Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Category:
Type: Full-time
Deadline: 20-Aug-18 00:00:00
Salary: Negotiable
Description
GIZ is looking for a Junior Advisor for "Economic and Social Participation of Vulnerable Displaced and Local Population in the South Caucasus" Programme. The incumbent will be responsible for the smooth progress of Programme activities. He/ she will act as a comprehensive service provider in the Programme office supporting the team in issues related to daily operational aspects of the Programme, external communication and public relations.
Responsibilities
- Implement daily operational aspects of all issues related to Programme;
- Process technical aspects and further developing of the area of responsibility in accordance with the specified quality standards;
- Maintain a good flow of communication and information between all involved institutions and counterparts and GIZ;
- Organize Project events;
- Ensure that the project office runs smoothly.
Coordination and Monitoring:
- Assist Programme management in planning, controlling, organizing and monitoring the Programme activities;
- Support Programme management in the reporting and updating the operational plans;
- Jointly responsible with partners for preparing, implementing and documenting training events, workshops, forums, team meetings and other project activities;
- Coordinate the use of office and transport capacities in accordance with the agreement on the use of facilities at the relevant office locations;
- Assist national and international consultants in their work;
- Assist the team with organisational and management issues;
- Assist the team in preparing and conducting Programme activities and carry out other job-related activities as required.
Knowledge management and Communication:
- Assist the team in all issues related to external communication (layout of documents, proofreading of texts, checking corporate design issues whenever possible, etc.) and public relations (writing of texts, proofreading of documents, developing factsheets, etc.);
- Collect and circulate Programme-related information, and disseminate Programme experiences upon necessity;
- Contribute to publication of Programme results;
- Contribute to Programme-related media communications;
- Establish and update Project presentations in creative styles;
- Support in conceptualization, organisation, implementation and follow-up of PR and other events;
- Carry out translation and interpretation tasks from/ to English/ Armenian languages, including concise meeting reports;
- Collect and process activity results and data for monitoring system and compile reports in English language and ideally also in German language.
Research:
- In consultation with the manager or expert, prepare and carry out qualitative research projects (developing survey instruments, field trials, training field staff, organisational preparation in the field, collecting and analyzing data).
General obligations:
- Be familiar with GIZ planning, implementation and reporting procedures and their changes;
- Be familiar with other Programme components and GIZ-assisted measures, concepts and status of implementation and know the corresponding experts and staff;
- Represent the interest of the GIZ-assisted measure and always act on its behalf;
- Carry out important tasks for the Project/ Programme, even if these are not explicitly cited in the job description;
- Assist in organization of training events, seminars, workshops, study tours, etc.
Other duties/ additional tasks:
- Perform other job-related duties and tasks at the request of team leader.
RequiredQualifications
- University degree in Social Sciences or in an area that is related to the Project/ Programme objectives (equivalent to MA/ MS);
- At least 3 years of professional experience in a comparable position;
- Strong ability for self-motivation, self-organisation and priority-setting;
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team;
- Good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office);
- Proven experience in writing high quality and effective PR texts in English and Armenian languages, on topics such as private sector development, market development, international development and refugees and enterprise promotion;
- Strong ability to manage activity and data monitoring and process it for precise and results-oriented GIZ reports in English language, ideally also in German language;
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
- Willingness to travel (nationally and internationally);
- Fluency in Armenian language, very good knowledge of English language, knowledge of German language is desired;
- Demonstrated ability to access and communicate with a variety of audiences (both specialized and non-specialized), ideally also Armenians displaced from Syria;
- Awareness of specific situation and needs of the target group.
Benefits
Job URL: iJob.am - Junior Advisor @ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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