Responsabilități:

- Ensuring effective collaboration with the Contracting Authority (EU Delegation) and Project Beneficiaries;
- Project management: daily coordination, guidance and management of the Project Team and supporting staff (total of 14 members);
- Representing Project Director (PD) and the Consortium on all matters including official meetings with Contracting Authority and Project Beneficiary, Steering Committees, etc.;
- Regular reporting to PD and the Consortium;
- Registration and accreditation of the Project with local the governmental authorities;
- Ensuring continuous dialogue, communication and interaction with EU and other donor-funded Projects;
- Proper and timely reporting according to EC guidelines and requirements;
- Operational and technical backstopping support for the Project Team in collaboration with all Consortium members and their internal backstopping entities;
- Defining and ensuring the implementation of the Quality Plan, Work Plan and Project timeline in collaboration with PD and Team Leader;
- Identification of project risks, management of issues’ escalations and their respective mitigation;
- Identification and recruitment of NKEs (elaboration of ToRs, coordination/approval with Contracting Authority, contracting, fees’ negotiation, etc.);
- Budget management and financial monitoring of Project’s expenses - preparation of invoices/ supporting documentation;
- Proposing and drafting Project’s Contract addendums, adjustment of Project ToR, Technical Offer and Work Plan - analysis of respective impacts, costs and timing;
- On-site monitoring (4 transport sectors) and tracking the progress/status of the Project on regular basis;
- Review, quality-check and validation of all technical reports, working papers and other deliverables/milestones produced by the KEs and NKEs and assure coherence of reports;
- Drafting the administrative and financial part of the Interim Reports and Final Report;
- Organization of Project Workshops and Study Tours (all aspects);
- Ensuring Project visibility and communication according to EC guidelines and requirements;

Responsabilități:

Personal/language assistant to HLA (oral/written translations for both official and informal meetings);
- Liaison with project stakeholders, Contracting Authority and Beneficiaries on issues related to project activities;
- Assisting HLA with the development and implementation of the Work Plan, clarification of objectives and operational needs to facilitate activities’ implementation;
- Assisting HLA in drafting and defining the new Railway Code of Moldova (transposing EU railway legislation);
- Assisting HLA in drafting and defining the Law on accidents and incidents investigation in Moldova (transposing EU transport legislation);
- Assisting HLA in implementation of the methodology for selection and prioritization of infrastructure projects and elaboration of the Transport Sector Projects Pipeline;
- Assisting HLA in elaboration of Project Identification Forms (PIFs) for transport sector (both infrastructure and soft, all transport sectors) their further development and promotion with donor organizations and IFIs;
- Assisting HLA for infrastructure project’s evaluation in road and railways sectors;
- Data collection and analysis of issues related to transport sector;
- Preparing concept notes and policy papers on transport sector and EU strategies, when required;
- Support to the Beneficiaries on issues related to the transposition of the legislation of EU-MD Association Agreement;
- Support to the Beneficiaries in drafting the ToR for donor-funded Projects and short-term assignments/missions of international experts;
- Support to Event and Communication Manager for the organization of PR events;
- Ensuring a good quality presentation of all deliverables to the Beneficiary institutions; quality check and proofreading;
- Supporting HLA to produce monthly and quarterly reports;
- Screening the correspondence and maintain follow-up system for action and deadlines;
- Preparation of necessary documents for meetings, and update tracking tools regularly;
- Secretary of the meetings with Moldovan/EU officials;
- Secretary of the monthly Cluster meetings with HLAs/EU officials;
- Donor coordination – providing advice and support for the transport related issues (legislation, project concepts, regular IFIs meetings) during the amendment and improvement of the external aid mechanism;
- Arranging programs for in-coming/outgoing expert missions;
- Organization and coordination of on-site/field missions;
- Assisting the Beneficiaries and providing advice/support for the elaboration and definition of railway infrastructure rehabilitation and investment projects;
- Performing different tasks in the absence of the HLA, representing the Project.