Administrative associate/interpreter for Chisinau office

UNDP Moldova is seeking to employ a professional Administrative Associate/Interpreter within the European Union – funded project European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM). Under the direct supervision of the Liaison Officer/Head of Chisinau Field Office, the Administrative Associate/Interpreter is responsible for the following:

Summary of key functions:
• Facilitate oral translations/interpretations from/into English – Russian and Romanian during EUBAM events, meetings, training/learning activities;
• Provide written translations of documents and other paper work from English into Romanian or Russian and vice versa as required by the project;
• Facilitate field visits, missions of the experts;
• Proofread and/or edit the project’s correspondence and other official documents;
• Prepare project related correspondence;
• Be able to travel within the country and abroad when required by the project.

Qualifications and skills required:
• University degree in foreign languages, business administration, international relations or other related field
• At least six years of experience in administrative work, accounting/finance, economics, or other substantive area is required.
• Previous experience in development assistance or related work for a donor organization, consulting company, or NGO is a very strong advantage
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling web-based management systems.
• Fluency in both oral and written English, Russian and Romanian languages is a must.
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Interested persons should apply on-line by following the link http://www.undp.md/employment/index.shtml by 13 January 2013. Only those short listed will be contacted.