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Inalco and its Foundation
L'Inalco
L'enseignement
Created in 1795, the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (also known colloquially as Langues O') is the only public institution of higher education and research in the world to offer such a rich range of training in languages and civilizations, recognized both in France and internationally. From bachelor's degrees to doctorates and institutional diplomas, Inalco's offer is characterized by its great diversity, with more than 103 languages and civilizations taught and several professional streams. It provides the school's 9,000 or so students with a high-level, research-based education focused on professional integration.
Research
Inalco teaches and conducts research on the languages of Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, Africa and the peoples of America, as well as on the geography, history, institutions, political, economic and social life of the countries concerned, brought together under the term areal studies. In addition, its scientific heritage and a reservoir of expertise on an exceptional number of languages fuel a renowned research activity in the field of language sciences.
Strengthened by an academic community of 1250 teachers and teacher-researchers, research is supported by 14 research laboratoriessome of which are co-supervised with research organizations including the CNRS.
Society
In a constantly redefining global environment, Inalco proposes to provide society with tools for autonomous analysis and decision-making, to contribute to the diffusion of knowledgeand to the animation of French and European places in its fields of expertise.
Inalco's Mission is consubstantial with the pluralityof opinions and convictions associated with scientific impartiality, thesafeguarding of knowledge and people, the dialogue of cultures, and equality in law and opportunity.
The Foundation
Inalco has decided to set up a partnership Foundation to support its development.
its statutory missions are to:
- Promote the Institute's missions: teaching, research, society.
- Promote the influence and reputation of Inalco.
- Contribute to enhancing the value of its tangible and intangible assets.
Nourish its strategy.Foster creativity, exploration and the implementation of innovative initiatives.
His areas of intervention are to:
- Raise funds, the Foundation will be the focal point for French & international philanthropic contributions to Inalco.
- Develop innovative projects with a view to co-construction and co-realization both with teacher-researchers within Inalco and with external partners and patrons.
- Incorporating the identity and promoting the reputation of Inalco through the development of contacts with the outside world and the organization of events in particular
His trajectory
The Inalco Foundation is today fully operational.
His first fiscal year, ending December 31, 2022, has met with success much faster than expected with the commitment of first-tier donors for first-rate projects.
This is why the Foundation, with the support of the French public authorities, wishes to change scale with the constitution of a team of adequate size for its ambitions.
The following positions are currently open
Project Manager
Project Manager
Missions
Under the responsibility of the Foundation's Managing Director and ultimately its President, the Project Management Officer will monitor projects supported by the Foundation, particularly in relation to Inalco:
- Project design (support) in liaison with their bearers (Inalco academic staff) and the teams dedicated to fundraising;
- Project contractual monitoring (manager), participation in their administrative and financial management in liaison with the Foundation's administrative and financial manager (setting up or monitoring grant applications, drawing up provisional budgets and budget monitoring, monitoring invoicing, agreements) and setting up monitoring tools ;
- Project reporting to sponsors on narrative and financial aspects (manager), in liaison with project sponsors, the Foundation's administrative and financial manager and Inalco departments;
- Operational support for project implementation;
- Implementation of project-specific communications initiatives(manager) in collaboration with the Foundation's communications manager, project sponsors and Inalco's Communications Department ;
- Organization and facilitation of project reviews;
- Active monitoring of project management methodology and tools;
- In general, support for the Foundation in all its missions as may be defined by the Managing Director.
Skills
Know-how
Experience in managing university-type projects or academic research projects, ideally in the field of SHS
Skills:
- Very good project engineering skills and management of complex projects, ideally in the field of SHS (drawing up a retroplanning, budget, monitoring tools)
- Excellent writing skills (French and English)
- Struthfulness, organization, meeting deadlines, responsiveness
Job skills:
- Good knowledge of engineering and project management methodological tools
- Good knowledge of project cycles and reporting aspects
- Fluent English essential (written in particular)
Personal skills
Relationships:
- You possess first-rate interpersonal skills
- Excellent professional empathy
- Sense of diplomacy and political acumen
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Sensitivity to linguistic, cultural and human plurality
Working culture:
- Availability and responsiveness
- Polyvalence
- Organization and rigor
- Autonomy
- Discretion
Values and interests:
- Understanding and adhering to the values of Inalco
- Respecting the ethics and deontology of the philanthropic world
- Interest in languages, human and social sciences, the world
The profile sought
Experience in the following areas:
- Businesses: Foundations/associations, project engineering and management, administrative and financial follow-up, partnership development
- Geography: international
- Sectors: philanthropy - higher education and research
- Languages: professional English imperative
Context and environment
- An exceptional setting within the historic Langues O' building: 2, rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
- Regular presence required on the Inalco campus at 65, rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris
Apply to:
Fiche CP Fondation 2 (1.68 MB, .pdf)
Fiche de poste Chargé.e de gestion de projet