Title: Project Assistant
Contract type: Service Contract
Duration: December 1, 2016-May 31, 2017
Starting date: December 1
Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Brief job description:

Citizen Observer Initiative announces a job opening for Project Assistant who will be responsible for the general administrative and organizational support to the election observation processes, as well as for the organization of recruitment and the trainings of the observers. The incumbent will directly report to Project Coordinator.

Job responsibilities:

  • Support in the recruitment process of the observers
  • Support in the organization of the trainings for the observers
  • Provide general administrative and organizational support during the whole process of the election observation and if necessary other projects
  • Handle the telephone calls and maintain daily correspondence with the observers and other stakeholders as relevant
  • Assist in organization of meetings, events upon necessity
  • Draft letters and invitations upon necessity

Required qualifications:

  • Higher education
  • 2 years of relevant work experience
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good knowledge of MS Office
  • Excellent command of Armenian and English
  • Detail-oriented personality with an ability to work in a stressful environment
  • The knowledge of or participation in electoral processes of Armenia will be an asset

Application procedure and deadline: Qualified individuals are encouraged to email their resumes in English or Armenian to [email protected] no later than on November 16 by 18:00.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. No phone calls and visits please.

About the Initiative:

The Citizen Observer Initiative (established in 2013) is led by Transparency International Anticorruption Center, Europe in Law Association, Journalists’ Club “Asparez,” organizations to observe the national and local elections in Armenia for their compliance with national legislation and international democratic standards.