Vacancies

Project Management Assistant

Project: Border Management Programme in Central Asia, phase 10

Duty station: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Duration of Assignment: 6 months (maternity leave cover)

POSITION-SPECIFIC EXPERTISE: 

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in project administration and implementation of projects in an international organisation context;
• Experience in the organisation of events and meetings, including regional and senior-level events;
• Experience in support of procurement activities;
• Knowledge of ERP systems – knowledge of SAP in an asset.

POSITION-SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS AND LANGUAGE SKILLS: In addition to the languages listed in the job profile (i.e. fluent English), Russian is a requirement, Kyrgyz and other languages of the region of Central Asia is an asset. ​

More details at: https://careers.icmpd.org/Home/JobOpeningDetails?jobOpeningId=751 

About Project:

Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) Phase 10 (further referred to as project) aims to enhance security, stability and sustainable growth in the region, as well as support cross-border cooperation and improve living conditions for people living in the border areas of Central Asia. Thematically, the project covers four components: institutional development of border management agencies, improvement of detection capacities, trade facilitation and improvement of cross-border cooperation. Geographically, the project covers five countries in the region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and has a total budget of 21.65 M EUR.

The project is funded by the European Union and implemented by a consortium of the border management agencies of the selected EU MSs and ICMPD, led by the State Border Guard of Latvia. Thematic component leaders are based in the respective EU MSs and ICMPD HQ. The BOMCA Secretariat, located in ICMPD HQ in Vienna, is fully responsible for the financial, administrative and technical management of the project.

The regional structure of the programme consists of the Regional Office in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), and Country Offices for Kazakhstan (Astana), Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) and Uzbekistan (Tashkent). This post supports the Country Office for Kyrgyzstan.