The Financial Mechanism Office (FMO) is the secretariat of the EEA Grants and Norway Grants, and is affiliated to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Brussels.

We are looking for highly motivated and qualified candidates to fill two (Senior) Bilateral Officer vacancies. The selected candidates will be appointed on a Senior Officer or Officer level subject to their relevant work experience.

We expect candidates who are eager to work with the EEA and Norway Grants objective of strengthening bilateral relations between the three Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and the 15 Beneficiary States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Malta, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia).

The positions are open to nationals of the EEA EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway).

Scope
The Bilateral Officers will work closely together to achieve our bilateral goals. The EEA and Norway Grants work is of great importance to our donors, beneficiaries and partners. Our future Bilateral Officers should have experience from working in similar organisations and also from working in the area between politics and administration.
The Bilateral Officer in the Programmes Department, Funds and Horizontal Concerns Unit will ensure that programmes contribute to strengthening of bilateral relations. The Bilateral Officer in the Country and Bilateral Cooperation Department will mainly work on Beneficiary State level.

Tasks
Both positions
• Oversee implementation of the bilateral objective of the Grants;
• Facilitate partnerships in programmes and projects, as well as other cooperation between the Donor and Beneficiary States;
• Liaise with Donor State Embassies and Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the planning and implementation of initiatives funded by earmarked funds for bilateral relations in each Beneficiary State;
• Report to the Donors and other stakeholders on progress and results of the bilateral cooperation;
• Further develop reporting of bilateral results;
• Improve and further develop the bilateral work in the EEA and Norway Grants financial mechanism

For further information and a full job description of the position, please consult http://www.efta.int/Job-opportunities and use the EFTA e-recruitment tool to complete and send in your application.

Please note that only applications received via our web tool will be considered.