OPEN POSITION

Recruitment of a Language Assistant in a Twinning Programme

Project:

EU Twining project UA09/ENP-PCA/EN/20: 'Strengthening Institutional Capacity of the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Economy of Ukraine to Streamline the Water Services Management at Municipal Level'

Profile:

• University degree;
• Prior experience as interpreter in Ukraine in the public or private sector in an international environment;
• Fluency in English required, knowledge of French language will be a most;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent, Internet;
• Project management skills;
• Experience on EU funded project and especially as RTA assistant in a former Twinning project is a plus;
• Knowledge of public administration issues is an asset;
• Ability to deal with tact and diplomacy with the EU and Ukrainian counterparts and ability to work in autonomy as well as collectively.

Tasks:

• Provide translating/interpreting services;
• Facilitate the exchanges between the International team and the different stakeholders;
• Support to the RTA in the organisation of the different activities from a logistical point of view and in the organisation of the short term experts assignments and meetings as well as Project related missions of the Project Leader and other Member State Partner staff;
• Support to the Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA) in overall project management;
• Provide secretarial services in support of the RTA and the other experts in all activities related to their project inputs;
• Provide necessary support in the organisation of seminars and meetings in the Beneficiary Country (preparation of invitation letters and documents, etc.);
• Other tasks as needed.

Job location:

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  Ministry of Housing and Municipal Economy of Ukraine: 24, Dymytrova Street, Kyiv plus some missions in Ukraine outside Kyiv.
  
  
  

Duration:

• 15 months (as of covenant signature)

Expected starting date of the assignment:

• 01/02/2011

Written application:

• Send CV in EU format in French or English and cover letter to Mr. Denis BESOZZI: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  Ця адреса електронної пошти приховується від різних спамерських пошукових роботів. Щоб побачити її потрібно активувати Ява-скрипт. before the 20^th of January 2011.

Oral selection:

• An interview will take place in Kyiv beginning of February 2011.

Pre-selected candidates will be contacted directly to be called to the interview.