Level: Based on TV-L 11 pay scale (Land Berlin)

DARIAH is seeking to recruit a proactive and organised individual to join the team as Assistant to the Secretary General based at Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin. This role will provide support to the Secretary General in managing administrative tasks, helping with financial operations, and coordinating activities across the organisation.

Principal duties:

• Assist the Secretary General in day-to-day financial activities, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Process invoices, expenses, payments and travel cost reimbursements in a timely manner.
• Assist in the preparation of financial statements and presentations.
• Prepare and distribute correspondence, memos, and reports on behalf of the Secretary General.
• Assist in coordinating meetings, conferences, and events, including scheduling, logistics, and preparation.
• Other duties that might be required, related to the employee's overall role and responsibilities.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in an administrative role, preferably supporting executive-level management.
• Understanding of financial principles and practices.
• Fluency in English (spoken & written); good knowledge of French is also required.
• Organizational and time management skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel (or equivalent) and other relevant software.
• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in all tasks.
• Ability to work independently.
• Professionalism and discretion in handling confidential information.

Who we are

The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) enhances and supports digitally-enabled research and teaching across the arts and humanities. DARIAH is a network of people, expertise, information, knowledge, content, methods, tools and technologies from its member countries. It develops, maintains and operates an infrastructure in support of ICT-based research practices and sustains researchers in using them to build, analyse and interpret digital resources. By working with communities of practice, DARIAH brings together individual state-of-the-art digital Arts and Humanities activities and scales their results to a European level. It preserves, provides access to and disseminates research that stems from these collaborations and ensures that best practices, methodological and technical standards are followed.
DARIAH was established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) in August 2014. Currently, DARIAH has 23 member countries and numerous cooperating partners.

Application Procedure and Deadline

If you are interested in applying for the position, please send your CV and a short cover letter by email to recruitment  ( at )  dariah.eu  by 25.07.2025.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to arnaud.roi  ( at )  dariah.eu

Please find the detailed job description attached.