Project Manager, EU Project, Countering Terrorism

Position description

The project aims to strengthen the global delivery, coordination and coherence among the various CT and P/CVE projects financed by the European Union as well as to reinforce the EU engagement within the Global Counterterrorism Forum framework.

The objectives of the project are

• Policy: to ensure that EU CT and CVE actions benefit from the best of international policy and global lessons learned;
• Monitoring: to provide expertise to EU actions on CT/CVE throughout the programme cycle of research, design, implementation and evaluation;
• Support: to support EC to ensure the value-added and coherence of EU policy and practice are maximised.

Position

The Project Manager provides management, financial and administrative support to the CT MORSE project. S/he oversees all logistical issues, including the organisation of meetings, missions, events, travel arrangements and management of the website and the production of a newsletter.

Qualifications and skills

• University degree or equivalent education in Business Administration, Political Science or any other disciplines relevant to this assignment;
• Fluency in oral and written English;
• Working knowledge of French will be an asset;
• Excellent organising skills demonstrable with relevant experience;
• Good communications skills;
• Strong analytical skills and computer literacy;
• Organised and meticulous;
• Energetic, pro-active and with good humour.

General professional experience

• Minimum three years of relevant professional experience;
• Financial/budget management skills;
• Strong writing and reporting skills.

Specific professional experience

• At least 2 years working in administration and project management in a related field or area of work;
• Proven experience with administrative/logistics tasks;
• Proven experience in organising large events and conferences;
• Working experience on EU external assistance programmes and familiarity with EU procedures and reporting requirements will be an asset;
• Working experience in CT or P/CVE is considered an advantage.

Requirement

• Candidates must be citizens of an EU Member State.

Application instructions

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