Two positions open at the Joint Secretariat in Turku, Finland -- apply now!
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 10:54
The Regional Council of Southwest Finland is recruiting a Communication Manager and a Financial Controller to the Joint Secretariat of the Central Baltic Programme 2014-2020.
Both positions are located in Turku, Finland, and will make part of a dynamic and international team.
The main tasks will consist of:
The main tasks will consist of tasks defined in EU regulations as tasks of the Certifying Authority as well as tasks defined by the programme:
The deadline for submission of applications is 9.6.2016 at 15 o’clock Finnish time.
Both positions are located in Turku, Finland, and will make part of a dynamic and international team.
Communication Manager
Employment 8.8.2016-31.12.2021The main tasks will consist of:
- Coordinating the preparation of the Communication strategy of the programme
- Coordinating the implementation of the Communication strategy (team leader for the programme information officer and Contact Point staff as well as cooperation with other staff)
- Planning and drafting information and communication materials for the programme
- Arranging information and communication events for the programme
- Supporting projects in their communication activities
- Preparation of necessary documents and materials for the Managing Authority, Member States and other stakeholders
Financial Controller
Employment 8.8.2016-8.8.2017 (maternity leave substitution)The main tasks will consist of tasks defined in EU regulations as tasks of the Certifying Authority as well as tasks defined by the programme:
- Financial monitoring and certification of project's payment claims/financial reports and preparation of ERDF payments to the Lead Partners of the projects
- Preparation of reports and statistics including payment claims (ERDF) and annual reporting to the European Commission
- Contributing to the overall development and maintenance of control and management system of the Programme
- Contributing to the co-operation between MA/JTS and organisations responsible for national First Level Control (FLC)
- Coordination of the work of the Financial officers in handling project payment claims
- Communicating and sharing information with stakeholders
- Contributing to the preparation of necessary documents and materials for the Managing Authority, Member States and other stakeholders
- Specifically, the task will consist of the following:
- Ensuring that the Joint Secretariat has conducted its assessments adequately
- Ensuring that expenditure complies with applicable Community, national and programme level rules checked by the First Level Controllers
- Arithmetic checks, including records of amounts recoverable, amounts recovered and amounts withdrawn from payment applications
- Drawing up accounts on the expenditure that was incurred in accordance with EU regulations
- Taking into account audits carried out by the Second Level Audits or other relevant bodies
- Preparing payment requests to the European Commission through the SFC2014 database
- Contributing with information to different programme bodies
- Supporting the decisions of the Monitoring Committee regarding programme level financial issues
- Participating in and contributing to the guidance and support tools towards funded projects.
The deadline for submission of applications is 9.6.2016 at 15 o’clock Finnish time.
