Asistente de Proyecto - Minería artesanal y pequeña minería MAPE - Proyecto Planet GOLD Ecuador

The Project Assistant supports technical, operational, and territorial coordination for the implementation of strategies and activities aimed at reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale mining (MAPE) in Ecuador. The role involves field visits, coordination with local actors, documentation, and support for pilot projects and community strengthening activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, operational, and territorial support for implementing project strategies and activities related to mercury reduction in MAPE.
• Support coordination of technical meetings, operational meetings, and working groups with local and inter-institutional actors.
• Facilitate communication and coordination between project coordination, public institutions, private actors, community organizations, and beneficiaries.
• Conduct field visits and territorial monitoring to verify compliance with activities, strategies, and agreements.
• Identify needs, challenges, and opportunities to strengthen project implementation and mercury reduction actions.
• Support logistics and coordination for local actor participation in project activities.
• Support implementation, monitoring, and documentation of pilot projects, incentives, and productive alternatives for cleaner processes and mercury reduction/elimination.
• Coordinate operational field activities for pilot projects and clean production initiatives.
• Identify beneficiaries and local actors for incentives and productive alternatives.
• Monitor and collect information on progress and results of implemented activities.
• Facilitate training, technical assistance, and awareness-raising for beneficiaries and communities.
• Systematize experiences, lessons learned, and good practices from executed activities.
• Support organization and logistics for sensitization, training, and community strengthening activities.
• Manage invitations, participant confirmations, and agenda coordination for workshops and meetings.
• Provide operational support during workshops, meetings, and other field activities.
• Prepare attendance lists, minutes, photographic records, and supporting documentation.
• Distribute informational and awareness materials to participants and territorial actors.
• Collect, organize, systematize, and update technical, operational, and documentary information generated in the field.
• Prepare progress reports, matrices, databases, and project documents.
• Maintain organized and updated physical and digital project files.
• Support preparation, preliminary review, and consolidation of technical and documentary project products.
• Collect and organize supporting information for terms of reference, agreements, and other technical and administrative documents.
• Review preliminary reports and technical documents.
• Verify coherence, technical consistency, and quality of collected information.
• Support editing, writing improvement, and timely delivery of documents for final review and validation.
• Support knowledge creation, exchange, and capacity development relevant to the project.
• Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
• Support collection and systematization of project knowledge, products, and tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of experience OR High School certificate with 5 years of experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant work experience with secondary education or two (2) years with a Bachelor's degree in functions strictly related to the Ecuadorian metallic mining sector.
• Experience in the use of computer tools (Excel, Office / Open Office, and internet).
• Desirable experience of at least two (2) years working in metallic artisanal and small-scale mining (MAPE).
• Experience interacting with public sector, private sector, civil society, and/or international organizations.
• Experience working in gold processing and/or recovery processes in hard rock and/or alluvial mining.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams and supporting coordination with local actors.
• Fluency in Spanish is required.

Skills

• Metallic Mining Sector Experience
• Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Policy
• Gold Processing
• Gold Recovery Processes
• Hard Rock Mining
• Alluvial Mining
• Project Coordination
• Field Visits
• Community Engagement
• Interdisciplinary Team Management
• Public Sector Interaction
• Private Sector Interaction
• Civil Society Engagement
• International Organization Collaboration
• Excel
• Office Applications
• Internet Research

Languages

Spanish