Project Linguistic Assistant

The Council of Europe Office in Tirana assists the authorities in fulfilling their membership commitments and obligations, supports legislative and other reforms, provides expertise in the Organisation’s fields of competence, develops effective training programmes or implements activities such as thematic campaigns.

You will be part of the team implementing the Project "Enhancing Public Sector Resilience against Corruption" within the Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division. The Project team will be composed of a Project Assistant, a Project Linguistic Assisstant and a Senior Project Officer situated in the Council of Europe office in Tirana. A Project Manager will be supervising project implementation at the Council of Europe’s headquarters in Strasbourg.

As a Project Linguistic Assistant, you will:

• provide linguistic assistance, including consecutive interpretation during meetings, translation, proofreading, and editing of project documents in English and Albanian;
• provide logistical and administrative assistance, including the preparation of financial documents, assistance to the project team in the planning, organisation and follow-up of the project activities, in accordance with the project workplan and calendar of activities and in co-operation with local and international partners and stakeholders;
• make practical arrangements related to project activities (travel, visa requests, accommodation and meeting venue bookings, local transport arrangements, interpretation, etc.);
• draft and format correspondence, memos, relevant project documents, contract letters and financial arrangements in line with instructions and relevant procedures;
• organise and keep project documents and files up to date (activity planning, official reports, expertise and other documents, outgoing and incoming correspondence, contact lists);
• coordinate the project’s visibility and communication activities, including regular updates of website and dissemination of visibility materials;
• ensure the circulation of pertinent information and documents among the project team and the Office;
• report to the supervisor on activities in progress and inform them of any problems encountered;
• carry out other tasks as required connected to the efficient project implementation;
• promote Council of Europe values internally and externally. 

You must:

• hold a completed full course of general secondary education and appropriate professional qualifications; 
• have a minimum of three years of relevant professional experience in carrying out linguistic and administrative duties in the field of international or European co-operation projects;
• have an excellent knowledge of Albanian (first language level) and a very good knowledge (at least C1 level) of English (one of the Council of Europe's two official languages);
• be a citizen of the host country or one of the 46 member States of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that state;
• be present in Albania;
• have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
• not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Council of Europe;
• be under the age of 65 years.

Your application must demonstrate to what extent you have the competencies listed below. To help you doing so, feel free to consult our competency framework.

• Operational - Planning and work organisation
• Operational - Drafting skills
• Operational - Concern for quality
• Interpersonal - Teamwork and co-operation
• Interpersonal - Communication

• Professional and technical expertise:

• experience in proofreading, linguistic and administrative duities;
• general knowledge of and experience in applying internationally recognised project management methodologies and tools;
• sound computer skills and experience in using standard tools in office applications (word processing, presentations, outlook, spreadsheets, databases, internet publications).

• Operational - Results orientation
• Interpersonal - Relationship building
• Interpersonal - Adaptability

• Professional and technical expertise:

• post-secondary qualification responding to a minimum of 2-year studies in translation, linguistics, or any other relevant field; 
• knowledge of and experience with Council of Europe standards and monitoring mechanisms in the fight against corruption and asset recovery.

This job vacancy is for a local external recruitment based on temporary contracts. Employment is limited to 31 December of the current year and may be extended. You can consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances, pension scheme, social insurance etc.) on the webpage What we offer.

For more information on how we recruit, you can consult the page Our recruitment process. This recruitment is carried out in accordance with Rule No. 1234 laying down the conditions of recruitment and employment of locally recruited staff members working in Council of Europe Duty Stations located outside of France. The deadline for applications is indicated in the General information section of this vacancy notice (see above) and is fixed at 23:59:59 (CET/CEST). When applying, make sure your motivation shows how your competencies make your profile the best for the role.

As an equal opportunity employer, the Council of Europe welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people, irrespective of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, disability, religion or belief. Under its equal opportunity policy, the Council of Europe is aiming to achieve gender parity in staff employed in each category and grade. At the time of appointment, preference between suitable people shall be given to the person of the gender which is under-represented in the relevant grades within the category to which the vacancy belongs.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact us at [email protected], we will ensure that your request is handled.

The information published on the CoE’s careers website regarding working conditions is correct at the time of publication of the vacancy notice. Any changes to these conditions during the recruitment process will be updated on our Portal and will apply at the time of the job offer. Our career's website is not intended to be exhaustive and may not address all questions you would have. Should you have remaining questions, please contact us at [email protected].