Programme Officer – Guyana

The Delegation of the European Union to Guyana

has a vacancy for a Programme Officer

Nature of the tasks:

Under the overall responsibility of the Head of Delegation and the direct responsibility of the Head of the Regional Section, the Programme Officer will be responsible for the execution of the following tasks, in particular in relation to cooperation with the Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories:

• To manage, monitor and follow up the programme portfolio in good cooperation with the national/regional authorities and programme management units (PMUs)

• To contribute to the identification, preparation and appraisal of programme and projects for EU financing. Particularly to work on regional programs in the Dutch Overseas Territories

• To organise and/or participate in programme monitoring meetings and in coordination meetings with Government/Regional bodies

• To undertake field visits

• To prepare reports on programmes, to draft briefing notes when requested

• To review invoices, expenditure statements, requests for advance and interim payments in the capacity of an operational initiator

• To maintain and update financial information of the programmes he/she is in charge of

• To ensure that the principles of sound financial management are applied

• To review proposals to annual Work Programmes

• To participate in tendering procedures and preparation of contracts

• To follow up auditing and evaluation requirements and deadlines in the course of the Programme implementation.

Application deadline: April 11, 2014 at 12:00 hrs.

Read more and apply here.