Project Officer

The  Assistant Project Specialist  will be hired with the following qualifications, for our institutional client we provide consultancy services and active within the higher education field in Antalya.

With the reorganization works at the university, Technology Transfer Office (TTO) expands its services into co-creation activities and industrial business development relations; hence, it needs additional staff to further the preparations and proposals especially for TÜBİTAK and H2020 calls. The Assistant Project Specialist will work directly with the Senior Project Specialist and the Project Specialist to help ensure high quality preparations of all project proposals and management.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Support the management of the research projects.
• Follow the regulations and rules of the grant authorities, liaise with the contacts of the grant authorities and help project reporting.
• Support the project coordinator in administrative and financial tasks throughout projects’ life cycle.
• Follow the operations by HR department, financial department, purchasing department concerning the management of projects.
•  Support the Project Specialist with budgeting and reporting.
• Supply the backup documents and other documentation such as sub contracts, purchasing, invoice monitoring, organization of the fellowship programs in the projects.

• University degree in related field; however, industrial engineering or economy is an asset.
• At least one year of experience working in project management, project design, and monitoring.
• Capacity to work closely with, understand, and support local partners. Experience in collaboration and coordination with government officials.
• Demonstrated understanding of project design and project management.
• Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating project events.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. Ability to manage programmatic databases preferred, including Excel or SPSS.
• Willingness to travel as needed to project meetings within or outside Turkey. Must be willing to travel up to 15% of the time to project meeting points.
• Fluency in oral and written English, a MUST. Knowledge of Turkish language preferred.