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New organic certification programme launches
2018-03-12 11:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new organic certification programme has launched, spearheaded by US outdoor clothing giant Patagonia, aimed at improving fairness for farmers and workers, as well as addressing animal welfare and ecological land management.
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Ractopamine-free programme: new swine movement requirements
2018-03-01 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
New swine movement documents mandatory part of Manitoba’s racto-free programme.
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Department Programme Control Head of Service
2018-02-28 16:25:12| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Vacancy in the Directorate of Space Transportation. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. Applications from women are encouraged. Post Department Programme Control Head of Service This post is classified A2A4 on the Coordinated Organisations salary scale. Location ESA Headquarters, Paris, France Department Programme Control Head of Service Department Programme Control Head of Service in the Operating Planning and Business Unit Controlling BUC Office, Directorate of Space Transportation. The supported unit is the Space Transportation Development Department STSD. The postholder is the BUC Offices primary interface with that Department and the lead controller for the Department, coordinating the activities of the project controllers assigned to the Departments projects. Duties keeping a record of applicable programme Declarations, defining structure and related master data for programme and project control, following the organisational evolution supervising the definition of project breakdown in relation to the applicable Declarations, the Directorates organisational structure, and according to applicable guidelines defined at corporate and Directorate level supporting the allocation of resources to projects, ensuring project data are consistent with programme element data regarding resources preparing and updating plans inyear, multiyear, atcompletion of resources per programme element and project, including manpower and support, facilities, running and industrial costs, together and consistent with scheduling monitoring actual resource usage, analysing deviations and providing reasons for them, proposing corrective actions coordinating project control of assigned projects planning and monitoring thirdparty income preparing and presenting financial reporting at Departmentlevel reporting meetings supervising preparation and validating industrial return analyses and related reporting internal and external, supporting bilateral meetings with participating State delegations preparing and updating the financialworkforce part of project plans and support projects reviews related to Department projects, preparing andor supporting adhoc analyses related to programmesprojects schedule reporting providing the Head of BUC Office with timely progress reports concerning resources and major project developments supervising and validating produced data regarding the year closure exercise, ensuring correctness of financial project data supporting programme closure exercise providing validated inputs for Directoratelevel risk management to the Risk Coordination Officer coordinating at programme element level the asset management activities of the BUC Office regarding asset management supporting coordination of the Directorates assessment and coherent implementation of the governance for the new launch system development and exploitation phases, supporting assessment of evolving launch service revenue. The postholder also foresees management of the resources assigned to project control of Departments projects. Technical competencies Analytical capabilities in the economics field Experience in control of large development projects and risk management, preferably in the area of aerospace Managing complex databases, ERP CPM, including technical scheduling methodology and workload and workforce management Cash flow planning Analysis and monitoring of industrial activities impacting geographical and industrial return Procure to pay process Leadership competencies Acting as a role model Promoting diversity Driving performance Developing motivating people Fostering cooperation effective teamworking Leading change Strategic vision business context Behavioural competencies Results Orientation Teamwork Customer Focus Systems Broader Business Thinking Problem Solving Communication Education Applicants should have a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in Economics, Business Administration or Engineering. Additional requirements The technical competence requirement for analytical capabilities in the economics field will be demonstrated by written test on the day of the interview. Other information For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset. The Agency may require applicants to undergo selection tests. The closing date for applications is 28 March 2018. If you require support with your application due to a disability, please email contact.human.resourcesesa.int. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada and Slovenia. According to the ESA Convention the recruitment of staff must take into account an adequate distribution of posts among nationals of the ESA Member States. Priority will first be given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from underrepresented Member States when shortlisting for interview. see Nationality Targets In accordance with the European Space Agencys security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment. Apply HERE
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Programme Project Controller
2018-02-23 12:26:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are looking for a Programme Project Controller M3 to join our Ajilon Technology Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency. Ajilon Technology Aerospace is a specialized Engineering consultancy with more than 30 years experience providing aerospace Engineers to our key partners in The Netherlands. Ajilon is a longstanding business partner of the European Space Agency ESA, with more than 115 employees recruited from across Europe currently supporting ESAs activities. The Project The ExoMars Missions are one of the flagship project of the European Space Agency. Having successfully placed a scientific orbiter around the Red Planet at the end of 2016, the second part of the programme will launch in 2020, in collaboration with our Russian partners, an additional spacecraft composite that will land a complex rover and a scientific platform on the surface of Mars. As such, ExoMars represents Europes most ambitious robotic exploration mission since Rosetta. The two ExoMars missions aim to answer one of the outstanding scientific questions of our time, that of whether life ever existed on and below the surface of Mars. In the process of doing so, ExoMars will also demonstrate new technologies needed to pave the way for a future and even more ambitious Mars Sample Return mission during the next decade. Specific tasks to be performed Reporting directly to the Head of ExoMars Project Control, the new team member will perform a range of Project Control tasks, as described in the annexed job description, with an initial emphasis on the following tasks Prepare, develop and maintain the ExoMars overall Cost at Completion CAC, financial planning and associated reporting activities. Bring together information on the ExoMars schedule, cost and risks in order to provide to the management an integrated view of the programmatic status of the Project. Review and check the ESA internal expenditures including recharges, support services and purchases for consistency. Support the Risk management process of the Project. Coordinate the Financial, Accounting and Fixed Asset Management activities of the project, and conduct its daily business in a manner that is fully IPSAScompliant, interacting with the Agencys Corporate Finance Division or the External Audit Commission as required. Participate in the evaluation of Contract Change Notices and preparation of Disposition Records. Participate in the financial closure of contracts once the activities are finalised. The job will require substantial interaction with other key stakeholders inside ESA such as Finance and Procurement Services, and also outside of the Agency like for example the ExoMars industrial consortium. While conducting all the above, the holder of this post will have to demonstrate the capability to work autonomously and at the same time be able to work effectively as part of a team. The position is to be filled by an experienced project controller, with a focus on cost control and expertise in the use of Financial IT tools. General tasks to be performed Support to the planning, preparation, execution and followup of projects programmes activities in terms of schedule, related procurement actions, costs including preparation of CaC as relevant, manpower including support, etc. including Assisting in preparing, developing and maintaining programme level plans. Assisting in the definition and in maintaining related workprocurement plans and related execution and contract actions plans using local tools as applicable. Monitoring of the implementation of the programmes and of activities, as appropriate, and preparation of related reports and provision of management information as required. Evaluating the results and main achievements of the programme, elaborating related KPIs, and preparing periodic overview publications. In the field of resources i.e. financial and manpower for programmeprojects Assisting in the preparation of longterm, medium term and inyear resource plans. Monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with resource targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and related recovery actions, producing related reports. Reviewing checking of ESA internal expenditures such as recharges, support services and purchases for consistency with Costat Completion CAC of industrial contracts. Checking commitments for consistency with budgets and ESAs procedures and consumption of commitment ceiling and initiating related budgetary transfers as required. In the field of procurements and execution of contracts Support to the preparation and followup of the Agencys tender actions. Support to the proposal evaluations as expert for the price and schedule verification and analysis. Support to the preparation of the financial contract commitment and the data entry of the milestone payment plans in the Agencys systems. Contributing to the elaboration, consolidation of related procurement workplans and detailed implementation plans e.g. Contract Action Plan baseline and related commitment consumption, cost and disbursement profiles. Ensuring that above plans are properly inserted in the appropriate management tools. Followingup of the progress of the procurement actions and contracts, and keeping track of status and maintaining the current actual and forecasting in the appropriate ESA tools. Creating related objects in ESAp, maintaining corresponding information in local applications as required and ensuring the correctness and coherence of related information. Monitoring and controlling of timely implementation of actions related to procurement and contractual matters, including monitoring of financial commitments, payment milestones and invoicing. Supporting industrial invoicing process and payment verification and control. Supporting programme inventory and export control activities, maintain relevant inventory databases In the field of programme industrial return Initiation and coordination of the periodic updating of relevant Industrial Return data base to reflect the current commitments status and the industrial policy forecast for planned activities. Verification of coherence with ESA corporate Industrial Return data. Maintenance of list of specific compensation or improvement measures and followup the implementation. Verification of coherence of proposed procurement actions with the planned industrial return policy targets of the programmeproject, including the compensation measures. Support to programmeproject level risk management. Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. planstargets and production of associated reports to the responsible management and to the concerned customers when relevant. Operation of the associated management information tools and system databases. Support to the responsible entity in the definition of new and improvement of existing processes and tools and production of related documents. Support the execution of the directorates Risk Management process To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background experience is required Masters in Engineering or equivalent or MBA or equivalent University degree from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, with relevant experience. Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken, knowledge of another official ESA language is an asset. Experience in controlling andor management of activities and resources in aerospace industry. For some tasks knowledge of FinanceAccounting may be required. Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support toolsdatabases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel MsOffice and in particular advanced use of Excel. Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. ESAp is an asset. Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment including ESA corporate IT applications. Past experience with ESA in relevant activities is an asset. About ESAESTEC The European Space Agency ESA has sites in several European countries. The European Space Research and Technology Centre ESTEC is the largest site and the technical heart of ESA. This nursery of European space activities is located in Noordwijk, Netherlands. At ESTEC, about 2500 engineers, technicians and scientists work handson with mission design, spacecraft and space technology. Almost all ESA projects except launchers are managed from ESTEC. In Noordwijk, people work on science missions, manned space missions, Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation satellites. ESTEC provides extensive testing facilities to verify the proper operation of spacecraft, such as the Large Space Simulator LSS, acoustic and electromagnetic testing bays, multiaxis vibration tables and the ESA Propulsion Laboratory EPL. Please send your CV to technologyaerospaceajilon.nl before 19032018
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Programme Administrator
2018-02-22 11:25:50| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The candidate will prepare and assist in producing financial and programmatic status reporting support development and maintenance of the integrated programme planning support the preparation and conduct of internal and external audits maintain a consolidated action item list for the Department interact with Department and Divisional staff in order to plan, facilitate and stimulate the exchange of information within the Department, including organization of specific meetings, workshops and seminars act as focal point for all documentation administrative tools used in the Department support the configuration management processes within the Department, and support users for retrievel of documents from local DMS from external partners other sources like ESTEC library or scanned documents. Support project controllers j preparation and administration of procerement actions manage these processes in the ESA SAP system. Experience in Processes analysis, planning, performance monitoring, SAP, ISO 9001 certification, in International and multicultural organizations. Good knowledge of Modern planning and project control tools. To complete the profile Excellent planning and organisation skills and attention to details, good communication skills, ability to maintain effective working relationships with the outside world and to work autonomously. Fluent English spoken and written, knowledge ot other languages is an asset. Knowledge of ESA administrative and financial processes is an advantage. Availability to travel frequently between sites ESTEC and ESRIN.
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