Project Management Technician

Description

Position Summary: This role involves managing public calls for proposals and projects, supporting research and artistic creation, and organizing events within the strategic areas of the BBVA Foundation. Key Responsibilities: 1. Comprehensive management of calls for proposals and research/cultural projects. 2. Support for knowledge dissemination and talent recognition. 3. Collaboration in organizing major Foundation events. **Excited to grow your career?** BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers. **Learn more about the area:** The BBVA Foundation expresses the corporate social responsibility vocation of the BBVA Group and, in particular, its commitment to improving the societies in which it carries out its business activities. This responsibility and commitment have a long-standing track record of generating public goods in the field of knowledge. Promoting and fostering knowledge based on research and artistic and cultural creation—as well as interaction between these two domains—constitutes the core of the BBVA Foundation’s work program. Continuously expanding and rethinking the cultural framework and the boundaries of inherited knowledge is the most effective way to grant individuals greater degrees of freedom while also broadening collective opportunities. The Foundation’s three main lines of action are: support for scientific research and cultural creation (through individual and team grants), knowledge and cultural dissemination, and recognition of talent and innovation through various award programs. The Foundation focuses its activities on analyzing emerging issues across five strategic areas: Environment, Biomedicine and Health, Economics and Society, Basic Sciences and Technology, and Culture. Within these areas, the BBVA Foundation designs, develops, and funds research projects; facilitates advanced and specialized training through scholarships, courses, seminars, and *workshops*; awards prizes to researchers and professionals who have significantly contributed to advancing knowledge; and communicates and disseminates such knowledge through publications, debates, and conferences. **About the job:** **Main responsibilities:** * **Management of public calls for proposals:** Evaluation and analysis of call terms and conditions, preparation of documentation and forms, dissemination and identification of potential targets; receipt, handling of inquiries, screening, documentary review and correction of applications, report drafting, evaluator search and selection, preparation of evaluation documentation, meeting preparation and management during the evaluation process, monitoring and management of successful applications. * **Management of projects outside formal calls:** Project or proposal registration in the management system. Preliminary analysis and request for modifications, contact with applicant, preparation of evaluation sheets and reports. Evaluator search and monitoring of the evaluation process. Monitoring of approved proposals (tracking and assessment of outcomes, report drafting, etc.) * **Database management and maintenance** (registrations/deletions, ARSO rights management, preparation and dispatch of mass mailings). * **Support in organizing major events** of the BBVA Foundation. **Skills and competencies:** * Higher education degree (bachelor’s level or equivalent university education) * Bilingual or very high level of English * Knowledge of the structure and functioning of science and scientific institutions in the country * Familiarity with the cultural sector and its operation * Experience in project management (preferably scientific or cultural) * Proficiency in digital management tools **Soft skills:** * Analytical ability: analytical reasoning * Ability to prioritize tasks: time management * Attention to detail * Social skills and fluency in speech * Adaptability to change: flexibility * Collaboration and teamwork * Commitment and responsibility * High organizational and planning capacity **Skills:** Media Coverage Analysis