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Administration, Project Control Support, RTCHSO023
2014-02-21 13:38:29| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Administration, Project Control Support, based at European Astronaut Centre, PorzWhab, Koln Germany Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. All members of our recruitment team have extensive space experience, so have the insight necessary to support you through the application process. For our activities in the European Space Agency, we are looking to employ an experienced Administrator to support the Head of the EAC Department as well as the Head of the ISS Utilisation and Astronaut Support Department in all financial activities of EAC in the following activities Setting up and follow up of third party agreements with industry or specific agreements with national space agencies, in coordination with Legal Affairs Daily administration of the centre and the liaison offices in Houston and Moscow Support EAC Managers and Technical Officers in using ESA corporate financial systems Acting as EAC interface for the ESA financial representative, purchase office and mission desk The objective is to provide followup for the processing of EAC related invoices and control of timely payment to ESA contractors and suppliers, and to perform the process of issuing purchase orders as well as to monitor the mission desk operations. Additionally to this, support the regular verification of Manpower and Cost Reports Tasks Support assigned projects in the implementation of their industrial activities Supporting preparation of work breakdown structures, work packages and schedule Assistance in the preparation of tender and contract change documents covering management, programmatic and financial domains Supporting contractual negotiations with industry in management, programmatic and financial domains Controlling of assigned contracts with respect to financial commitments, cost, schedule, progress, invoicing, industrial return, deviation from plans and trends Report generation and maintenance about financial, schedule and performance data Planning and reporting inyear, multiyear, at completion on procurement, cost, schedule, industrial return, workforce, risks for the assigned programme Assisting to the definition and the implementation of planning and control procedures and assuring industry compliance Monitoring asset evolution and maintaining an inventory of Programme hardware Contributing to the risk management function through the identification of potential problem areas, analysis of their impact and proposal of remedial actions Support to the preparation of the financial contract commitment and the data entry of the milestone payment plans Collect, enter, process, and update all financial, schedule and georeturn related data in the databases Planning and updating of the Industrial Return distribution Support to providing financial and programmatic inputs to periodic and ad hoc reports Qualifications and Requirements Applicants require a University degree or equivalent in Business Administration together with at least 4 years experience in a similarly responsible position. Essential Skills Excellent IT skills in MS Office, SAP and Lotus Notes Knowledge of project accounting Fluent in English and German, Spoken and written, additional EU languages an asset Excellent Communication and Negotiation Skills Good interpersonal skills and crosscultural sensitivity Flexibility and ability to cope with pressure Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the outside world Good knowledge of IPCDB, ESA rules cost control and ESA corporate financial systems is also required. Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals Please note that Serco reserves the right of changing the advertisement closing date or to close vacancy at any time. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly in order to avoid any disappointment in such exceptional circumstances. If you think you have the skills and experience required for this post please make your application via our eRecruitment site httpswww.amris.comsercorequirementdisplay.php?refSearchrequirementid50047 If you have any questions regarding this opportunity please address them to our recruitment team at space.careersserco.com Position Administration, Project Control Support Reference RTCHSO023 Application closing date 9th March 2014 Start date ASAP Important Please be aware that security clearance may be part of the selection process For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website www.serco.comeurope
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