Metzineres is a non-profit cooperative based in the Raval neighborhood (Barcelona), creating sheltering environments for women and gender-diverse people who use drugs and survive multiple situations of vulnerability and violence.

We are looking for a Project Officer to join our team full-time, supporting the projects area in managing the full cycle of public and private grants (design, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting), as well as fundraising. We seek a motivated person with vision, initiative, and experience in designing, monitoring, and reporting on projects addressed to both public administrations and private entities at local, national, and international levels.

Interested candidates should send a motivation letter and CV or LinkedIn profile to personal@metzineres.org before May 15, 2026.

Your day-to-day
At Metzineres, we need to strengthen the projects area to manage our different funding streams. With direct support from the technical projects team, you will handle and monitor the full grant cycle, from formulation and follow-up to reporting, mainly for projects funded by public administrations.

You will take part in all processes related to the projects area of our cooperative. At times, you will collaborate with other team members, such as the coordinator, the communications team, or the intervention team.

You will also participate in applications for Metzineres’ involvement in conferences, events, and advocacy spaces.

Metzineres operates through involvement and horizontality. Participation in decision-making is real, and each professional actively contributes from their responsibilities and field of action. For this reason, time is dedicated to meetings and collective reflection spaces where decisions are made together across different governance spaces.

You are someone who…

• Is empathetic and maintains a positive attitude in any situation. You know that with humor and wit, things flow better!
• Is patient and practices active listening.
• Enjoys sharing knowledge with others.
• Is motivated to maintain and sustainably strengthen coherence within the organization.
• Is resourceful, solution-oriented, and capable of improvisation. Challenges are opportunities for you.
• Enjoys learning and innovating; you are curious by nature.
• Values building genuine and honest interpersonal relationships.
• Has initiative and critical thinking, and contributes solutions.
• Feels comfortable testing, failing, and learning from mistakes and experience to improve next time.

What we need

• Degree in Social Sciences
• Training in gender perspective
• At least three years of experience as a project officer
• Languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English
• Advanced office skills (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and other office software)
• Strong knowledge of and ability to liaise with public administrations (mainly Barcelona City Council and the Government of Catalonia, as well as at state level)
• Experience with European projects
• Knowledge of international private funding
• Proactivity in identifying new funding and grant opportunities
• Strong organizational skills, responsibility, and workload management
• Creative capacity and prior experience in project writing and reporting
• Personal initiative, proactive attitude, and problem-solving skills in management

What you will do

• Design and draft projects for grant applications
• Submit projects to funding calls
• Follow up on resolutions, communications, and requirements from public administrations
• Manage all cooperative documentation required for different projects
• Monitor the implementation of funded projects
• Evaluate and report on funded projects
• Liaise directly with public administrations for grant management
• Identify and track public funding opportunities
• Identify and track private funding (national and international foundations)
• Network with other entities in the sector and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)
• Collaborate with partner organizations on joint projects
• Identify and track different types of grants, awards, or other opportunities relevant to the cooperative

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the Social and Solidarity Economy
• Experience or knowledge in European project management
• High level of English
• Experience in activism related to drug policy reform, human rights, harm reduction, or intersectional feminism
• Familiarity with gender perspectives, drug policies, and/or working with people in vulnerable situations

Duration and working conditions

• Permanent contract under the general social security regime
• 38-hour work week with flexible schedule
• On-site position at our office in Barcelona

Why Metzineres

• We are a young cooperative with a horizontal structure. You will have opportunities for growth and development.
• Genuine creativity, transformative passion, and radical tenderness are part of our core values.
• Possibility of becoming a cooperative member in the future
• Access to training
• Access to services from the Cos Cooperative of Health and Integrative Medicine at member rates

About Metzineres
Women and gender-diverse people who use drugs and survive multiple forms of violence and vulnerability rarely access or remain in socio-health care networks, and are often excluded from both drug-related and gender-based violence services.

In response, Metzineres was founded in 2018 to develop Sheltering Environments exclusively for them, integrating a full spectrum of harm reduction, intersectional feminism, and peer-based approaches into its model. After three years operating under the umbrella of other organizations, in 2020 Metzineres became a non-profit cooperative and began a process of independence that is currently being consolidated. This, together with years of work and experience, has led to a level of stability and maturity that allows us to envision an exciting future.

Today, the Metzineres team is made up of 31 people: 15 in the intervention team —those working directly with participants— and 16 in the structural team —those responsible for sustainability, organization, strategy, communication, and advocacy. After a long journey of learning and growth, Metzineres is now a cohesive group, engaged in decision-making, participatory and responsible, where solidarity, mutual support, and teamwork prevail.

Thanks to this social ecosystem we have built, and driven by the need to consolidate our work alongside the recent approval of new projects to be developed in upcoming stages, Metzineres is expanding its team!