ECHALLIANCE IS LOOKING FOR A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER TO JOIN ITS PROJECTS UNIT!

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER – Position Opening

ECHAlliance is looking for a senior project manager to join its Projects Unit:

Key activities

• Design, develop and implement international projects
• Make researches around key topics and write high quality proposals and reports
• Prepare offers for customers and bids for calls for tenders
• Execute tasks on time ensuring quality standards are met
• Prepare all documentation to meet the reporting requirements of the funding body in collaboration with our Financial Project Manager
• Assist the ECHAlliance members and partners with the preparation and submission of proposals
• Coordinate projects and/or work packages ensuring all tasks, deliverables and milestones are completed on time and within budget 
• Manage the budget for the project and supervise financial and regulatory compliance with funding body’s policies, procedures and requirements is fulfilled in cooperation with the Financial Project Manager
• Participate proactively in consortium meetings
• Coordinate the organizations of meetings and events
• Present information on project progress and outcomes
• Closely collaborate with the Communication Team members to secure all communication and dissemination tasks of projects are timely and properly delivered
• Foster dissemination and uptake of projects’ outcomes across the ECHAlliance member and ecosystem community
• Participate in regular Projects Unit meetings reporting to the International Projects Lead about the activities carried out as well as ECHAlliance Team meetings.

 Skills and competencies:

• Social science or ICT university degree (post-graduate preferred)
• Knowledge and experience of European research funding programmes and European R&I, ICT and health and care policies and initiatives
• At least 7 years working in collaborative and multidisciplinary projects and initiatives related to health and social policies, digital health and social innovation or digital transformation of public services
• Excellent writing skills and capacity to carry out studies and research tasks with a high degree of autonomy
• Demonstrated project management experience (7+ years) and successful funding achievements as well as direct contracts awarded by public and private organizations 
• Demonstrated experience as project and/or Work Package leader (preferably in H2020 or previous R&I programmes)
• Languages: fluent English is mandatory + at least 1 other language
• Excellent organisation, precision and time management
• Negotiation, communication and conflict resolution skills
• Flexibility, proactivity and curiosity in undertaking new tasks
• Desirable: knowledge in scientific communication and dissemination of project’s results.

Status/Availability:

• Independent consultant, 4-5 days a week
• Working mainly from home with own material
• Travels: this position involves traveling nationally and internationally throughout Europe to networking events and consortium meetings as well as periodic team meetings.
• Fee: depending on profile and experience.

Please send you CV including two references to Valentina Tageo valentina@echalliance.com by the 11^th January 2019.