Council of Europe is hiring a Project Officer

Marți, 08 Aprilie 2025

Your Team

The Office of the Council of Europe in Chisinau assists the authorities in fulfilling their membership commitments and obligations, supports legislative and other reforms, provides expertise in the Organisation’s fields of competence, develops effective training programmes or implements activities such as thematic campaigns.

You will be part of the team implementing the Project “Enhancing employment rights in the Republic of Moldova” within the Department of Social Rights of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe.

This 36-month project, which started in December 2022, aims to develop the capacities of government officials to promote and protect social and employment rights, especially employment rights of people from vulnerable groups, in line with European Standards. In addition, it assists vocational education and training institutions to become more inclusive and gender sensitive, and better able to identify and attract people from vulnerable groups and NEET youth. It further facilitates the access to the labour market for vulnerable groups in the vocational education and training system.

The project is co-funded by the Austrian Development Agency and the Council of Europe.

Deadline to apply: 22-Apr-2025

Your Role

As a Project Officer, you will:

assist with the organisation, co-ordination and implementation of the project activities in accordance with the work plan and the calendar of activities, and in close co-ordination with the project team in Chisinau and in headquarters in Strasbourg (HQ);
contribute to the development of the project workplans and documents (e.g. reports, terms of reference for different contractual engagements, briefings, speaking notes, minutes, etc;) and ensure their consistency;
contribute to budget monitoring in line with the project budget and workplans;
contribute to the implementation of procurement procedures required in the context of preparation of project activities and ensure the verification of purchase files, draft contracts and payment documents;
assist and liaise with local and international short-term consultants, as well as service providers; draft contracts and payment documents; coordinate their work, monitor the progress and report any problems encountered; suggest priorities and adjustments as necessary;
participate in meetings, seminars, working groups, etc. related to the project activities;
contribute to raising the visibility of the project by drafting web news items and press releases, by disseminating information and by providing advice and input on publications;
undertake official journeys in connection with project activities;
assist in the conduct of the evaluation and audit of the project;
perform any other task related to the implementation of the project as requested;
promote the Council of Europe values internally and externally.

Requirements to apply

You must:

hold a completed full course of general secondary education and appropriate professional qualifications in law, public administration, international relations, political or social science, or a related field;
have a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in implementation of technical assistance projects, preferably focusing on protection of social human rights, or at least 2 years of experience in public sector institutions working in the relevant fields;
have an excellent knowledge of Romanian (first language - C2 level) and a very good knowledge (at least C1 level) of English (one of the two official languages of the Council of Europe);
be a citizen of the host country or one of the 46 member States of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that state;
be present in the Republic of Moldova;
have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Council of Europe;
be under the age of 65 years.

Your application must demonstrate to what extent you have the competencies listed below. To help you doing so, feel free to consult our competency framework.

Key competencies

Operational - Planning and work organisation
Operational - Analysis and problem solving
Operational - Drafting skills
Operational - Concern for quality
Interpersonal - Teamwork and co-operation

Professional and technical expertise:
- experience in project management and implementation of technical co-operation or policy-oriented projects ;
- knowledge and understanding of the Council of Europe standards on human and social rights ;
- knowledge of project management tools (Project Management Methodology, logframes, etc.) ;
- ICT skills: sound computer skills and experience using standard tools in office applications (word processing, presentations, outlook, spreadsheet, databases, internet publications).

Desirable competencies

Operational - Results orientation
Interpersonal - Communication
Interpersonal - Adaptability

Professional and technical expertise:
- knowledge of the overall political and social situation in Europe, in particular in the Republic of Moldova ;
- experience in working with governmental institutions, or civil society on projects and programmes related to social rights, or human rights or related fields.

What we offer

This job vacancy is for a local external recruitment based on temporary contracts. Employment is limited to 31 December of the current year and may be extended. You can consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances, pension scheme, social insurance etc.) on the webpage What we offer.

Applications and selection procedure

For more information on how we recruit, you can consult the page Our recruitment process. This recruitment is carried out in accordance with Rule No. 1234 laying down the conditions of recruitment and employment of locally recruited staff members working in Council of Europe Duty Stations located outside of France. The deadline for applications is indicated in the General information section of this vacancy notice (see above) and is fixed at 23:59:59 Central European Time (CET). When applying, make sure your motivation shows how your competencies make your profile the best for the role.

Important information

As an equal opportunity employer, the Council of Europe welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people, irrespective of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, disability, religion or belief. Under its equal opportunity policy, the Council of Europe is aiming to achieve gender parity in staff employed in each category and grade. At the time of appointment, preference between suitable people shall be given to the person of the gender which is under-represented in the relevant grades within the category to which the vacancy belongs.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact us at talents@coe.int, we will ensure that your request is handled.

The information published on the CoE’s careers website regarding working conditions is correct at the time of publication of the vacancy notice. Any changes to these conditions during the recruitment process will be updated on our Portal and will apply at the time of the job offer. Our career's website is not intended to be exhaustive and may not address all questions you would have. Should you have remaining questions, please contact us at talents@coe.int.

Follow the link to apply.