EU co-financed Twinning Project under the IPA Programme 2011

EU co-financed Twinning Project under the IPA Programme 2011
HR 2011/IB/AG/01 “PREPARATION OF CROATIAN PAYING AGENCY FOR THE POST 2013
PERIOD IN CAP AND CFP IMPLEMENTATION”
is seeking to recruit:
Language Assistant to the Resident Twinning Advisor - RTA
Duration: 9 months, from November 2014 to July 2015
Position is based in: Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
(PAAFRD), Zagreb - Croatia
Gross monthly salary: 1.800,00 EUR fixed term contract
Tasks of the RTA language assistant:
 Translation of legal and technical documents from the project working language (English)
into Croatian and vice versa for the project team (RTA, short term experts)
 Translation of legal and technical documents from Italian into Croatian and vice versa for
the project team (RTA, short term experts) on a daily basis
 Interpretation (simultaneous and consecutive) from project working language (English)
into Croatian and vice versa for the project team (RTA, short term experts)
 Interpretation (simultaneous and consecutive) from Italian into Croatian and vice versa
for the project team (RTA, short term experts)
 Drafting, editing and proofreading of written project materials in Croatian, English and
Italian.
Requirements for candidates:
 University degree in Translation and/or Interpretation or any other discipline relevant for
the position;
 Proven experience in translation and interpretation;
 Excellent command of spoken and written English and Italian;
 Computer literacy (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet);
 Ability to work fairly independently as well as a part of a team and show initiative and
flexibility
 The RTA language assistant may not have or recently (past six months) have had any
contractual relation with the beneficiary administration;
Besides the following attributes would be an asset:
 Experience as an RTA Language Assistant in Twinning projects or experience with the
implementation of projects funded by the EU;
 Experience from the work in an international environment;
 Knowledge of EU policies and institutions.
Interested candidates are requested to submit their CV and a letter of application in English
via e-mail to the following address: Mr Valter Miceli valter.miceli@apprrr.hr by 24th October
2014.
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview. Interviews are scheduled
to be held in the week from 27th to 31st October 2014 in Zagreb.
For any further information please contact: Mr Valter Miceli valter.miceli@apprrr.hr
The abovementioned Twinning project is a joint project between Italy, represented by the
Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (MPAAF), Poland, represented by the
Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) and Croatia, represented
by the Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development (PAAFRD). The main
objective of the project is to strengthen the internal capacities of the Croatian Paying Agency
for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development (PAAFRD) and achieve its readiness for a
smooth transition and uninterrupted functioning in the implementation of support schemes
in agriculture, fisheries and rural development fully in compliance with EU rules and
regulations in the post-2013 period in order to ensure controllability of measures, increase
the effectiveness and efficiency with necessary adaptations of new tools of the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).