Job Announcement for Resident Twinning Advisor Assistant for EU Twinning Project
(Ref.: RTAA)
We are currently recruiting a Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA) Assistant for the EU Twinning Project entitled “Institutional Capacity Building for Fishery Producer Organisations” for 12 months in Ankara.
Starting Date for Employment
Depending on the signing of the Twinning Contract (indicative starting time: end of 2013).
Place of Employment
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Eskişehir Yolu 9.Km. Lodumlu, Ankara.
Tasks
- Assisting the RTA in the day-to-day implementation of the project;
- Office management and general work (answering phone calls, filing, photocopying, sending and receiving mails and faxes);
- Editing the monthly, quarterly and final project reports and any other relevant documents.
- Undertaking general administration duties required for project implementation;
- Maintaining filing systems and facilitating the exchange of information between project partners;
- Organization of seminars, training events, meetings and other visits out of Ankara.
- Maintaining close working relationships and dialogue with Beneficiary Country (BC) administration and counterparts.
- Interpretation from English to Turkish and vice versa at meetings and other conversations for the RTA, the project team and visiting foreign experts.
- Any other duties as reasonably requested by the Resident Twinning Advisor.
Necessary Qualifications
- University degree in Social Sciences or Engineering.
- Master’s degree in EU relations will be an asset
- Proven experience in office management and project administration.
- Experience of international donor funded projects, for example: EU funded projects, such as Twinning projects would be an advantage.
- Excellent Computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Internet, etc.).
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
- Professional fluency in oral and written English.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel (within Turkey and abroad)
Remuneration
The salary of 2000 € will be paid according to the conditions as set out in the Twinning Contract. A working contract will be signed for a period of 12 months.
How to Apply
Please send your application letter and curriculum vitae (in English) including names and details of two references via e-mail, for the attention of Ms. Esther Koopmanschap (RTA) and Dr. Erhan Ekmen (RTA Counterpart), to: eutwinning.tr11ibag01@gmail.com. Please, indicate Ref.: RTAA in the subject field of you email.
Application deadline: 22 August 2013 at 18.00 hrs. Turkish local time.
Short-listed applicants will be notified by email on 28 August 2013 whether they are invited for the interviews on 2 September 2013.
Contact Point
General Directorate of Agricultural Reform
Head of Agricultural Organisations
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Eskişehir Yolu 9.Km. Lodumlu, Ankara.
Phone: 0 312 258 79 82
Fax: 0 312 258 79 52
NOTE: Twinning Manual foresees that the chosen assistant is not a civil servant or agent of the beneficiary (past 6 months, at the moment of the start of the project) nor is on leave from the beneficiary to take up the position of the project assistant.