Project Assistant / Translator

Job Description

Project: Technical Assistance for “CREATE IN IZMIR: Entrepreneurial Hub of Cultural and Creative Industries”

DAI is looking for: Project Assistant / Translator

1. Background information
The beneficiary country for this project is the Republic of Turkey. The Contracting Authority and final beneficiary is the EU Financial Programmes Directorate of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, DG for EU and Foreign Affairs (MoSIT/DoEUFP), while The End Recipient is Izmir University of Economics.

2. Project Objective
The project’s overall objective is to increase and sustain competitive growth and development in Izmir and its hinterland.
The purpose is to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem among CCIs, the manufacturing industry and the tourism sector to foster innovative and creative economic development.
In order to address the problems and exploit opportunities articulated in Section 1, the project consists of three main activity groups. These activities will serve to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem among CCIs, the manufacturing industry and the tourism sector to foster innovative and creative economic development. The project, in particular, will target sectors in CCIs as design (industrial design, fashion design, product design, graphic design), software (other software publishers, web portals, computer programming companies), games (publishers of computer games), TV & film (motion picture, video and programme production, post-production and distribution companies, motion picture projection companies, TV programming and broadcasting companies). Other CCIs (which are not listed above) are also related to the project on the secondary axis, although not in the primary priority. The correlation between targeted CCIs sectors and manufacturing/tourism sectors will be supported.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: Project Assistant / Translator (PAT) supports the project team primarily as a full-time language assistant (Interpreter/translator) and assists with other appropriate tasks when needed. The PAT will act primarily as a translator and interpreter during project official and non-official meetings and will translate all documents required to be in Turkish or English language.

INDICATIVE TASKS:
Support for the day-to-day efficient operation and coordination of the Project and its activities, including the following:

• Act as a language assistant to the Team Leader, Key experts, and non-key experts
• Translation of written materials with relation to the project in Turkish and English
• Provides assistance to the project Office Manager in daily management of the project related activities and acts as replacement in the absence of the Office Manager.
• Other project related tasks considered appropriate and required, assigned by the Project Director and the Team Leader.
• Ensure daily operation of project office (answering phone calls, daily contact with the Beneficiary, responding emails, following up official correspondence and approval requests, providing necessary administrative support for the Technical Assistance Team).

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Qualifications:

• Relevant university degree, preferably applied linguistics, translation
• Native proficiency in Turkish
• Excellent written/ communication skills in English
• Excellent command of English and Turkish
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Minimum 1 year of general professional experience in administrative and financial management.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, detail oriented
• Self-motivated and flexible for the dynamic environment. Being practical, productive, analytic and a researcher for the business
• Computer literate (MS Office package – especially MS Excel, Word, and Power Point, Internet, etc.)
• Passionate for our business and vision
• Adapt flexible working hours and meticulous works manage time and able to work in teams with strict deadlines.

Additional Preferences:

• Prior experience in EU projects
• Previous experience in working as Project Assistant / Translator (min 2 years)

PLACE OF POSTING: Izmir, Türkiye
INDICATIVE STARTING DATE: 25 March 2024
INDICATIVE DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT: 12 months
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 18th March 2024

Applications (Europe Aid format CV and cover letter) can be sent by 18th March 2024.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please note that only short-listed candidates will receive an answer.

About the Organization

DAI is the largest single provider of development services to the European Commission.

From corporate locations in Ankara (Turkey), Belgrade (Serbia), Brussels (Belgium), Cologne (Germany), London (United Kingdom), Sofia (Bulgaria), and Vienna (Austria), our team of 100+ employees oversees a portfolio of more than 95 EU projects in more than 80 countries.

Our EU Business Unit covers the whole spectrum of DAI operations, from project delivery, framework contract implementation, and global facilities management to business development, communications, and knowledge management. The EU team is seamlessly integrated into DAI’s global organisation, tapping the full range of technical specialists and support staff from our United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, and other locations.

This team orchestrates a network of some 800 in-house and external experts currently engaged on short- and long-term assignments encompassing all EU technical areas, including governance and public administration reforms, sustainable economic growth and agriculture, resilience, conflict and security, gender and social inclusion, climate change and green growth, digitalisation, global health, education, and social protection.

DAI has extensive experience working with the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), the EU’s External Action Service (EEAS), and European development financial institutions such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).

We partner with these and other clients to support the European Consensus on Development and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As a signatory of the UN Global Compact, we report on our contributions to achieving the SDGs in our annual Communication on Progress. In 2021, we signed up to the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) for greenhouse gas emission reductions. As an employee-owned and mission-oriented enterprise, we are wholly committed to upholding the highest standard of responsible and sustainable business.”

As an employee-owned and mission-oriented enterprise, we are wholly committed to upholding the highest standard of responsible and sustainable business.