Employer: NIRAS
Location: Various Locations
NIRAS is looking for talented and highly motivated graduates with relevant first working experiences and the passion for pursuing an international career within development
consulting for our Young Professional Academy. The NIRAS Young Professional Academy is a fast-track on the job training and learning programme. This is an 18 + 6 months-programme in which the trainee will acquire a wide range of hands-on technical as well as project management and business acquisition skills.
Why NIRAS?
NIRAS is an international company with over 1,400 permanent staff whose state of the art expertise range from sustainable natural resources management to engineering, infrastructure, green economy, energy, water, agriculture, forestry, governance, vocational education, land and rural development. At NIRAS International Consulting (NIC), which is a business unit of NIRAS, you will have the opportunity to grow professionally and contribute to making an impact in development. You will work with nearly 200 in-house development professionals located in our offices in Asia, Africa and Europe and reach more than 10,000 experts through our state of the art tools.
NIC prides itself as one of Europe’s leading international consulting companies and service provider with over 40 years of experience in development cooperation. Annually, we undertake over 250 assignments in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America and our operations are growing steadily. Much of our work consists of implementing large, long-term and multidisciplinary development programmes often in challenging environments. Our clients include Danida (Denmark), the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Sida (Sweden), KfW and GIZ (Germany), SDC (Switzerland), AFD (France), AusAid (Australia), NORAD (Norway), the European Commission, The Nordic Development Fund, The African Development Bank, The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, UN organisations and national ministries. Building on our motto - we listen, we learn, we deliver – we continuously expand our position as our clients’ trusted partner in economically, environmentally and socially sustainable development. See more at: http://www.niras.com/business-areas/development-consulting.aspx
Training Scheme Format
The Young Professional (YP) enters as a trainee and moves forward passing various stages. YPs must pass each stage to fully complete the programme. Upon completion, outstanding YPs will be offered a NIRAS permanent staff position as Project Manager and/or Consultant.
• Location: The NIRAS YPs will be based in Belgrade for the first 18 months, complemented with short-term assignments working from in NIRASs offices and/ or other projects worldwide.The next six months, YPs will be based in a NIRAS “host” office.
• Training: YPs will be clustered according to their technical skills and interests relevant to NIRAS technical focal group. They YP will receive insights into development consulting work in various sectors and clients, foster project management skills. He/ She will support the NIRAS offices mainly in the project acquisition processes. Other valuable skills including staff management, decision making, problem solving, negotiation and communication skills will also be developed. The NYPA Director will supervise the development and implementation of the Programme.
• Mentoring: Every YP will work under the guidance of a mentor and will be integrated into a working group of his/ her respective technical area (if applicable). More detailed information of NYPA available at: http://www.niras.com/dc
*The NYPA is a pilot programme. NIRAS reserves the right to modify the schedule and content of the Programme.
How to apply
Interested candidates should register and submit their CVs and a motivational letter in English through https://cv.niras.com/jobs/1277 . Applications will be received on a rolling basis. For the first batch, the application deadline is on the 15th of March 2015. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview and will start during the 2nd quarter of 2015. Note: As soon as possible, candidates who have met the qualifications will be informed on the status of their application. Applicants are kindly asked not to contact the NYPA or NIRAS staff for information on the status of their application.
Qualifications Required Only the experts meeting the set criteria will be shortlisted and contacted.
What does it take to qualify? *Only shortlisted candidates meeting the below qualification criteria will be contacted*
• Master's degree in a discipline relevant to the competence areas and operations of NIRAS International Consulting.
• Citizenship of an EU member country
• Excellent spoken and written English is a requirement.
• Working knowledge in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic or Kiswahili are an advantage.
• In addition, NIRAS values highly motivated individuals with dynamic personality and a positive attitude.
Professional Experience Required
At least one year of relevant experience in the context of development cooperation in one of your competence areas (e.g. consulting firm, studies, internships in voluntary organisations, NGOs, development agencies, foreign ministries, bilateral or multilateral organisations or other work abroad)
Duration
18+6 months
Commencement
2Q of 2015 (pls. also refer to http://www.niras.com/dc for the commencement)
Deadline For Applications : 2015-03-16
