Education Project Assistant/Officer
People in Need Moldova needed an Education Project Assistant/Officer
Organization - People in Need
Job Title – Education Project Assistant/Officer
Duty Station - Chisinau, with periodical travel to other project destinations throughout Moldova.
Salary range - 17550,00 – 24960,00 MDL brut, based on experience and profile
Application Deadline – October 7, 2024, by COB.
Type of contract - Employment contract; Full-time work
Expected Duration of Assignment - 01/10/2024 - 31/05/2025
From 2009 onwards, PIN has added development programmes to its work in Moldova, building a vision and practices that keep people and communities at the center of our work. Throughout its presence in the country, PIN has been contributing to the development of the following sectors: Sustainable Livelihood and Environment, Social Inclusion and Protection, Good Governance.
The EiE Project Assistant/Officer (PO) reports to the Project Manager who is his/her line manager. S/he closely cooperates with other members of the emergency response team, mainly with the Emergency Coordinator, but also with the Protection Manager for any protection-related tasks. Further, s/he closely cooperates with other PIN departments, especially the Procurement and Logistics department, Communications department, and Finance department, for ensuring compliance and a smooth implementation of daily project activities. For project data reporting, the EiE PA/PO will also cooperate with the MEAL department.
Organization - People in Need
Job Title – Education Project Assistant/Officer
Duty Station - Chisinau, with periodical travel to other project destinations throughout Moldova.
Salary range - 17550,00 – 24960,00 MDL brut, based on experience and profile
Application Deadline – October 7, 2024, by COB.
Type of contract - Employment contract; Full-time work
Expected Duration of Assignment - 01/10/2024 - 31/05/2025
Education & Work Experience:
- Higher education degree in Education or Pedagogy is highly preferred.
- Internship and/or relevant experience with either international organizations, national civil society organizations, or educational institutions.
- 3 years of experience, 1 year of experience in the NGO sector in positions that entail responsibility for project activity implementation or support of local partners; experience in managing/supporting education projects highly preferred.
- Languages: English(required); Romanian/ Russian(desirable).
Background:
People in Need (PIN) is a Czech non-governmental organization that provides relief aid and development assistance while working to defend human rights and democratic freedom. It is one of the largest relief and development organizations in post-communist Europe and has administered projects in 37 countries over the past 30 years. See here for more information about PIN: www.peopleinneed.net.From 2009 onwards, PIN has added development programmes to its work in Moldova, building a vision and practices that keep people and communities at the center of our work. Throughout its presence in the country, PIN has been contributing to the development of the following sectors: Sustainable Livelihood and Environment, Social Inclusion and Protection, Good Governance.
Position Overview:
Working under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Project Assistant/Officer will support the education and child protection programme response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis, assisting the overall project administration, procurement, coordination of events and activities, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and other on demand tasks of the Country Programme, under the PLACE, and DEDAL projects.The EiE Project Assistant/Officer (PO) reports to the Project Manager who is his/her line manager. S/he closely cooperates with other members of the emergency response team, mainly with the Emergency Coordinator, but also with the Protection Manager for any protection-related tasks. Further, s/he closely cooperates with other PIN departments, especially the Procurement and Logistics department, Communications department, and Finance department, for ensuring compliance and a smooth implementation of daily project activities. For project data reporting, the EiE PA/PO will also cooperate with the MEAL department.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Deadline for applications: October 7, 2024, by COB.
- Provide dayto-day support with administrative aspects of the Education projects, under supervision of Project Manager, putting together and following up with procurement requests, filing of relevant documentation in ELO - all project specific files/contracts, associated to technical specifications related to the nature of the project activities;
- Provide logistical support for trainings, meetings, events, and other projectrelated activities, and help with translation when needed;
- Perform regular field visits to support PIN’s local partners and DLC/CFS facilitators, monitor field activities, provide reports on field visits and share them when requested with direct supervisor, Emergency Coordinator (EC), Education in Emergencies Advisor and relevant departments;
- Communicate with partners under the supervision of Project Manager on reporting, field and donor visits, project events and other projects’ needs as required;
- In coordination with the Project Manager participate in press conferences, trainings, workshops, round table discussions and other outreach activities.
Qualification:
- Higher education degree in Education or Pedagogy highly preferred.
- Internship and/or relevant experience with either international organizations, national civil society organizations or educational institutions.
- At least 1 year of work experience (ideally three years) in positions that entail responsibility for project activity implementation or support of local partners; experience in managing/supporting education projects highly preferred.
- Languages: English(required); Romanian/ Russian(desirable).
- Cover letter (in English);
- full CV (in English);
- Contacts of three references (one should include the supervisor in the most recent work assignment).
Deadline for applications: October 7, 2024, by COB.
The applicants will be invited for interviews on a rolling basis. The application process might be stopped earlier if a suitable candidate is identified before the application deadline.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview. No phone calls or inquiries are allowed.
People in Need is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct and committed to promoting the welfare of children and adults with whom People in Need engages /is in contact with. People in Need expects all staff to perform job duties and responsibilities in accordance with People in Need code of conduct and key policies (available at: https://www.peopleinneed.net/key-policies-4142gp). People in Need Staff will undertake the appropriate level of training.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
We are committed to ensuring diversity (people from different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.) within our organization and encourage interested candidates to apply.
By sending their CV and other documents to the aforementioned link the candidate implicitly consents to their personal data appearing in the CV and such other documents being held and processed by PIN exclusively with the view to analyzing the candidate’s suitability for the position and keeping such data in our files for a reasonable period of time in accordance with the PIN's Data Protection Policy. The candidate can revoke such consent anytime by sending an according notice. Kindly refrain from including any special personal data, whose processing, as per applicable law, requires the express written consent of the subject of such data.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview. No phone calls or inquiries are allowed.
People in Need is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct and committed to promoting the welfare of children and adults with whom People in Need engages /is in contact with. People in Need expects all staff to perform job duties and responsibilities in accordance with People in Need code of conduct and key policies (available at: https://www.peopleinneed.net/key-policies-4142gp). People in Need Staff will undertake the appropriate level of training.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
We are committed to ensuring diversity (people from different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.) within our organization and encourage interested candidates to apply.
By sending their CV and other documents to the aforementioned link the candidate implicitly consents to their personal data appearing in the CV and such other documents being held and processed by PIN exclusively with the view to analyzing the candidate’s suitability for the position and keeping such data in our files for a reasonable period of time in accordance with the PIN's Data Protection Policy. The candidate can revoke such consent anytime by sending an according notice. Kindly refrain from including any special personal data, whose processing, as per applicable law, requires the express written consent of the subject of such data.