Animal Disease Compensation Fund Serbia

The Team Leader will be in charge of overall project co-ordination and quality control, and should also have a substantive role in the technical assistance provided by the project.

The Team Leader's tasks will include, at least:

• Managing the project team and coordinate project activities between the Veterinary Directorate and the Contracting Authority;

• Assuming responsibility for the overall implementation of the project activities and achievement of project results;

• Monitoring progress in line with the approved work programmes  and budget provisions so as to ensure timely achievement of the interim progress milestones and ultimate project results, as well as a high quality of all project outputs;

• Provide expertise in specified areas of animal health policy-making, drafting of legislation, implementation and enforcement, according to the work break-down structure proposed by the Contractor;

• Be responsible for detailed analysis of all the outputs and correspondence produced or circulated by the project and their full quality assurance.

• Contribute to other activities of the project team, details of which will be determined during the Inception Phase of the project.

Qualifications and skills

• A bachelor's degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of 3 years study in a university or equivalent institution) in the veterinary medicine or other relevant discipline. A Master/Phd in veterinary medicine or other relevant discipline (following the award of the degree) is an advantage.

General professional experience

• Minimum 10, but preferably 15 years of post-graduate professional experience in the area of agriculture or food safety or veterinary medicine.

Specific professional experience

• Minimum 5, preferably 7 years of professional post graduate experience in the Veterinary Sector.

• Proven post graduate experience of minimum 2 years,  preferably 3  years, in implementation of national programmes for control and/or eradication of contagious animal diseases in a competent authority of an EU member State or in a relevant EU institution (DG SANCO, EFSA, ECDC, EMA, FVO, Community Reference Laboratories for animal diseases).

• Experience in leading teams in the public or private sector and/or in donor funded projects in one to three projects of similar size, complexity and duration.