EUROPEAN UNION

Job Announcement – Project Assistant

IPARD Programming and Implementation System

1full time project assistant (assistant to the Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA)for EC Twinning Project “Support to establish an IPA Rural Development Programming and Implementation System in Montenegro”; project financed by the European Union)

Duration: 21 months, start on 1st of February 2010

Start of work: beginning of February 2010 (calendar week 6)

Place of work: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management (MAFWM), Podgorica

Project Assistant

There will be assigned an Assistant who will be employed for the whole duration of the project. Recruitment and contracting will follow Twinning procedures. The role of the RTA assistant will be:

  • To support the RTA and visiting officials from twinned Ministries of Agriculture in the execution of their responsibilities and tasks by:
  • providing office management and administrative assistance to the RTA;
  • providing relevant information and documents;
  • compilation of documents for project documentation, presentations and reporting
  • helping arrange contacts or meetings with these people;
  • attending meetings;
  • providing opinions or interpretations of the views expressed at these meetings.
  • To develop and maintain close working contacts and relations with Montenegrin officials involved in each of the work groups contacts at other beneficiary organisations and project co-ordinators in the Member States.

Skills and experience Required for the Project Assistant:

The assistant to the RTA will:

  • be of Montenegrin nationality or have a working permit
  • no current staff member of Ministry of Agriculture
  • excellent command of spoken and written Montenegrin andEnglishlanguage
  • knowledge of French and Germanlanguage would be a significant advantage
  • excellent inter-personal skills
  • knowledge of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • to be able to draft concise reports of meetings and summaries of longer papers, including economic or financial analysis, quickly and accurately
  • experienced PC (word, excel, powerpoint) and internet user
  • organisational experience in international projects esp. in the field of agriculture is an advantage
  • working experience with Montenegrin and/or Austrian administration esp. in the field of agriculture is an advantage
  • understand and respect all confidential classifications (both of a government or trade nature) of any government or trade documents, statements or other information he/she may given during the exercise of his/her duties

Remuneration: Up to 1.400 Euro/month depending on qualification

Closing date for applications: 11th of January 2010

Please send applications including curriculum vitae (CV in Europass format) in English to: Mr. Franz Patschka: and Ms. Sonja Schalud: .

EUROPEAN UNION

Job Announcement – Translator / Interpreter

IPARD Programming and Implementation System

1 full time translator/interpreter (assistant to the Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA) for EC Twinning Project “Support to establish an IPA Rural Development Programming and Implementation System in Montenegro”; project financed by the European Union)

Duration: 21 months, start on 1st of February 2010

Start of work: beginning of February 2010 (calendar week 6)

Place of work: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management (MAFWM), Podgorica

Translator / Interpreter

There will be assigned a Translator / Interpreter who will be employed for the whole duration of the project. Recruitment and contracting will follow Twinning procedures. The role of the RTA assistant will be:

  • to provide satisfactory translation (of documents) and interpretation (Montenegrin – English/French/German - Montenegrin) on agricultural and rural development matters for the RTA and visiting officials from twinned Ministries of Agriculture
  • interpretation during meetings, seminars and workshops
  • assist the RTA in the preparation of and support to expert missions
  • compilation of documents for project documentation, presentations and reporting

Skills and experience Required for the translator / interpreter:

The translator / interpreter to the RTA will:

  • be of Montenegrin nationality or have a working permit
  • no current staff member of Ministry of Agriculture
  • have excellent command of spoken and written Montenegrin, English, Frenchand German language
  • be a skilled technical translator / interpreter in relation to agriculture, rural development and policy, EU accession, legal systems and the acquis communautaire
  • have excellent inter-personal skills

Remuneration: Up to 1.400 Euro/month depending on qualification

Closing date for applications: 11th of January 2010

Please send applications including curriculum vitae (CV in Europass format) in English to: Mr. Franz Patschka: and Ms. Sonja Schalud: .