Position title: Project Officer
at the Coordination Unit of the OIE World Animal Health and Welfare Fund
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Net salary: 2,800 Euros/month (net) + benefits
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Responsibilities :
Supporting on a daily basis the workload of the C
oordination Unit of the OIE World Animal Health and Welfare Fund (World
Fund) , the incumbent will assume shared responsibility for the
following:
• Providing management support , as assigned by the
Coordinator of the World Fund (Head of Unit), on the activities
implemented through the OIE World Fund (monitoring of activities and
follow up of financial commitments and constraints), including specific
cost accounting and Monitoring & Evaluation activities when
appropriate.
• Contributing to the preparation of negotiation
documents, calls for proposals and concept notes (to Donors including
international organisations and/or private foundations), while using
results frameworks and OIE World Fund Indicators.
• Contributing to the development of OIE
partnerships and activities at country level (development projects /
initiatives at field level with a variety of institutional partners).
• Monitoring / Preparation of specific budgets and
follow up tables for the financial components of OIE programmes and
activities, e.g. for twinning programmes, Performance of Veterinary
Services (PVS) Pathway missions (PVS Evaluation missions, PVS Gap
Analysis missions, Legislation missions), or programmes and activities
managed or implemented by OIE Regional or Sub-Regional Representations.
• Drafting technical and financial reports to World Fund Donors.
• Supporting the operations of antigen/vaccine
banks by monitoring production/delivery orders, antigen/vaccine stocks
and corresponding expenses.
• Supporting the secretariat of the Advisory and of
the Management Committees of the OIE World Fund (annual meetings),
including the preparation of working documents, executive presentations,
financial analysis of donor accounts, and summary minutes of these
meetings.
• Possible participation to international meetings
or duty missions (including abroad) when required (internal meetings,
external meetings with donors, or thematic meetings and conferences),
capability to represent the Coordination Unit of the OIE World Fund
(internally), or the OIE (externally).
• If necessary, contributing to updates in design and content of the OIE website on World Fund activities.
• Carrying out any other related activities as
assigned by the Coordinator of the World Fund (Head of Unit), the
incumbent may be assigned to other tasks relating to World Fund
activities.
In addition, the Director General or the Deputy
Director General (Administration, Management, Human Resources and
Regional Activities) may, where necessary, assign to the incumbent any
other duties within his/her areas of competence.
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Qualifications and Experience:
• Project or business management qualifications or equivalent experience;
• Good knowledge and experience notably with World
Bank and European Union procedures (e.g. preparation of proposals) and
the World Bank / EU Financial Regulations;
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills,
capable of adapting to a team of five persons already in place (
Coordination Unit of the OIE World Animal Health and Welfare Fund);
• Organisational awareness: strong ability to establish priorities, work within tight timelines and multi-task;
• Capability of working in a multicultural
international environment with colleagues from different departments and
offices, and grasp different topics and activities quickly;
• Ability to work at General Directorate level with high level of resilience and accuracy;
• Good communication skills both verbally and in writing;
• Self-motivated, focused and driven;
• Excellent knowledge of English and Spanish or French; knowledge of a third language would be an additional asset;
• Good computer skills, namely Word, Excel (pivot
tables), PowerPoint, Prezi, and MS Project (or equivalent) would be an
additional asset;
• Experience in project accountancy and cost accounting is very important;
N.B. - These qualifications are considered minimum requirements for the position.
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Additional information:
The French authorities do not require OIE staff to have a work permit.
The post is Paris-based (17 th arrondissement ).
OIE staff members are international civil servants
subject to the authority of the Director General and may be assigned to
any activities, offices or duty stations of the Organisation.
Full-time position, to be filled immediately.
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Curriculum vitae and letters of motivation should be sent to the OIE, by mail or by email at a.dehove@oie.int and hr.dept@oie.int , before 31 October 2014 .
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