Procurment & Contracts Management Assistant - EU Languages

Title: Procurment & Contracts Management Assistant - EU Languages
Salary: £12 - 15
Location: Central London - London, United Kingdom
Languages: Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Flemish, Greek, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Luxembourgish
Posted: 28th Apr 2011
Bilingual Procurement & Contracts Management Assistant (any EU Language)
Location - Docklands
Job Ref KP010960
Temp Contract 8 months + £12-15 pounds per hour + paid holiday + EU Holidays

LRS (Language Recruitment Services) is currently recruiting a Procurement & Contracts Management Assistant with fluency in any EU language for a major EU organisation based in the city of London. This is a great opportunity to work for a fast-paced cosmopolitan organisation providing a great working environment with excellent training and benefits

Working in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) department you will be carrying out the following duties

• Facilitate procurement procedures by working on documents, leading evaluation meetings and providing assistance and advice on the preparation of documents and during the evaluation process
• Liaise with the client’s legal sector on documentation, methodology and legality of procedures
• Communicate with tenderers in accordance with EU procurement procedures
• Provide assistance in the preparation of dossiers for the Client’s Committee on Procurement and Contracts
• Participate in the area of contract monitoring
• Liaise with vendors to maintain good supplier relationships
• Assist in the area of information management
• Liaise with internal financial actors to foster good working relationships
• Handle confidential files and information
• Act as back-up for staff within the team

Requirements

• Very good knowledge of Excel
• Very good knowledge of MS Office
• Experience in procurement and contracts management
• Good analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to understand complex budgetary and financial information

Knowledge in the following areas preferred:

• Good knowledge of the procurement procedures of the European Union
• Practical experience of procurement procedures run in line with EU procedures
• Good knowledge of the financial regulations of the European Union
• Experience of working in an information technology and/or project management environment

Fluency in English and a minimum of one other EU language is required:
German; French; Italian; Dutch; Portuguese ; Czech and Slovak; Swedish; Danish; Finnish; Hungarian; Polish; Estonian; Greek; Lithuanian; Latvian; Slovenian; Spanish; Maltese; Romanian; Bulgarian

Candidates should be EU passport holders and educated to A Level equivalent as a minimum.

Thank you for applying to Language Recruitment Services, the Specialists in Language Recruitment.

APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE ACCEPTED FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Should your skills and qualifications be suitable for the position applied for (or similar positions), we will contact you as soon as possible. If you do not hear from us within 7 working days, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion. In the event there are no positions that match your skills and qualifications currently available, we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future should a suitable vacancy arise.
Language Recruitment Services is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
LRS is an equal opportunities employer

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