Vacancy announcement 2022

The Joint Secretariat (JS) of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme, operating within Széchenyi Programme Office Nonprofit LLC. is recruiting Programme Managers in its Budapest Office in Hungary. 

The Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme operates as separate financial instrument of EU Cohesion Policy. The specific aim of the Programme is to make the Slovak-Hungarian border region more cohesive, environmentally friendly and competitive. 

We are looking for a highly motivated professionals to join our JS’s team.

Main tasks 

• providing support and consultancy to project applicants during the application phase;
• participating actively in the project selection and evaluation procedure according to the programme’s manuals;
• assisting and closely monitoring project beneficiaries throughout project implementation;
• reviewing project reports and project follow-up reports; 
• preparing documents and materials for decisions of the Monitoring Committee;
• organizing and active participation at information days, project seminars, conferences and other events;
• preparing statistics and monitoring figures at programme level for the organizations managing the programme;
• preparing thematic reports on progress of projects and reporting to programme actors on financial progress of the projects; 
• performing other relevant duties, administrative tasks deriving from the management of the programme.

Requirements for the candidate

• Fluent in spoken and written English, as well as in Slovak and/or Hungarian;
• Relevant university or college degree (bachelor`s/master’s/doctorate degree, completed with a diploma) in public administration and/or regional development and/or economic/social sciences and/or finance/business.

Assets

• Good understanding and knowledge of the needs of the programme area;
• Experience/skills regarding the content of priority axis defined by the programme (e.g. engineering, technical skills, cooperation of public authorities); 
• Experience of working in project management and/or in cross-border co-operation projects.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and fringe benefits package
• English language working environment
• Flexible working hours.

If you are interested in our offer, please send us your CV in English in the following e-mail address: szpiallas@szpi.hu and csveres@skhu.eu.