Project MEL and Grants Officer

Team: Projects Team

Responsible to: Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Key Relationships: Strategy Delivery Unit, PEBI Champions, Regional Offices and Teams

Contract: Permanent

Working Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours a week

Salary: £46,900 gross per annum

Location: London, UK

Must have the right to work in designated country and provide proof before engagement.

ARTICLE 19 is a flexible employer and encourages a hybrid working environment. The frequency of time in attending the office and working from home is to be agreed with the successful candidate.

About ARTICLE 19

For over 35 years, ARTICLE 19 has worked for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.

When you work with ARTICLE 19, you’re not just joining an organisation – you’re joining a movement for a freer, fairer world.

Find out more about what we do

How would you like to work for a leading human rights organisation?

Your contribution to the team

Your role as Project MEL and Grants Officer will be critical in achieving the goals of the Projects Team to deliver high-quality support in monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), project and grant management to colleagues across the organisation. You will support the Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer to roll-out innovative approaches to how the organisation captures impact, shares success stories and learns from one another. You will support colleagues to understand compliance requirement of grants and to identify, assess and realign projects to ensure delivery against these requirements and project objectives. You will play a vital role to ensure the uptake and usability of our organisational grants and project management platform called PEBI (Project Ecosystem for Business Intelligence).

Working in the Projects team the key responsibilities of your role will include:

• Supporting project and organisational MEL;
• Management of project management system (PEBI);
• Supporting contract management and project management function;
• And supporting the team.

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role are:

• Full understanding of grant management, project implementation tools and procedures;
• Project MEL including designing MEL plan, data collection tools and indicators;
• Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to relate with diverse people from different cultures;
• Strong organisation, time management, communication and coordination skills;
• Strong Excel skills and numeracy and budgeting skills;
• Excellent computer skills, particularly MS Office package (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint) and some experience of using information management systems and databases;
• Ability to communicate effectively in English with outstanding writing skills;
• Able to work well under pressure and meet multiple deadlines;
• Experience working with donors, particularly EC, DRL, SIDA;
• At least 2 years of work experience in project support functions including donor compliance, project management and MEL.

Apply now, we’d love to hear from you

Application deadline date: 7th September 2025

We appreciate that no candidate will meet every requirement of the role, if your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified, and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements for the recruitment process or the role, please contact pandc@article19.org.

Our Culture

We are a people centred and flexible employer, friendly and a passionate global organisation who live and breathe the same mission and values. We strive to be agile and work collaboratively and are committed to DEI and staff wellbeing.

Our commitment as an equal opportunities employer

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate individuality and encourage you to join us and be your authentic self at work with the freedom to have responsibility, autonomy, and creativity within your role.

Our Reward Package

As we continue to defend freedom of expression and freedom of speech we also invest in the professional, personal growth and well-being of our staff through:

• Time for rest and recuperation with 25 days annual leave days per year plus unlimited leave for when you need it; family friendly and flexible working via a 4.5 day work week, you have the choice to work in a way that brings the best out in you, and generous family leave;
• Your health and wellbeing made up of 2 wellness days a year for self-care, a wellbeing allowance towards a physical activity; office closure for 3 days at the end of the year; Life insurance of 4 times salary; an Employee Assistance Programme with 24 hours a day support for you and your family; a workplace pension of 5% employer contribution; dental cover;
• Your Professional development with a contribution towards a magazine and/or professional subscription plus an allowance to learn a language course of your choice;
• Additional benefits including a cycle to work scheme to save money on a new work bike to travel to and from work; a season ticket loan Interest free covering your public transport cost to travel to work; bYond, a prepaid shopping card that helps you make the most of your pay; home and tech salary sacrifice to save up to 8% on home and tech products.

Essential:

• Ability to communicate effectively in English with outstanding writing skills;

Desirable:

• Language skills in at least one of the other ARTICLE 19’s languages, i.e. French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Dutch.