Job Vacancy Announcement

Twinning Project MD 24 NDICI FI 01 25

Support to the Public Internal Financial Control in Moldova

Job Vacancy Announcement

The EU funded Twinning Project MD 24 NDICI FI 01 25 is seeking to recruit

a full time Project assistant of the Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA)

performing general project duties and providing translation and interpretation services as necessary.

Project background

The EU funded Twinning Project “Support to the Public Internal Financial Control in Moldova” is under implementation of consortium formed by:

• Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic and the Regional Development Agency SP, Slovak Republic as the Lead Member State implementing bodies,
• Public institution Central Purchasing Body and Central Project Management Agency, Republic of Lithuania as the Junior Member State implementing bodies,
• Federal Ministry of Finance and Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Federal Republic of Germany as the Junior Member State implementing bodies,
• Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia as the Junior Member State implementing body.

The Beneficiary administration is Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Moldova.

The overall objective of the Project is to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of the public finance management and the implementation of the EU acquis in the area of Financial Control.

The specific objective of the Project is to ensure that public sector’ resources are used in conformity with the good governance principles, internationally recognised frameworks, standards and EU good practice by implementing internal managerial control, internal audit and setting up the capacity for anti-fraud coordination service (AFCOS) in the public sector of the Republic of Moldova.

Twinning Sector: Finance, Internal Market and Economic Criteria (Public Finance Management)

The duration of the Project is 36 months starting from 1 March 2026.

Tasks and duties of Project assistant of RTA

• Assisting RTA in administrative and organisational issues concerning implementation of the project work plan.
• Assisting RTA in organization of experts’ missions, meetings, trainings, seminars, workshops, Steering Committee meetings, and other project related events. Assisting in the arrangement of travel and booking accommodation of project leader, junior project leaders, component leaders and short-term experts; assisting in organisation of study visits in close cooperation with the Back-up office of Regional Development Agency SP.
• Taking minutes of Project meetings, Steering Committees, workshops, etc.
• Providing overall management of the office administration and general correspondence, including filing, logistical and general desk office work.
• Drafting of written materials in relation to organization of the project, keeping and archiving project documentation, editing the monthly, quarterly and final project reports and any other relevant documents and written materials.
• Assisting in handling of budget accounting and financial information.
• Providing support in communication relating to implementation of the project activities and maintaining contact with the project beneficiaries, other partners and project experts.
• Development and maintaining professional working contacts and relations with Beneficiary Project Leader, RTA Counterpart, and other Moldovan officials and experts involved in the project.
• Occasional interpreting and written translation from Romanian language to English and from English to Romanian language for the RTA, short-term experts and other persons involved in the Project.
• Providing casual interpretation during meetings with project collaborators, representatives of state and public institutions, social partners and other stakeholders, as well as interpretation at the trainings, seminars, conferences and other project events.
• Performance of other project related assignments, tasks upon request by RTA.

Requirements for the position

• University degree background and/or suitable working experience of at least 5 years.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English and Romanian language. Command of Russian language is an asset.
• Excellent organisational, communication and inter-personal skills. Basic understanding of simple financial management.
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook) and general AI tools; good command of social media, conferencing platforms, cloud storage, etc.
• Basic orientation in terminology relating to the topics of the project.
• Flexibility, strong adaptation skills and capability to work in multi-cultural, international teams in a potentially stressful environment under tight deadlines; ability to ensure effective and efficient provision of services, loyalty and full confidentiality in all aspects of the assignment, management of information flow, follow-up on deadlines and commitments, positive and constructive attitude.
• The candidate shall not have been in any contractual relation with the Moldovan public sector during at least 6 months preceding the hiring.
• Working experience with Moldovan public administration in Twinning or Technical Assistance projects will be a strong advantage (provided that the requirements according to the previous bullet point is observed).

Conditions for assignment

The selected person will be a self-employed independent consultant under a Service Contract with the Regional Development Agency SP, Slovak Republic and will undertake full responsibility for the payment of all taxes and obligations deriving from the legislation in force in Republic of Moldova, including for those related to medical and social insurance.

The Service Contract will run from the date of the signature throughout the period of implementation of the Twinning Contract.

The assignment will be full time (according to internal rules applied in the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Moldova). The RTA Assistant will report directly to the RTA and will be supervised by the RTA.

The RTA Assistant will be located in the Twinning Project Office in the premises of Beneficiary administration in Chișinău. Occasionally he/she will perform the duties at the meetings and events organised on other places in Chișinău and/or over the country.

Application and selection procedure

Qualified candidates should send their applications for the above-mentioned positions, duly completed in English, not later than on Thursday, 12^th March 2026 by 18:00 hrs of local (UTC+2) time in Chișinău to the following e-mail addresses:

• sstastny@rrasenec-pezinok.sk (Project RTA)
• petra.kucak.netryova@mfsr.sk  (Lead Member State Project Leader)

The application in English language should include:

• Letter of intention, signed by the applicant, explaining the compliance with the eligibility criteria for the specified position,
• CV in Europass format with a detailed description of professional experience and education,
• Indication “RTA Assistant” in the reference line of e-mail; the exact e-mail and phone contact.

All requested documents are to be sent in PDF format.

Incomplete applications, or those submitted after the above-indicated deadline will not be considered eligible.

Please, be informed that only applicants selected for the interview will be notified. At least three short-listed candidates will be invited by e-mail for an interview that is preliminary scheduled for the week of 23^rd March 2026. The exact date, time and venue of the interview will be announced in the invitation.

The interview will be consisted of verification of the characteristics expressed by the candidate in the candidate’s CV. The language abilities of candidates will be tested by translating the text inherent to the subject of the twinning project from English to Romanian language and vice versa.