Published: 27.09.2018.

Deadline for Submission: 05.11.2018.

Project description: The overall objective of the project is that the Serbian administration effectively conducts accession negotiations and successfully manages overall EU integration and pre-accession assistance geared towards EU membership. The purpose of this contract is to achieve a high level of effective alignment of national legislation with the Union acquis and its implementation

Position: Key expert 1: Team Leader (minimum 570 working days)

The Team Leader will have the overall responsibility for the smooth running and timely implementation of all project activities, communication and visibility according to the approved plan and the efficient use of project funds. The Team Leader will be responsible for the management of the team of all experts and for overall quality, coordination, realisation of the activities and outputs, as well as of timely reporting, liaising with the EU Delegation, beneficiary and stakeholders. 90% of the assignment must be carried out within Serbia.

Qualification and skills

• A university degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of minimum three years study in a university or equivalent institution) in law, political sciences, European studies or other relevant areas;

General professional experience

• Minimum 10 (ten) preferably 15 (fifteen) years of professional post-graduate experience in EU policies or EU integration in an EU Member State or candidate/potential candidate country;

Specific professional experience

• Minimum 5 (five) preferably 8 (eight) years working experience on alignment with the Union acquis or related public policy planning in a Member State or candidate/potential candidate country;
• Experience in coordination, managing and leading working teams in the public or private sector/organizations or in donor funded projects in minimum 1 (one) but preferably 3 (three) projects with a budget of at least 1M € and a duration of minimum 12 months;