Place of Employment: Pristina/Kosovo*
Sector: Education
Type of Employment: full-time

Commencement date of the project: October 2016 (duration of the project: 3 years)
Deadline for Applications: 15th September 2016

Applications consisting of a motivation letter and an updated CV in Europass format should be sent to office@wus-austria.org.

Job description:

• Responsible for the sound management and timely implementation of the project, as well as the efficient use of project funds and management of the project team and experts;
• Responsible for planning and supervising all project activities, and carrying out/taking part in the implementation of the activities of the project in close cooperation with all project partners;
• Coordinates project activities with the Project Steering Board and the represented organisations, and coordinates of the Steering Board meetings;
• Fosters policy dialogue with relevant stakeholders, conceptual support to the ADC Office in Pristina, supports whole of government approach, coordinated by the ADC office in Pristina,
• Assures regular and good communication to partners and ADC;
• Steers reporting processes, mainly progress and final reports (narrative and financial), as well as other contractual obligations regarding the implementation of the project in line with ADA regulations.

Requirements:

Qualifications and skills:

• A university degree (minimum: Master’s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Law or other relevant disciplines;
• Experience in managing and motivating a multicultural team;
• Leadership competence;
• Strong written and oral communication skills, as well as strong inter-personal, networking and mediation skills;
• Ability to work in complex social and political situations;
• Fluency in written and spoken English;
• Knowledge of local language(s) is an asset.

Professional experience:

• At least 10 years of experience in project management in an international working environment;
• Proven record of at least 10 years in assistance to and working with public administration on several levels, preferably in countries of the region;
• Leadership experience for projects of a comparable scale;
• Several years of experience in development cooperation projects; Profound experience in the area of governance;
• Expertise in leading and steering high profile programmes and projects in complex structural and/or social working environments;
• Experience in PCM (project cycle management) in complex international projects;
• Experience in organisational/institutional development, result based monitoring and reporting;
• Experience in the field of (Higher) Education is an asset;
• Experience in the field of quality assurance is an asset;
• Detailed knowledge of the region and especially Kosovo* is an asset;
• Demonstrated work experience with international institutions, agencies and experts, as well as grant management experience are an asset;

Source: zsi.at