1. Project description

2. Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in project meetings, study visits and project workshops;
• Prepare project reports after each project period in coordination with the Administrator Officer and Communication Officer (1 report during the employment contract);
• Coordinate with the WP3 and WP4 (The Project Work Packages 3 and 4) leaders to define the route in Croatia, while using inputs from the regional coordinators
• Lead the WP6 (Valorization Programme) and finalize the Valorization Programme with the subcontracted expert and WWF colleagues
• Regular communication with the leading partner and support to the Adria Communication Officer

• Participate in project meetings, study visits and project workshops;
• Prepares project reports after each project period in coordination with the Project Administrator and Communication Officer (1 report during the employment contract);
• Regularly communicates with the WWF Adria lifelineMDD project staff (Project Administrator, Project Officer and Communication Manager)
• Regularly communicates with lifelineMDD Project Manager from WWF Austria, WWF Adria TBR MDD Coordinator
• Support procurement procedures (content wise), while Project Administrator is responsible to ensure all relevant procedures are followed;
• Implements all project activities as required by the lifelineMDD application form
• Organization of workshops and events in the scope of the project

3. Skills and competencies

• Minimum: A degree in the broad area of environmental science, natural resources science, environmental law or related fields and 2 years of professional experience in EU project management
• Excellent oral and written Croat and English communication skills are required

• Good inter-personal and organizational skills, including self-motivation and an ability to initiate actions and to follow through to satisfactory completion.
• A good level of computer literacy, especially word-processing, budget and spreadsheet preparation, database record systems, electronic mail.
• An ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good team work skills

4. Working Relationships

Internal

• Works in close contact with program manager in preparation and updating of the project’s strategy and business plan, program development, monitoring of program implementation.
• Coordinates closely with the Adria Finance & Administration unit for project budgeting, contracting, monitoring of project spending, financial reporting.
• Participates in designing and implementing project communications

External

• Interacts with project partners mostly within collaborative and divergent external context