Project & Language Assistant

DAI Global Austria is the lead partner of international consortiums that currently implements the EU-funded Technical Assistance Projects in Turkey. For this purpose, we are seeking qualified, experienced, and dedicated individuals to join our project team in Ankara/Turkey.

Project & Language Assistant

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Assist in maintaining office accounts under the supervision of the Team Leader and ensure first-level administrative control of the project’s expenses and support preparation of monthly financial and admin reports are checked and approved by the TL and submitted in a timely manner to the Project Director at DAI,
• Assist and ensure smooth coordination and communication between the Project Office, Beneficiary Institution, Contracting Authority, and EU Delegation to Turkey,
• Assist and ensure smooth coordination and communication between Key Experts, Corporate staff, and the Project Director.
• Assist to maintain the project filing system, records, and data sheets.
• Assist with the preparation, editing, proofreading, and formatting of meeting minutes, presentations, project reports, and correspondence.
• Assist in ensuring the timely delivery of the project outputs.
• Assist to draft and post social media and web content where necessary.
• Assist to maintain project activity calendars, schedules, and appointments.
• Assist with the Interpretation and Translation of written documents (minutes, reports, etc.) of the project,
• Assist with Interpretation and Translation during the meetings where necessary,
• Assist with the logistics associated with the organization of training programs, study visits, workshops, conferences, etc.,
• Liaise with the project and corporate staff to ensure a productive and effective work environment,
• The successful candidate should be willing to undertake travel when necessary (sometimes at short notice to provide administrative support to project activities and meetings).

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Social Sciences,
• Previous work experience in EU technical assistance projects and in an office environment with international experts is a must,
• Good translation/interpretation skills are a must,
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills both in Turkish and English (Turkish is a must as the ability to implement a translation/interpreting role is essential),
• Previous work experience in administrative support including skills in basic financial administration will be an asset,
• Self-motivated with demonstrated ability to work with deadlines and effectively with colleagues in a team environment,
• Good computing skills (MS Office Suite).

Professional experience:

• At least 3 years of professional experience in EU technical assistance projects.

Duration of assignment:

This is a full-time post with a duration of 12 Months.

Closing date for applications: 5 August 2022

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.