Вакансия: Переводчик-лингвист для проекта ЕС Twinning в Молдове

The Language assistant to the Resident Twinning Adviser (RTA Language assistant) is sought for an EU Twinning Project “Support to the National Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Moldova”.

The EU Twinning Project MD 12 ENPI AG 01 16 is a joint project between the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) of the Republic of Moldova, on one side and a consortium formed by State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) of the Republic of Lithuania, the Food and Veterinary Service (FVS) of the Republic of Latvia and the  Swedish Board of Agriculture(SBA) of the Republic of Sweden, on the other side, financed by the European Union in the framework of the Comprehensive institutional Building  2012.

The overall objectives of the EU Twinning Project MD 12 ENPI AG 01 16 are to strength the capacity of the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) in managing all aspects of food safety from the farm to fork, in establishing unified food safety control system at the central level, with regional and local representations and in enforcing compliance of agro-food operators with national/EU standards in view of DCFTA.

I. Key tasks of the RTA Language Assistant:

• Provide satisfactory translation and interpretation (Romanian-English) on agricultural and Rural Development matters during working meetings, project steering meetings, seminars, workshops, etc.

• Translation of relevant written material with relation to the project from Romanian to English and vice versa;

• Interpretation during missions, meetings, trainings, conferences and other project events

• Assistance in the organisation of the short term experts’ missions, trainings, conferences, meetings in Moldova and participation in study visits to Lithuania, Latvia and Sweden;

• Updating the project share point website;

• Team work with the assistant and if necessary providing office management support and project related activities;

• Support the compilation of documents for project documentation, presentations and reporting.

II. Requirements for the candidates:

• RTA Language Assistant funded by the EU Twinning contract may not have or recently (at least during the 6 months preceding his/her recruitment) has had any contractual relation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI), National Food Safety Agency (ANSA ) or administrative body of the Republic of Moldova;

• be of Moldovan nationality or having valid residence and working permits;

• University degree;

• Excellent command of written and spoken English language;

• Excellent command of written and spoken English language;

• Be a skilled technical translator/interpreter in relation to Agriculture and Rural Development;

• Excellent computer skills (especially: MS Office, Word, Excel, Power Point);

• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills;

• Capacity to work in a multi-cultural environment;

• Ability to draft concise reports of meetings and summaries of longer papers, including economic or financial analyses, quickly and accurately;

• Understand and respect all confidential classifications (both of a government or trade nature) of any government or trade documents, statements or other information he/she may be given during the exercise of his/her duties.

The following will be considered as an asset:

• Knowledge of Russian;

• Experience in international projects esp. in the field of Agriculture and Rural Development is an advantage (EU and international donor funded projects).

III. The work conditions:

The selected person will be a self-employed independent consultant under a Service Contract and will undertake full responsibility for the payment of all taxes and obligations deriving from the legislation in force in the Republic of Moldova, including for those related to medical and social insurance. The RTA Language Assistant will carry his/her duties and tasks on the base of contract concluded with the Contracting Authority – the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) of the Republic of Lithuania. 

Duration: 24 months

Working hours: Fulltime. Flexibility regarding working hours in the office is required.

Location: ANSA, Twinning office, 63, Mihail Kogălniceanu str. MD-2009, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

Starting: December 2016

Remuneration: 1.100 Euro/month (gross value, indirect taxes not included)

IV. Application:

The candidates should send their CV with detail description of previous experience and education and all required documents as indicated below in English via e-mail to the following e-mail address: gintaras.lapinskas@vmvt.lt with the reference to “RTA Language Assistant”.

The CV format can be found at the following link: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/documents/curriculum-vitae

The following documents should be annexed in scanned versions:

• Motivation Letter, signed by the applicant, explaining the compliance with the eligibility criteria

• Statutory declaration, signed by the applicant (Annex A)

• Certificate on educational qualification

• Certificate on language knowledge

The deadline for the application is 17/02/2017.

Please note: all applications received in another language different from English will automatically be rejected.

Short-listed candidates only will be invited for an interview in Chisinau.

For further information, please contact: Ms. Gintaras Lapinskas – RTA, email: gintaras.lapinskas@vmvt.lt