Now Hiring: EU Projects Officer
The Northern and Western Regional Assembly (NWRA) is one of three Regional Assemblies in the Republic of Ireland. We work with key stakeholders at EU, national, regional and local level to accelerate and optimise effective regional development.
We are looking to recruit an EU Projects Officer (analogous to Staff Officer) who share our values and a commitment to sustainable regional development.
The Role
The EU Project Officer (analogous to Staff Officer, Grade V) has responsibility for the successful implementation of existing European Union funded projects and for the development of new EU funded opportunities and projects. The EU Projects Officer will provide project management and ongoing administrative duties related to EU Projects, initially for the GREENHEALTH, BIOWIND, LOTTI, Urban COOP (Interreg Europe Programme) and Wild Atlantic Nature (LIFE) project.
The position requires work to be conducted/completed outside of normal office hours and frequent travel within Europe will be required.
Desirable Requirements
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant discipline
- Knowledge and experience of EU- Funded programmes
- Satisfactory knowledge of public service organisations and national and regional policies
- Satisfactory knowledge of European Institutions, policy issues and EU funding programmes
- Experience of managing finances and budgets and ensuring value for money
- A proven ability to develop stakeholder relations, strong interpersonal skills and an ability to deal with people across arange of organisations;
- Excellent presentation skills
- Creative communication skills
- Competence in the use of ICT and other software skills
- Excellent organisation skills and discipline and possess the drive to deliver the required results
- An understanding of the challenges for the Northern & Western Region
- Experience drafting press releases and interacting with the media
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