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ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE MANAGER

8 Nov 2022

Job Information

Organisation/Company
ForestWISE
Research Field
Economics
Economics » Other
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
Portugal
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
To be defined
Job Status
Full-time
Hours Per Week
40
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
European Union / Next Generation EU
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

RECRUITMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE MANAGER

APPLICATION N. 09/2022- TRANSFORM

ForestWISE is a Collaborative Laboratory focused on forest and fire issues through the development of (co)research, innovation and knowledge transfer and technology activities. Our goal is to increase and improve sustainable forest management in Portugal, the competitiveness of the Portuguese forestry sector and to reduce negative consequences of large rural fires.

ForestWISE currently leads or participates in national and international large scale and impact projects in the forest and fire areas.

ForestWISE opens position for one Administrative and Finance Manager in the scope of the TransForm Green Agenda - Digital Transformation of the Forestry Sector for a Resilient and Low Carbon Economy, supported by the Component 5 - Promotion of Sustainable Bioeconomy (PRR | C5 Agenda Notice No. 02/C05-i01/2022), through European funds provided to Portugal by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), under the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM) of the European Union (EU), framed within the Next Generation UE, for the period from 2021-2026.

Position: ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE MANAGER – one position

Summary description of the function:

Under the supervision of the ForestWISE’s CTO and TransForm´s Director, the Administrative and Finance Manager will:

  • Assist the projects’ activity and control in the administrative and financial component;
  • Process and structure the accounting information and guarantee the archive and management of the documentation, in physical and computer support, according to established procedures;
  • Ensure the regular flow of information with partners´ administrative and financial support services and the funding entities;
  • Analysis, control and monitoring of project indicators, goals and milestones;
  • Elaborate payment requests and other reports with administrative and financial information;
  • Support products and services acquisition processes from third parties, within the scope of the Agenda;
  • Support all the auditing processes and control project implementation;
  • Support the execution of other project management activities, including technical monitoring and communication and dissemination of results;
  • Represent ForestWISE when requested.

Requirements

Research Field
Economics
Education Level
Undergraduate
Skills/Qualifications

Qualifications:

Pre-Bologna Degree or Master's Degree in the areas of Management, Economics, Administration and Finance, or related areas.

Required experience:

Among others, the following are prioritized:

  • Professional experience of, at less than, three years in project management in collaboration with companies and/or entities of the national scientific and technological system;
  • Knowledge of organisational, administrative and financial techniques;
  • Experience in the preparation of expense processes, payment requests to funding entities and administrative and financial information reports;
  • Experience in processing contracts on platforms;
  • Experience in processing financial data for the production and analysis of management indicators;
  • Written and oral command of Portuguese and English (level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages);
  • Knowledge of Office in user's perspective;
  • Knowledge in professional project management. PMI, PM2 or similar project management certification is a preferred factor.

Personal skills/ Soft Skills:

  • Organization and work method skills;
  • Easy integration on teamwork;
  • Ease of relationship with different interlocutors;
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
  • Excellent writing and synthesis skills;
  • Proactivity and ability to identify improvements in the information flows;
  • Proactivity in solving organization's daily issues;
  • Availability and flexibility of schedule.
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Good

Additional Information

Benefits

Conditions:

The Administrative and Finance manager will be entitled to an employment contract with a fixed annual salary between TRU 15 and TRU 32 levels according to the curriculum vitae and the experience presented and proven.

 

Selection process

Evaluation Criteria:

- Interview with candidates with curricular evaluation equal to or greater than 14 points

- The final classification will be the weighted average of the curriculum evaluation, which

will assume a weight of 60%, and the interview, which will represent 40%

- Selection of the candidate with the best final ranking

- The jury reserves the right to decide not to select any candidate if they agree that none

of the candidates has the profile required.

Additional comments

ForestWISE actively promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy. No candidate can be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempted from any duty due to, namely, parentage, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, economic status, education, origin or social status, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.

Jury:

Miguel Silveira - Chairman of the Board

Francisco Carvalho – Administrator

João Gaspar – Administrator

Carlos Fonseca – Chief Technology Officer

Alexandra Marques – Executive Coordinator

Paulo Fernandes – Executive Coordinator

Rogério Rodrigues - Executive Coordinator

Raquel Paiva - Administrative, Financial and HR Department Coordinator

Application submission:

Send curriculum vitae, degrees certificates, motivation letter and other necessary documents to contact.fw@forestwise.pt and raquel.paiva@forestwise.pt

Date: from 08/11/2022 a 27/11/2022

Website for additional job details

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
ForestWISE
Country
Portugal
City
Vila Real
Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail
raquel.paiva@forestwise.pt

Contact

State/Province
Vila Real
City
Vila Real
Website
Street
Quinta de Prados, Campus da UTAD
Postal Code
5001-801
E-Mail
contact.fw@forestwise.pt