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Language Recruitment Services - EU Bilingual Secretaries

Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Central London - London, United Kingdom, London
Salary: 25 - 30
Languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Greek, Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian, Luxembourgish
Required Languages: 1

Advertiser Details

  • Name:
    Language Recruitment Services
  • Posted:
    09-05-2010
  • Code:
    KP009943
EUROPEAN SECRETARIES WITH EU LANGUAGES - TEMPORARY AND TEMP TO PERM OPPORTUNITIES- CANARY WHARF! £12 – £15 per hour/ £25 – 30K!

Our Client is a major European Union watchdog body whose primary responsibility lies in protecting and promoting public and animal health on an EU wide basis by analysing and supervising medicinal products for human and veterinary use. They are currently recruiting for experienced team secretaries with fluency in English and minimum one other EU language for their HQ based in Canary Wharf, London.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Bilingual Team Secretaries to work in a truly cosmopolitan organisation offering a sociable and professional environment with excellent working conditions (37.5 hour working week), great benefits and ongoing training.

The roles will start on a temp basis for approx. 3 - 6 months with a possibility of becoming permanent on a contractual basis, or continuing on a long-term temporary basis.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:
- Full secretarial support including typing and sending of memos, filing of letters, answering telephone calls, etc.
- Preparation and finalisation of documentation in all European languages, implementing linguistic changes from Member States
- Preparation of first draft of assessment reports relating to administrative information.
- Formatting and PDF of documents for specialised group
- Preparation of correspondence between the Marketing Authorisation Holder, Standing Committee Members and the European Commission.
- Telephone liaison with pharmaceutical companies.
- Organisation of formal meetings, expert meetings, preparation and follow-up of meetings, including the co-ordination of other related activities and for arranging logistics with Conference Services including availability of meeting rooms, photocopying and distributions of documents.
- Preparation of presentations/ slides for internal/ external meetings and conferences.
- Preparation and follow-up of travel itineraries including completion of relevant forms, travel arrangements, hotel accommodation, expenses etc.
- Contribution to management of Master files, ADRs and databases.
- Entering paper information for the whole sector into the in-house database.

REQUIREMENTS
Fluency in minimum one of the following EU languages is essential:
German/French/Italian/ Dutch/Portuguese /Greek/ Swedish/Danish/ Finnish/Hungarian/Polish/ Estonian/ Lithuanian/Latvian/Slovenian/ Maltese/Romanian/ Bulgarian/ Luxembourgish

Proven secretarial experience, ideally in a team environment (these are generally not PA roles)
UK based secretarial experience is highly desirable

Experience in a scientific, pharmaceutical or medical environment is highly advantageous

Good MS Office skills with advanced MS Word for formatting and editing of documents, good typing skills (min 45 wpm)

Excellent communication and organisation skills, ability to work to deadlines and prioritise. The EU Bilingual Secretaries should be strong team-players!

Candidates should be EU passport holders and educated to minimum A level equivalent standard. Candidates will be required to provide a copy of their school leaving diploma BEFORE their application can be submitted to the client.

Hourly rates in the region of £12 - 15 per hour + paid holiday. Permanent salary from £25 - 30K. + excellent benefits.


APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE ACCEPTED FROM INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Should your skills and qualifications be suitable for the position applied for (or similar positions), we will contact you as soon as possible. However due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we regret that only successful applicants will be contacted. In the event there are no positions that match your skills and qualifications currently available, we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future should a suitable vacancy arise.

Language Recruitment Services is acting as an Employment Agency and Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

LRS is an equal opportunities employer

Due to the nature of this position, the recruiter has requested to restrict applications by location. Only candidates in Europe (EEA) may apply.

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