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Functieomschrijving Would you like to take the opportunity to work for a European Agency based in Parma, Italy? If you have a good proficiency in English and scientific competence of regulated products this could be your chance to work in a multicultural and dynamic environment. We are looking for a Scientific Officer working on the applications for regulated products.  Responsabilità Support the Applications Helpdesk team in the scientific assessment of applications for regulated products (food and feed, food contact materials, pesticides, GMOs, food-related processes and processing aids) with the following tasks:  provide support to applicants and other stakeholders; address the questions from stakeholders on the various tools and process; provide guidances for submitting an applications;  pre-submission advice; notification of studies; completness check of the information received; contribute to the catalogue of services.  Functie-eisen Excellent knowledge of English (at least B2 level);  Bachelor's degree or above in life science (i.e. Food Science and Technology, Chemistry, Biology, Veterinary Medicine, Bioinformatics, Environmental, etc.); At least 1 year of relevant working experience in writing scientific reports, opinions and guidances;  Knowledge of one regulated products area: food and feed, food contact materials, pesticides, GMOs, food-related processes and processing aids;  Full proficiency in IT tools, particularly in Excel and document management system.  Working with others, analysis and problem solving, drive for results, customer focus.   Assignment: initial contract 3 months starting from February 2021, with possibility of extensions. Expected duration of assignment 2 years.  Salary: between €1800 and €3000 per month before taxes depending on years of experience. Work modalities: initially working from home, relocation to Parma, Italy required in the future. Please send your English Europass CV

Functieomschrijving Would you like to take the opportunity to work for a European Agency? If you have a good proficiency in English and knowledge of ecotoxicology and pesticides this could be your chance to work in a multicultural and dynamic environment. We are looking for a scientific assistant for the Pesticides Peer Review Ecotoxicology unit. Responsabilità Support the implementantion of the protocol for the revision. In particular:   Evaluate scientific papers and reports;  Extract and prepare data for further analysis;  Generate, collect and collate evidence (data and information), using relevant methodologies;  Draft clear, concise and structured scientific reports and publications using appropriate scientific terminology; Understand and interpret reports in order to compile the evidence;  Communicate scientific outputs to different target audiences.  Functie-eisen Excellent knowledge of English (at least B2 level);  Knowledge of birds and wild mammals biology and ecology, environmental risk assessment and/or ecotoxicology; At least 2 years of working experience in collecting and collating evidence, writing and reviewing scientific documents, analyzing and interpreting data with statistics; Communication and English: strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both spoken and written English; Working with others: ability to work co-operatively with others in teams and across organisational boundaries and respect differences between people. Assignment: initial contract 3 months starting from February 2021, with possibility of extensions. Expected duration of assignment 1 year.  Salary: between €1800 and €3000 per month before taxes depending on years of experience. Work modalities: initially working from home, relocation to Parma, Italy required in the future. Please send your English Europass CV

Functieomschrijving Would you like to take the opportunity to work for a European Agency? If you have a good proficiency in English and experience in carrying out literature reviews this could be your chance to work in a multicultural and dynamic environment. We are looking for a Scientific Literature Retrieval Technical Assistant.  Responsabilità Deliver support to projects and processes within the Assessment and Methodological Support unit and other units with a focus on the library services.  Provide support to the information scientist by:    Executing searches in scientific literature databases according to pre-defined search strings or search strings set up together with the information scientist;  Carrying out literature reviews;  Creating reports of the outcome of the searches in the format requested;  Plan and monitor deadlines.  Functie-eisen Excellent knowledge of English (at least B2 level); Bachelor's degree or above in life sciences areas;  1 year of relevant working experience in supporting scientific literature retrieval, collect scientific evidence and drafting scientific reports;  Proficiency in IT tools, standard office software and electronic management of documents and data;  Behavioural competencies: Service minded, working with others, analytical skills, flexibility.  Assignment: initial contract until 30/06 starting from May, with possibility of extensions. Expected duration of assignment 1 year.  Salary: between €1850 and €2350 per month before taxes depending on years of experience. Work modalities: initially working from home (Italy), relocation to Parma required in the future. Please provide an English Europass template Cv

Società di consulenza di direzione e organizzazione aziendale ed executive research cerca: Analyst Junior Purpose of the role To provide process and research support on client assignments and other projects. Can be located in local offices or in virtual/physical hubs globally. Can be deployed for local or regional assignment execution and support local or regional initiatives CORE RESPONSIBILITIES - Manages projects (assignments, pitch preparation, etc.) in partnership with the consultant, creating an effective project plan that ensures the team delivers on client expectations and timelines; - Creates high quality client documentation (profiles, status reports, powerpoint slides) for projects; - Develops the search strategy with the supervision of the consultant, fully understanding the needs and critical issues of the search and the client; - Undertakes market interaction for insights and systematic coverage (sourcing executives to seek recommendations of candidates and insights on companies and markets, as well as talking to job seekers, but not approaching candidates with specific opportunities), after training and with appropriate support; - Validates, calibrates and prioritizes candidates on assignments in preparation for, and during, discussions with consultants; - Provides candidate identification for assignments and gathers actionable information on key moves and market news for business development opportunities. SHARED ACCOUNTABILITIES - Reports to local or regional Head of Research for deployment on projects; - Supports senior researchers and consultants requests during the course of an engagement. Location Milan

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. WFP's regional bureau for the Middle East and North Africa provides strategic guidance, policy/technical support, and oversight to WFP's operations in 14 countries: Algeria, Armenia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. The regional vision is to deliver on zero hunger and contribute to peace. Robust and reliable data analytics on food security, nutrition, vulnerability and emergency needs are fundamental in achieving this vision. JOB PURPOSE: This position is to provide leadership to a dedicated regional team of food security analysts and geographic information system (GIS) experts as well as technically overseeing and supporting country level vulnerability analysis and mapping efforts to ensure that the most reliable and up-to-date evidence is available at all times to inform WFP's portfolio of work. Responsibility will include leadership and strategic guidance in areas such as emergency needs assessments, food security monitoring, climate analysis, context analysis, beneficiary targeting, market analysis, nutrition assessments, cost effectiveness and operational efficiency. The Senior Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer will work under the direct supervision of the regional Head of Programme. MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Senior Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer will be responsible for delivering quality analytics in the following key areas: Emergency need assessments - With the application of the latest technology and methods ensure that data and analysis on food assistance needs (who needs assistance, where, when and for how long) are available to WFP and partners at the right time to make key decisions for any required emergency response. - Ensure data readiness for the purpose of rapid emergency needs assessments to guide an initial emergency response. - Support country offices on the implementation and maintenance of WFP's Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and maintain current systems. Work with VAM advisors at WFP HQ in Rome to improve and expand the SDI. - Support Country Office surge requirements for assessments, vulnerability analysis and mapping, including emergency situations. Economic and market analysis - Ensure robust market analysis across the region as early warning for economic shocks and to adequately inform transfer modality choices (food, cash, vouchers). - Contribute to the refinement of cost-efficiency analysis especially for national social protection programme support. - Undertake market-related field missions to support operations –emergency, recovery and rehabilitation, development and capacity building, with emphasis on cash-based interventions. Nutrition assessments - Initiate and guide state-of-the-art nutrition analyses such as Cost of Diet and cash/voucher expenditure patterns for recommendations for improved nutrition programming. Beneficiary targeting - Provide guidance and support to country offices on methodologies and procedures for beneficiary selection that minimize inclusion of non-eligible beneficiaries and exclusion of vulnerable and food insecure households and individuals. Vulnerability and climate change impact analysis - Collect, manage, prepare and analyse remotely sensed climatological data. This includes supporting the efforts by country offices to conduct a Consolidated Livelihoods Exercise for Analysing Resilience (CLEAR) and rolling out 3PA that consist of an Integrated Context Analysis and Seasonal Livelihoods planning. - Conduct urban specific analyses that provide detailed data and analysis on food security situation in urban contexts. Monitoring and evaluation systems: Lead the regional VAM function to support country office outcome monitoring and the M&E function to support country office process and output monitoring. Partnership and representation: Enhance WFP's leadership role in food security analysis by representing WFP in meetings with strategic partners, contributing to high-level technical discussions, exchanging knowledge and experience with other institutions and identifying areas of comparative advantage in both emergency and non-emergency settings. Effective staff management: Lead, motivate and manage a geographically dispersed team of technical staff, providing coaching and guidance to ensure appropriate career development and enable high performance. - Build relationships and collaborate closely across the programme team and with other divisions, regional bureaux and country offices as required. - Ensure that gender perspectives will be incorporated in all areas of assessment and analysis. The post-holder will be expected to perform other duties as required. SPECIFIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Work experience & skills - Minimum of 11 years of relevant professional work experience in international development and/or humanitarian work, at least 4 of which in an international organisation within food security related domain(s) - Experience in managing complex activities in a humanitarian as well as in development context. - Proven knowledge and ability to comprehend complex sets of data and generate analyses. Economic and market analysis as well as focus on food security/nutrition domain considered to be an added-value - Expertise in international financial institutions, including previous work experience, is an asset. - Experience in the design and implementation of new policies, processes, and vulnerability analysis systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness of assessment efforts. - Experience in creating and cultivating a broad range of relationships with key stakeholders including NGOs, national authorities, UN agencies, donors and academia. - Demonstrated ability to lead and build multi-functional and cross-geography teams and to collaborate with others to achieve collective results. - Ability to deliver results through efficient planning and organisation and by enabling more junior colleagues to excel. - Proven ability to develop quality reports and analysis. - Experience in the Middle East and/or North Africa is preferable. STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: Education: Advanced University degree in Economics or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses. Language: - Fluency (level C) in English language. - Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language). Arabic is an advantage TERMS AND CONDITIONS International Professional positions are open to all nationalities. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year. Mobility is and continues to be a core contractual requirement in WFP. This position is based in Khartoum, Sudan, and would require the incumbent to relocate. After completing this assignment, you will be expected to apply internally for other assignments in WFP. WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days' annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance. For more details, please visit icsc.un.org. ________________________________________________________________________ This is how cinfo can support you in the application process for this specific position: - Before you apply for this position: Improve your application documents by registering for a Job Application Support. - When invited to the interview: Prepare for the interview by registering for a Job Application Support. This service is offered free of charge to Swiss nationals. Interested in a career with multilateral institutions? 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We try to use the services of an experienced receptionist who will carry out the check-in of the guests, the assignment of the rooms and the delivery of the keys. answer questions about hotel facilities. Pass messages to guests and take mail for posting. Duties Greet hotel guests; answer any questions or concerns. Offer an exceptional guest experience. Maintain an orderly reception. Manage computer programs and multiline telephone systems. Maintain guest records and book reservations. Complete basic cashier and accounting responsibilities. Requirements A polite way. A high standard of personal presentation. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. A good telephone manner. Customer service skills, patience and tact. The ability to be calm and well organized, even when working under pressure. Qualified individuals should kindly submit their CV / resume by email.