Project Title:
Location:
Ukraine
Position:
Key expert 1: Team leader, minimum of 740 working days
Qualifications and Skills:
- At least a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in food safety or sciences, or veterinary medicine or science, phytosanitary, or directly related discipline, or bachelor in the same field plus four years of relevant professional experience, or, in the absence of a relevant University degree, eight years of relevant professional experience.
- Advanced English language skills of at least level C1 (understanding, speaking, writing) required. Language skills in Ukrainian or Russian of at least B2 (understanding, speaking, writing) will be considered an asset.
General Professional Experience:
- At least 10 years of professional experience relating to food safety, implementation of veterinary activities, legislation or projects, or relating to activities in the phytosanitary or plant health sector. Such professional experience working as an employee at central government level or as an expert in a project in support to central competent authorities (central government ministry, department, agency or authority in the area mentioned above) will be considered an asset.
Specific Professional Experience:
- Proven management experience as Team Leader (or equivalent) in at least 2 technical assistance or consultancy projects, each assignment of minimum 12 months’ duration;
- At least 3 years of professional experience in an EU candidate country (i.e. at the time of the experience) in support to the approximation or implementation of EU acquis in the SPS sectors (re. chapter 12) mentioned in criterion 1.3;
- Relevant recent experience (i.e. within the past ten (10) years) in an EU member state or in an EU candidate country (i.e. at the time of the experience) in support to the development or implementation of SPS11 policy or related public administration reform will be considered an asset.