Selection call for applications

1. Institution: The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)

2. Project: Higher Education Evidence Based Policy Making: a necessary premise for progress in Romania, code: 34912

3. Domain: Reporting expert

4. Level: collaboration

5. Objective: Coordinating the implementation and reporting progress, ensuring financial and human resources management

6. Activities in which the expert will be involved:

Managing the project implementation progress and the project reporting activities

7. Responsibilities of the experts:

• Internal project monitoring: MONTHLY;
• Elaboration of the quarterly activity progress reports and submission to the project manager: quarterly;
• Elaboration of the periodical technical-financial reports as part of the reimbursement documentation: in accordance with the initial planning;
• Elaboration of notifications and explanatory notes for addendums to the financial contract: whenever necessary;
• Elaboration of activity reports, intermediary reports (quarterly, as support for the R1 / final reports): quarterly;
• Preparation, together with the beneficiary, of the necessary documentation for audit and evaluation: at project completion or at beneficiary request;
• Elaboration of progress and risk analyses for the project manager: quarterly or whenever necessary;
• Responding to requests from the project manager in maximum 24 hours from receiving them.

8. Specific requirements (qualifications and expertise):

• university degree in Law/ Economics / Public administration;
• work experience: minimum 5 years;
• work experience in other European funded projects.

9. Knowledge and specific skills:

• efficiency in time management;
• professional approach and confidentiality concerning the project objectives;
• experience in European projects;

10. Activity timeframe:

The activity is scheduled to take place between 20 August 2012 – 17 February 2013.

11. Applications:

The applications will be submitted via e-mail at secretariat-podca@uefiscdi.ro or at the postal address 3, Calea Plevnei St., Bucharest, no later than 14 August 2012, containing:

• letter of intent;
• CV (Europass);
• Copies of diplomas and other relevant documents.

12. Available positions: 1