VACANCY: Coordination and Planning Officer (P-2) at the OPCW (chemical weapons) in The Hague Holland

Knowledge and Skills Education:
Advanced university degree in international relations, political sciences, law, or equivalent. A first level university degree in combination with qualifying experience (minimum of 4 years) in these areas may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree

 Skills and Abilities (key competencies):
Professionalism:
 • Excellent knowledge of and proven work experience in multilateral decision-making process;
 • Knowledge of and familiarity with international treaties, specifically of the Chemical Weapons Convention;
• Proven analytical skills with regard to analysing developments and trends and ability to conceive and apply original ideas;
 • Ability to make sound political judgement and integrity; • Ability to produce accurate work under time pressure. Planning and organising:
• Proven planning and organising skills;
 • Demonstrated ability to multi-task, prioritise and work within deadlines; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary;
 • Flexibility and excellent problem solving skills. Communication:
 • Excellent inter-personal skills;
 • Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to apply tact and accuracy and to present information clearly and logically both in writing and verbally. Leadership:
 • Serves as a role model that other people want to follow;
 • Empowers others to translate vision into results;
 • Is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives;
 • Anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions;
 • Drives for change and improvement; does not accept the status quo;
 • Shows the courage to take unpopular stands. Teamwork:
 • Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organisational goals; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position;
 • Proven ability in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with people of different national and cultural backgrounds; Client orientation:
• Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions. Writing Skills:
 • Demonstrated ability (and experience with) writing formal statements and reports in a political context
• Proven ability to take and develop minutes.

Computer skills:
 • Good computer skills, and the ability to work with standard office software

 Experience Essential:
Minimum 2 years of professional experience in national administration and/or international environment, preferably in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation, with advanced degree, or 4 years of such experience with first level degree. Desirable: Experience in an organisation of the UN system. Languages Fluency in English is essential and a good working knowledge of one of the other official languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is desirable.

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VACANCY: Contracts Manager (in english) in Leiden Netherlands

Heerema Marine Contractors - The Hague Area, Netherlands

Job Description

The Legal department
The legal department provides advice to the organisation in various legal areas. The department is involved in the solving of complex legal issues of different nature. In addition the legal department is directly involved in the negotiation of complex contracts and supervision of any legal procedures.
Contracts Manager / Quantity surveyor
 
As a Contracts Manager you work from within the Legal department. You know your contracts inside out.
You have the skill to signal possible obstacles well ahead and to act accordingly. You will help to draft contracts during the tender phase and will manage the contract in execution. You will ensure that the contractual terms and conditions, including variations, of the contracts for offshore scopes of work are acceptable to HMC and comply with HMC’s bidding and contracting policy, in order to minimize unfavorable legal or financial consequences for HMC.
 
As Contracts Manager you report to the Senior Legal Counsel and to the Project Manager when assigned to a project. Besides, you will work closely together with the Tender Managers, Tender Coordinators, Project Managers and Staff departments like Tax.
 
Your daily activities

• Assist and advise the Project Manager on contractual matters, both client and subcontractor related;
• Support the Tender Manager or Project Manager during client negotiations;
• Create a contractual key condition summary for contracts;
• Manage variation orders and change requests;
• Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the contractual qualification process;
• Document the qualification process;
• Maintain an archive of past client contractual terms and conditions and the qualifications thereto;
• Maintain an archive of change order filing and correspondence.

Your profile

• You have 4 to 6 years’ working experience of which 3 in the offshore oil and gas industry or contracting business, preferably with complex projects,
• You are familiar with basic English contract law,
• You have a Bachelor degree in engineering and have gained experience with contracts through your occupation or by additional schooling. A degree in Law is also accepted, as long as you have relevant working experience in the industries mentioned above,
• You have excellent analytical and pragmatic skills,
• You have impeccable communication skills in English, both spoken and written,
• You will be working in our international headquarter in Leiden, the Netherlands, but you are willing to travel on a regular basis and are open for an assignment abroad should the project at hand require.

HMC offers

• Informal work atmosphere in an international environment,
• Excellent secondary labor conditions, such as a bonus scheme, a pension scheme, 35 days annual leave and various insurances,
• Ample opportunities for personal development,
• Free use of Heerema's fitness facility with instructor,
• Opportunities to develop your own initiatives and to work independently within a team of committed colleagues.

Company Description

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is a world leading marine contractor in the offshore oil and gas industry. HMC transports, installs and removes all types of offshore facilities. These include fixed structures, complex infrastructures and floating facilities, in shallow water, deepwater and ultra deepwater.

read more here: http://www.careersathmc.com/Job-detail/5769/135712/Contracts-Manager-Quantity-surveyor.html

Paralegal in Leiden

Paralegal
Avery Dennison - The Hague Area, Netherlands


Perform a wide range of corporate tasks to assist the Law Department in Leiden, The Netherlands. This role includes the interaction with the Law Departments in California, Hong Kong and Buenos Aires, the Tax and Treasury Departments, the Financial Shared Service Center as well as finance directors and managers in Europe. This position encompasses a variety of tasks and responsibilities and requires excellent organizational skills, self-initiative and motivation.

Reporting Structure:
Directly reports to Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America


• Assist the members of the Law Department in Europe with Contract Intake Process and other databases with emphasis in the content of the requests from internal clients
• Responsible for restructuring the administrative and systems organization of the Law Department (internal allocations, invoicing, tracking, approval, payments, fee arrangements, etc.)
• Assist in the implementation of E-Billing system
• Work closely with the Law Department members in Europe and where appropriate outside law firms for corporate administrative matters in connection with – for all legal entities in Europe - the approval process of annual accounts, changes in the board of directors, change of corporate office address, including preparation of meeting notices, resolutions, minutes, power of attorneys, and notarial deeds
• Work with Tax, Treasury and outside law firms on formalities related to the formation and liquidation or strike off of legal entities, ensure all documents are properly signed, provided with notarized signatures and apostilles where required.
• Responsible for keeping the corporate data sheet system up to date for Europe, administer all required changes, and communicate any changes to the Finance directors of the business units.
• Collaborate and assist on the development of EMEA Litigation Report.
• Answer questions from the business units, Tax, and Treasury related to corporate matters, and provide them with copies of documents
• Act as liaison with in-house and outside counsel and the Law Department in Pasadena, and Hong Kong, in connection with the signing of corporate documents, and keep track of the documentation that is under preparation
• Responsible for coordination of legalization and authentication of documents with foreign consulates
• Prepare for amendment or drafting and signing of standard intercompany contracts related to services, assistance, licensing, manufacturing, cost sharing, etc., ensure distribution of copies to Tax, Treasury and the business units for administration.
• Manage translations of a variety of documents for the business units, and Law Department.
• Liaise with EDC Helpdesk and IT support for any hardware or software related matters involving members of the Law Department.
• Perform all purchases for the Law Department for stationery, temporary office support, translations, etc.
• Assist head of the department on other secretarial and administrative activities

Desired Skills & Experience

• Excellent organizational and communication (oral and written) skills
• Possess ability to work individually and have ability to work well in a group environment
• Energy, pro-activity and willingness to take over responsibilities and grow within the organization
• Knowledge of languages
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Lotus Notes
• Bachelor degree in law or similar level education.
• 3-5 years experience in corporate matters for an international organization.

Company Description

Founded in 1935, Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials. Based in Pasadena, Calif., the Company had in 2007 recorded sales of $6.3 billion.
Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag and labeling systems, and specialty tapes and chemicals.
Additional Information

Posted:
October 20, 2011
Type:
Full-time
Experience:
Associate
Functions:
Strategy/Planning, Accounting/Auditing, Finance
Industries:
Paper & Forest Products, Chemicals, Food & Beverages
Job ID:
2091689

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