Junior Expert – Programme Coordinator, Eastern Neighbourhood

Within the framework of a tender preparation for the EU4Youth coordination and policy support (under EU4Youth IV - youth engagement and empowerment) in the Easter Neighbourhood (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine):

The Programme Coordinator will be responsible for the following tasks (600 working days over 30 months):

• Organisational support to the coordination and management of all project activities;
• Facilitation of coordination, networking and knowledge exchange between EU4Youth implementers and beyond;
• Organisation of events, incl. organisation of Steering Committee meetings and annual EU4Youth Days;
• Support the preparation of communication content and EU visibility for the EU4Youth programme;
• Coordinating and supporting the experts’ team in all daily activities;
• Organising and overseeing administrative and logistic project support.

Qualifications:

• A university degree (Bachelor or higher) in social sciences, political sciences, international relations, economics, law, or another relevant, directly related discipline; 
• Excellent IT skills (in addition to all the other transversal skills that all experts mobilised under this contract must have);
• Good knowledge of Russian (B2 level minimum for speaking and writing); in addition, knowledge of other languages used in the partner countries would be an asset;
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the area of international cooperation;
• At least 3 years of professional experience with project management in international and/or multi-partner development/cooperation projects, including major coordination and organisational tasks;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in coordinating activities and ensuring dialogue and cooperation with various stakeholders, including national authorities and NGOs;
• At least 3 years of professional experience in youth related issues in the Eastern Neighbourhood region (e.g. youth policies, youth engagement, education and skills development and youth employment, youth work, disadvantaged youth, etc.).