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Financial Project Officer for the Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II Project

Eurochambres is looking for a full-time Financial Project Officer to join the Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II (TEBD II) project team. TEBD II seeks to bring Turkish chambers, business communities and their counterparts in the EU closer to each other, fostering mutual knowledge and understanding.
1) Cooperation activities between Türkiye and European Chambers of Commerce and Industry and business communities;
2) Capacity building activities for Türkiye and European Chambers of Commerce and Industry;
3) Support to the EU-Türkiye Chambers Partnership Grant Scheme.

Deadline for applications: 18 April 2025

Starting date: May 2025

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be part of a team of five people, who will jointly manage and implement the different project activities under the guidance of a project director. They will be in charge of the overall and daily financial management of the project, as follow:
• Monitor budget expenditures thresholds, support the project team in preparing and managing the financial part of project budget amendments or addenda;
• Support the project team in the financial preparation, implementation and reporting of the main activities;
• Organise and manage procurement processes together with the project team;
• Pre check and verify provider’s invoices with the pertinent supporting documents, prepare their payments;
• Forecast cash flow and follow up payments (experts, subcontractors, linking the documents on SharePoint;
• Compile and draft the financial project reports to be submitted to the contracting authority and follow up in case of audits/verifications;
• Prepare reporting guidelines and templates for the beneficiaries enabling the latter to submit their financial reports in line with the contract requirements;
• Organise and provide financial reporting training for the beneficiaries so that they get acquainted with the financial rules of the TEBD II project;
• Assist the project team on PRAG rules and prepare answers to financial questions in the Management Information System;
• Monitor the beneficiaries’ financial reporting (Monitoring visits, checking financial reports, invoices, supporting documents, make sure beneficiaries report on time…).

Requirements:
• Bachelor Degree in accounting/ financial management and at least 3 years of working experience in an international environment or minimum 5 years of financial management experience in EU funded projects;
• Strong organisational capacity and the ability to multi-task;
• Strong analytical skills, rigorous approach;
• Excellent spoken and written English and good knowledge of at least one other European language;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and similar tools;
• Ability to work both in a team or autonomously, and to appreciate and follow priorities;
• Availability to travel to different EU countries and to Türkiye.

How to apply?
Candidates should submit Cover Letter and CV to with the subject line “Financial Project Officer TEBD II 2025” by 18 April 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please refer carefully to the requirements and consider if your profile aligns with them before applying.

Senior Project Manager for the Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II Project

Eurochambres is looking for a full-time Senior Project Manager to join the Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II (TEBD II) project team, to fulfil the role of Project Director for TEBD II. The project seeks to bring Turkish chambers, business communities and their counterparts in the EU closer to each other, fostering mutual knowledge and understanding.
1) Cooperation activities between Türkiye and European Chambers of Commerce and Industry and business communities;
2) Capacity building activities for Türkiye and European Chambers of Commerce and Industry;
3) Support to the EU-Türkiye Chambers Partnership Grant Scheme.

Deadline for applications: 05 May 2025

Starting date: June 2025

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will lead and manage the TEBDII project team, made up of 4 people, and will be in charge of overseeing the project implementation:
• Leading and guiding the team members for the correct and successful implementation of project activities,
• Monitoring the projects’ implementation in line with the established monitoring and quality control framework,
• Establish and review annual work plans together with the team members,
• Act as intermediary of the project with the contracting authority,
• Coordinate and draft technical and financial reports for the contracting authority,
• Promote the project with relevant stakeholders in the EU and in Türkiye on the occasion of policy related actions,
• Oversee the project’s communication and dissemination in collaboration with the TEBD II team members.

Requirements:
• Minimum 6 years of EU funded project management experience, preferably external action/European neighbourhood programmes;
• Proven team leadership record, managing multicultural teams;
• Sound knowledge of EU PRAG rules;
• Strong organisational capacity and the ability to multi-task;
• Strong analytical skills, rigorous approach;
• Excellent spoken and written English and good knowledge of at least one other European language;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) and similar tools;
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and in writing;
• Ability to work both in a team and autonomously;
• Availability to travel regularly in the EU and to Türkiye.

How to apply?
Candidates should submit Cover Letter and CV to with the subject line “Senior Project Manager – TEBD II” by 05 May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please refer carefully to the requirements and consider if your profile aligns with them before applying.

spontaneous applications:

Eurochambres regularly has vacancies for Junior Project Officers and Project Officers. If you consider that you have the right skills for one of these jobs, feel free to send your cover letter and CV to with the mention “Project Pool”.

Requirements

Junior Project Officer must have:

  • 1-2 years of experience with the implementation of EU funded projects,
  • strong analytical skills,
  • strong organisational capacity and the ability to multi-task,
  • ability to work both in a team and autonomously,
  • capacity to adapt to a changing environment, be flexible and resilient in their approach,
  • excellent knowledge of MS Office tools (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint) and online meeting tools,
  • excellent English (spoken and written) and good knowledge of at least one other European language,
  • excellent communication skills and be familiar with social media,
  • ability to appreciate and follow priorities.

 

Project Officer must have:

  • all of the requirements listed for the Junior Project Onior officer
  • experience in working with business support organisations (or businesses),
  • a minimum of 3 years of experience with the implementation of EU funded projects,
  • knowledge of European affairs (the functioning of EU institutions and procedures).

 

CVs and application documents will be kept for 6 months after submission and will use the personal data collected only for the purposes of carrying out recruitment processes. Should you not have been contacted in that period, please feel free to submit your CV and motivation letter again to .