Republic of Moldova

Project Assistant - “Support to Central Public Administration Reform Project”

Background:
The revised and extended Support to Central Public Administration project follows up on the results achieved in 2006, and provides for continuation – at the level of Government office and selected Ministries - of support to capacity building interventions to put a modernized public administration system in place, as well as for strengthening the institutional capacity for the approximation of national legislation with European laws. The duration of the assignment is 12 months with possible extension.

Summary of tasks:

• The main responsibilities will include administrative, financial and procurement management tasks related to project and/or programme management.

Requirements:

• University Degree in economics, finance, accounting, law, public administration or other related field;
• At least two years of experience is administrative work, accounting, finance, economics, public administration or other substantive area is required;
• Previous experience in development assistance or related work for a donor organization, governmental institutions, NGO or private sector/consulting firm is a very strong advantage;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems;
• Fluency in both oral and written English and Romanian is a must.  Knowledge of Russian desired.

Terms of Reference

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resumes with a cover letter with the mark “Project Assistant SPAR” by 31 August 2007 by e-mail to registry.md@undp.org or by fax to 220041.

Only those short-listed will be contacted.