The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, Innsbruck, Austria.
Are you passionate about international cooperation? Are you a skilled organiser and communicator, and fluent in Slovenian and English? Then consider joining the Permanent Secretariat’s multinational, mountains-loving team in Innsbruck!
As Project Assistant, you will work under the authority of the Secretary General in close cooperation with all colleagues of the Permanent Secretariat to perform the following functions:
1. Country and language officer for Slovenia:
- Liaising with the Slovenian authorities and other Slovenian public and private organisations
- Translations and proofreading of official documents and media texts in Slovenian language.
2. Coordination of the Reading Mountains Festival:
- Cooperating with all partners of the Festival – directly with Slovenian partners and in close coordination with team colleagues for the other linguistic areas
- Identifying and contacting potential new partners
- Preparing and distributing the communication materials
- Monitoring, implementing and reporting on the budget of the Festival
- Participating in Reading Mountains events where feasible.
3. Support in the organisation of the Young Academics Award:
- Supporting the evaluation process
- Organisational support for the final event and award ceremony
- Preparing and disseminating the communication materials
- Communicating with applicants and partners.
4. General support to the Permanent Secretariat. This field of work includes:
- Contributing to the Alpine Convention’s online presence (website and social media)
- Supporting other outreach and public relations activities of the Permanent Secretariat
- Logistical support to the bodies of the Alpine Convention.
The position is to be filled as soon as possible and at the latest on 1 May 2026.