MINISTRY OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK
Vacancy for
Language Assistant for EU Twinning Project
"Institutional Capacity Building for Fishery Producer Organisations"
(Ref.: LA)
We have a vacancy for a Language Assistant (LA) for EU Twinning Project entitled "Institutional Capacity Building for Fishery Producer Organisations". The project will end in January 2015, but is likely to be extended until April 2015.
Starting Date for Employment
In the 1st week of December 2014
Place of Employment
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Eskişehir Yolu 9.Km. Lodumlu, Ankara.
Tasks
Most important tasks will be the:
- Interpretation from English to Turkish and vice versa at meetings and other conversations for the RTA, the project team and visiting foreign experts;
- Translation of project documents from English to Turkish and vice versa;
Other tasks include:
- 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);
- Maintaining filing systems and facilitating the exchange of information between project partners;
- Editing the monthly, quarterly and final project reports and any other relevant documents;
- Undertaking general administration duties required for project implementation;
- 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;
- Any other duties as reasonably requested by the Resident Twinning Advisor.
Necessary Qualifications
- Immediate availability;
- Professional fluency in oral and written English;
- Experienced in working in international donor funded projects, preferably: EU funded projects, such as Twinning projects, will be an advantage;
- Proven experience in office management and project administration;
- Good knowledge of EU relations will be an asset;
- Excellent computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, Internet, etc.);
- Excellent organisational skills;
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills;
- Ability to work in a team;
- Willingness and flexibility to travel (within Turkey).
Remuneration
The salary of € 2000,- will be paid according to the conditions as set out in the Twinning Contract. A contract will be made up for a period of 5 to 6 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.: LA in the subject field of you email.
Application deadline
24 November 2014 at 18.00 hrs Turkish local time. Short-listed applicants will be notified by email and/or by phone on Thursday 27 November 2014 whether they are invited for the interviews on, possibly, Saturday 29 November 2014, Monday 1 December 2014 or Tuesday 2 December 2014.
If necessary, you can contact
General Directorate of Agrarian Reform, Organisations Department of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Eskişehir Yolu 9.Km. Lodumlu, Ankara. Telephone: 0 312 258 79 92
Note
The EU Twinning Manual foresees that the chosen assistant is not a civil servant or agent of the beneficiary for the past 6 months, nor is on leave from the beneficiary to take up the position of the project assistant.