Project Coordinator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Albania, +5 more countries.

📋 Description

• Plan and oversee project activities, which include implementation strategies, terms of reference, resources, budgets, activity fiches, and Annual Work Plans.

• Coordinate and execute project activities across the EU and partner regions, encompassing confidential studies, reports, and initiatives.

• Manage the complete delivery of activities, covering logistics, travel, venues, materials, translations, interpretation, and participant engagement.

• Identify, engage, and coordinate experts, service providers, stakeholders, and participants.

• Provide technical and content expertise through training, research, data collection, manuals, publications, legislative texts, and quality assurance of deliverables.

• Prepare technical specifications, strategic inputs, and documentation related to the project.

• Maintain relationships with stakeholders, partners, and service providers.

• Procure and manage external services, including obtaining quotations, conducting negotiations, managing contracts, placing orders, and monitoring performance.

• Ensure adherence to planning, administrative, and financial procedures.

• Design, administer, and analyze participant satisfaction surveys and monitoring tools.

• Draft agendas, practical information notes, meeting minutes, progress reports, activity reports, and Client reports.

• Develop content for websites, social media, communication materials, visibility campaigns, and awareness activities.

• Implement information-sharing and project monitoring systems utilizing Microsoft 365 tools and logframe indicators.

• Manage office resources, equipment, supplies, consumables, and petty cash as necessary.

• Support project missions, visits, and events in various countries and contribute to project closure and final reporting.

⛳️ Requirements

• A university degree (minimum of 4 years) in Law, Political Science, Economics, or a related field.

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in Intellectual Property (IP) policy and legal practice.

• At least 1 year of experience in IP-related work within the Western Balkans region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, or Serbia).

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Copyright and Related Rights; Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographical Indications; Trade Secrets and Topographies of Semiconductor Products; IP Enforcement and Anti-Counterfeiting; IP Legislation and Policy Alignment; Modernization of Intellectual Property Offices; IP Awareness, Commercialization, and SME Support.

• At least 1 year of experience in implementing international cooperation projects.

• Proficiency in English at C1 level or higher.

• Proficiency in a regional language (Serbian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Albanian, or Macedonian) at A2 level or higher.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work.

• A collaborative and dynamic work environment.

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.