20/05/2013

The Implementing/Monitoring Officer will be responsible for the monitoring and controlling the implementation of the grant contracts assigned. He/She is also the contact to Lead partners for providing advice on content related issues.

 

► Tasks

To provide assistance to Lead partners on administrative and financial issues concerning project implementation.

To contribute to Lead partner seminars organized by the JTS, concerning administrative and financial management of the project.

To collect and review progress reports submitted and to advise Lead partners if progress is not on schedule or activities change

To undertake monitoring site-visits in order to check projects’ progress towards their objectives

To prepare statistics and monitor figures at project level considering programme’s indicators

To contribute to the drafting of the annual progress reports to be submitted to the Joint Managing Authority, Joint Monitoring Committee, and the European Commission.

To prepare thematic reports on progress projects achieved

To update with information the monitoring system of the programme

 

► Profile

Employment criteria

University degree (European studies, regional development, political sciences, law, technical, economics, public administration, other)

at least 1 year of experience in EU financed projects’/ programs’ management and implementation, preferably in cross border cooperation EU programs;

fluent in spoken and written English and in one language spoken in JOP territory (Romania, Ukraine and Republic of Moldova)

 

► Assets

good understanding and knowledge of the programme area

good knowledge of project management

experience in and ambition to work in an international environment with different administrative traditions

able to propose solutions for improving project management

very good computer skills: MS Office including Excel and PowerPoint, Internet

creative and problem-solving oriented, interested in new learning experiences

communicative, open minded, and a good team worker

well organized, able to self manage and prioritize his/her tasks.

willingness to travel

 

Availability for the job: 1 at JTS headquarters in Iasi

 

► Terms of employment

The position is based on a short term contract (untill December 31,2014) under the Romanian law.

  • Fluent in spoken and written of Ukrainian language would be an advantage.

► Application procedure

The deadline for submitting the application folder is May 23, 2013  at 16:00 hours (Romanian time).

 

Please declare on the envelope: Application for the JOP RO-UA-MD – Implementing/Monitoring Officer

Only those applications received by the closing date to this vacancy announcement will be eligible for consideration.
GENERAL BACKROUND
The general objective of the Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova 2007-2013 is to develop and realise cross-border cooperation projects in the specified programme area. In order to achieve its goals the programme is aiming at setting up a professional and effective Joint Technical Secretariat with educated and experienced international staff covering the programme area.

The Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) is responsible for the day-to-day programme management, providing potential applicants with information and advice during the application process and accompanies the applicants until the projects are completed.

The JTS assists the Joint Monitoring Committee and the Joint Managing Authority in carrying out their respective duties.

The Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) is set up by the Joint Managing Authority (Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, Romania) after consultation with the National Authorities of the other two participating countries (Ministry of Economy of  Ukraine and State Chancellery of the Republic of Moldova).

The JTS will function in two locations within the Regional Office for Cross Border Cooperation Suceava for the Romanian-Ukrainian border and the Regional Office for Cross Border Cooperation Iasi for the Romanian-Moldovan border.

The duties of the JTS include activities related to general programme implementation, technical and administrative management, information and publicity.

More specifically, this includes the preparation of call for proposals; information and publicity activities; the organisation of technical meetings, workshops and info days with the potential applicants and beneficiaries; the participation in the projects selection process and contracting of the selected projects; monitoring progress during the projects implementation; contribution to the regular updating of the programme monitoring system; secretarial tasks in support of the Joint Monitoring Committee including preparation of documents, decisions, minutes and reports.

In order to have a broader view on the programme and the tasks of the JTS please check out the programming document on one of these websites:

, http://www.ro-ua-md.net

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