Coordinator

HelpAge International is an implementing partner of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), doing a short-term project on “Building capacity of volunteer networks to support older people caring for grandchildren to prevent institutionalisation and reintegrate children with their families”. The project aims to reduce and prevent children who are deprived of their parents from ending up in institutions, and to support children to return to their families.

HelpAge International is now recruiting for a Project Coordinator – Ref: PC0707

Reporting to the Programme Manager, you will provide general financial, administrative, and logistical support to all project activities, working closely with community-based partners in Lapusna Hincesti and Balti. You will help ensure that all aspects of the project are carried out in accordance HelpAge and UNICEF procedures and to legal requirements. You will liaise with our partners and be responsible for producing the project’s information, education, and communications materials. You will also maintain records and produce monthly reports, occasionally providing translation and interpretation services for the project.

You will have at least 2 years successful experience in a similar position and educated to degree level or qualified by strong professional experience in development, social sciences or a related field. You are self-motivated and enjoying and working well when things get very busy. You work well in a team, and have a good attitude to working with others. You are flexible and available to travel as required, sometimes at short-notice. You are expected to have good IT skills and to communicate well with others, verbally and in writing, in Romanian, Russian, and English.


Project Assistant for UNICEF – Ref: PAU0707


As the assistant to the Project Coordinator, you will provide support for the general administrative and logistic tasks for all project activities. You will be working closely with community-based partners in Lapusna Hincesti and Balti. You will liaise with our partners and support the Project Coordinator to produce the project’s information, education, and communications materials. You will also gather information for all project reports.

You will have at least 2 years successful experience in a similar position and be qualified by strong professional experience in project work. You are self-motivated, organised and responsible and to cope with the deadlines. You work well in a team, and have a good attitude to working with people of different ages. You are flexible and available to travel as required, sometimes at short-notice. You are expected to have good IT skills and to communicate well with others, verbally and in writing, in Romanian, Russian, and English.


These posts are based in Chisinau and are full time positions initially until 15st December 2007.


To apply, please submit a CV and a letter of motivation in English to tsorocan@helpageinternational.org by 5:00pm on 13 July 2007. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. Interviews will take place on the week of 16 July 2007.