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Job Description
1Introduction
The ECORYS group is an international consultancy with offices in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and representative offices in the US and the Philippines. We employ 550 technical, management and support staff across our offices and are one of Europe's largest specialist economic and social development consultancies. We have worked in more than 100 countries and have assisted national, regional and local Governments in all aspects of policy formulation, analysis and implementation.
We are a values based organisation with a proven commitment to assisting developing country governments and donors eradicate poverty. We are fully committed to delivering the highest quality technical advice and project management support on all of our projects.
Ecorys have been short-listed for an EC funded opportunity in Ukraine to support Harmonisation of competition and public procurement systems in Ukraine with EU standards. The project is due to commence in November 2008 and will last for 30 months. We are now looking for four key experts to take part in this bid.
2Personnel Required
We are looking for four key experts; this advertisement is for the KE2: Competition Expert Position (Indicative input: 440 working days)
Qualifications and skills:
•Diploma of higher education in economics or law or equivalent practical experience of at least 5 years.
•Profound knowledge of EU competition law and policy and its application in at least one EU national administration.
•Excellent English (spoken and written)
•Preferably good knowledge of Russian or Ukrainian
General professional experience:
•Preferably at least 15 years of experience in the public sector.
•Preferably at least 10 years of experience in the field of competition law and policy in EU or in ex-Tacis, ex-Phare, ex-MEDA, or ex-CARDS countries.
Specific professional experience:
•Preferably 5 years or more experience in building the capacity of competition policy institutions and/or advising on competition in an EU country or in ex-Tacis, ex-Phare, ex-MEDA, or ex-CARDS countries.
•Preferably 3 or more years of experience in providing technical assistance in the competition area in ex-Tacis, ex-Phare, ex-MEDA, or ex-CARDS countries.
•Preferably experience of working in the competition area (practical exposure or technical assistance) in the new EU Member State(s) during their process of accession.
All consultants should be able to demonstrate the ability to work closely with national institutions to help build sustainable capacity and have a commitment to sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
3Our Approach to Working with You
As a values-based and people-focussed consultancy, we recognise that our full time staff and associate consultants are central to our continued success. We believe that a successful relationship with our associates is based on mutual respect and support, and fair and reasonable treatment. We will pay fair market fee rates to all of our associates.
4Getting in Touch
If you are available and interested please send a full, up-to-date CV in EC format highlighting your relevant technical and regional experience to . Please clearly mark your application with the title of the project and position you are applying for. The deadline for applications is Friday 10th October.
