Project Officer - Thomson Reuters Foundation

TRSS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global foundation for responsible business is seeking a Project Officer to support impactful projects. The role focuses on project execution through financial oversight and logistical support. Candidates should have up to 5 years of project coordination experience, strong organizational skills, and a proactive attitude. The organization offers competitive benefits and values social impact.

Benefits

Competitive salary packages

Market-leading benefits

Access to professional development

Qualifications

• Up to 5 years’ experience in project coordination, ideally with exposure to financial processes.
• Strong experience of administrative or finance processes and budget management.
• Excellent organizational, task management and prioritisation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide ad-hoc administrative support throughout the project portfolio.
• Lead aspects of monthly accounting cycle.
• Coordinate activities with project team members and external contractors.

Skills

Project coordination

Financial oversight

Communication skills

Organization

Problem-solving

Administrative support

Task management

Tools

Excel

Salesforce

Word

Job description

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is seeking a Project Officer to join our Programmes team and support the delivery of impactful projects within our Responsible Business portfolio.

This role will play a key part in ensuring smooth project execution through financial oversight, logistics coordination, and administrative support. You’ll also lead capacity-building initiatives and organize convenings that advance responsible business practices globally.

We harness the power of media, law, and data to foster free, fair, and informed societies. Our Responsible Business work promotes corporate transparency, human rights, and sustainable practices—engaging businesses, investors, lawyers, civil society, and journalists to drive positive change.

Please note that this role is a fixed term contract until December 2026.

About the Role

• Provide ad-hoc administrative support throughout the project portfolio and ensuring the projects’ activities align with TRF policies.
• Take lead in some aspects of monthly accounting cycle such as accruals and support the PM in project forecasting and financial reporting.
• Coordinate activities with project team members, internal functions (finance, comms, etc.) external contractors and partner organizations, and ensure continuity in coordination and communication.
• Support the portfolio logistics needs, especially related to travels, and in-person delivery, ensuring all operations are in line with TRF policy.
• Support knowledge capture, ensuring that we document our networks, relationships and ongoing conversations systematically.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and data using tools like Salesforce and keep track of examples of impact and contribute to project progress reports (internal and external).
• Develop and manage key project management tools, such as work plan and risk registers, under the lead of the Portfolio Manager and the Project Managers.
• Participate project-relevant meetings with external stakeholders, conferences and events and feedback information to the team.
• Support knowledge sharing and learning for the Programmes team by sharing lessons learnt and contributing to discussions to increase wider team understanding.
• Support the Project Manager in identification of potential and emerging risks and issues which could impact the successful delivery of the portfolio and/or individual projects. Escalate critical concerns. Contribute to development of mitigation strategies.

About You

• Up to 5 years’ experience in project coordination, ideally with exposure to financial processes.
• Strong experience of administrative or finance processes and budget management.
• Excellent organisational, task management and prioritisation skills and the ability to work with changing priorities and time pressures.
• A pro-active self-starting and problem-solving attitude, including paying attention to detail and being good on follow-through.
• Highly motivated with ability to work independently or in a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills with prior experience building relationships across teams and organisations with common goals, and working constructively with a diverse range of people.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and project management tools (Salesforce a plus).
• Understanding of labour rights, and media capacity building with a passion for human rights.

To apply for this position, send your CV and cover letter in English describing how you meet the specifications for this role and provide your availability to start. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

What’s in it For You?

• Global Perspective and Impact: Interested in working for a dynamic global organization with a focus on social impact? With hubs all over the world from Bangkok to Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, join a truly international team with a shared goal of helping to build societies around the world that are free, fair, and informed.
• Unique Approach: Our expertise in media and the law is world class. We combine the power of both to address the critical issues faced by humanity.
• Our Relevance: With a focus on advancing media freedom, fostering more inclusive economies and promoting human rights, our work has never been more needed than right now.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits.
• Learning & Development: We are dedicated to the continual professional development of our employees and offer access to both in-house and external training opportunities.

About Thomson Reuters Foundation

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique media and legal services to drive systemic change.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen statuss, veteran status, any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug‑free workplace.

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