Looking for a career opportunity in Belgrade, Serbia? A Project Assistant (NPSA-4) Internship position is now open! This role offers a chance to contribute to impactful projects while gaining valuable experience. Apply now and take the next step in your professional journey.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for project implementation:
  • Actively participate in the realization of project supported initiatives set by the SDG Integration Center in conceptualizing and implementing activities;
  • Collect, analyse and present the background information for preparation of annual work plans and progress reports;Preparing briefing materials, agendas for the meetings, providing requested inputs/background information relevant for discussions with stakeholders, keeping track of participants and registration lists, keeping minutes of each meeting detailing participation, main points discussed and conclusions reached.
• Provide day-to-day support for project administration:
  • Draft correspondence on project issues, as required;
  • Support the day-to-day implementation of project activities;
  • Cover administrative project related tasks such as extracting, inputting, copying, scanning, faxing, mailing, photocopying, translating and filling data from various sources;
  • Establish and maintain project filing system, incoming and outgoing correspondence and maintain calendar of events;
• Provide support to knowledge building and knowledge sharing:
  • Codify and share knowledge by capturing best practices, lessons learned and client’s feedback;
  • Support activities related to assessing capacities and needs of government organizations and partners, in close collaboration with national counterparts, at both central and local level;
  • Facilitate team’s learning and knowledge sharing;
  • Perform other duties as required.

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Required Skills and Experience for Project Assistant Internship 

Education:

• Secondary Education.
• Bachelor’s Degree in social or natural sciences would be desirable but it is not a requirement.

Experience:

• 4 years of relevant professional experience in project or office support functions, preferably in governmental or in international/multilateral development context.
• Alternatively, if in possession of Bachelor’s Degree, 1 year of relevant work experience will be required.

Required skills:

• Strong oral and written communication skills in Serbian and English language;
• Good organizational and time management skills;
• Excellent writing/reporting and presentation skills;
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and team building skills;
• Demonstrates integrity by modelling ethical standards;
• Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to critical feedback;
• Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors;
• Treats all people fairly without prejudice;
• Cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Desired skills:

• Experience in implementing projects that included extensive communication, data collection, coordination and facilitation requirements, analytics and logistics;
• Previous experience in providing assistance in organizing the events (e.g. handling correspondence between different stakeholders, managing day-to-day activities related to event organization, etc.).

Languages:

Excellent knowledge of written and spoken Serbian and English.

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