Project Officer

PROJECT OFFICER (PART-TIME)

Location: Netherlands (with in-person availability in The Hague)

Contract: 12-month part-time contract (2 days/week, 0.4 FTE), with opportunity for renewal based on funding and performance

Salary: €1,500/month gross (€45,000 per annum/ pro-rata)

Start date: 14 July 2025 (flexible)

Reports to: Founder / Executive Director

Application deadline: 29 June 2025

About Cadre

Cadre is a newly founded nonprofit committed to centring communities, survivors, and those at heightened risk of violence and systemic injustice as leaders in shaping the solutions that affect them. Rooted in feminist, queer, anti-racist, and decolonial values, we work closely with communities and survivor-facing organizations to co-create practical tools, research, and programming grounded in healing, resistance, and collective care.

Our initial projects include a psychosocial support and life-skills camp for refugee adolescents, research on birth plans for survivors of sexual assault co-created with survivor-led advisory boards, LGBTQI+ know your rights resources for asylees and undocumented individuals with Queer led-community groups, a human-centered tech platform co-regulated by social workers, experts with lived expertise and tech advisors, and the establishment of Cadre's operational presence in the Netherlands. This is a unique opportunity to join at the foundation and shape the systems, partnerships, and strategies that will support our work moving forward.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Officer to support Cadre's operations, fundraising, and coordination in the Netherlands. This is a hands-on role for someone with strong organisational skills, fundraising experience, and a deep alignment with Cadre's values. You will work directly with the Founder/Executive Director and help build our internal systems, manage logistics, and liaise with Dutch institutions and partners. This is a part-time position with room to grow in both seniority and pay as the organisation expands.

Key Responsibilities

Project coordination

• Support planning and implementation of Cadre's core projects, including the summer camp, research, and tech platform.
• Develop and maintain workplans, timelines, and delivery tools
• Organise project meetings, events, and convenings in The Hague and online

Operations and administration

• Assist with nonprofit registration and compliance in the Netherlands
• Maintain internal systems for documentation, budgeting, and recordkeeping
• Liaise with Dutch authorities, service providers, and vendors

Fundraising and partnerships

• Actively identify funding opportunities and take the lead in drafting proposals and submissions, with support from the Founder/ Executive Director
• Draft and track donor proposals and reports, with a focus on Dutch and European funders
• Maintain a fundraising calendar and donor engagement log
• Support relationships with community and institutional partners

Communications and documentation

• Draft written content for reports, website updates, and social media
• Create materials to increase the profile, reach and engagement of Cadre, and actively contribute to re-thinking models of organizational sustainability that is rooted in anti-capitalist, intersectional feminist and decolonial values.
• Support knowledge management and internal documentation across projects, including lessons learned workshops to ensure we are modelling an inside-out approach to addressing power imbalances and systems of harm.

Monitoring and learning

• Track outputs, timelines, and deliverables
• Contribute to light-touch monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes ensuring that these are survivor-centered, safe, ethical, and aligned with both donor requirements and contextual nuance.
• Contribute to operational research through the provision of safe

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in project coordination, operations, fundraising, and/or nonprofit support
• Demonstrated experience in writing and managing grant proposals or donor reports
• Experience with Dutch nonprofit compliance or donor engagement
• Strong organisational skills and comfort with administrative processes
• Professional fluency in Dutch and English (written and spoken)
• Ability to work independently and communicate clearly in a remote/hybrid environment
• Alignment with Cadre's feminist, anti-oppression, and community-driven values

Desirable

• Familiarity with community-based mental health, human rights, or creative justice work
• Additional language skills (e.g. Arabic, French, or Spanish)
• Lived experience of marginalisation, displacement, or structural oppression
• Experience working in start-ups, and/or co-operative work structures
• Training or academic qualification in human rights, cultural anthropology, mental health, gender studies (or similar)

Working Style and Conditions

• Remote work is supported, with availability for in-person meetings and events in The Hague
• Additional accommodations for persons with disabilities, caregiving responsibilities or other accommodations not mentioned are welcomed.
• Access to mental health resources, with budgeted staff counsellor position to be introduced funding permitting
• Optional shared office access at the Hague Humanity Hub
• Occasional travel (max 10-20%) may be available but is not required. If interested, all efforts will be taken to support ongoing care responsibilities during that time (e.g. travel accompaniment)
• Pro-rata leave based on Dutch employment standards

Compensation and Development

• €45,000/year (pro-rata, based on 2 days/week)
• Initial 12-month contract with 2-month probation and bi-annual review at month six
• Structured opportunities for increased hours, pay progression, and promotion as funding grows
• Includes mentoring, a co-created development plan, and optional training opportunities.

How to Apply

Please submit a CV and either a cover letter or short video (max 4 minutes) introducing yourself and your interest in the role to: by 29 June 2025.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by 1 July. Interviews will be held 3-10 July (in person in The Hague or online). Remote interviews may also be arranged after this date. Interview questions will be shared in advance, and we are happy to support other accommodations wherever possible.

Inclusion and Belonging at Cadre

Cadre is an equal opportunity employer. We actively seek to build a team that reflects the communities we work with. We strongly encourage applications from women identifying applicants, LGBTIQ+ individuals, BIPOC, people with disabilities, refugee applicants and individuals with lived experience of additional/intersecting forms of systemic marginalisation to apply. If you don't meet every requirement but feel you could be a good fit for the role, we still encourage you to apply. Applications can be creative, formal or informal - we encourage you to let who you are shine through.