Czech Speaking Secretary, Docklands, Temp to Perm contracts

2008-11-28 09:40:11

Title: Czech Speaking Secretary, Docklands, Temp to Perm contracts
Salary: 30000 per annum
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: English, Czech
Posted: 28th Nov 2008

Czech Speaking Secretary, Docklands, Temp to Perm contracts, up to �30k ae

Job Location: DOCKLANDS, LONDON

Salary/Additional Information: The salary is paid on a temporary hourly rate initially c�12.00 per hour. Once permanent, you will receive a salary in the region of �24-30,000 ae. Other benefits include pension, medical insurance and a generous annual leave package

Reference: RF/SECRETARY/CZC

Company: A European organisation established in 1995. Its main responsibility is the protection and promotion of public and animal health, through the evaluation and supervision of medicines for human and veterinary use. It coordinates the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products throughout the European Union. They bring together the scientific resources of the 25 EU Member States in a network of 42 national competent authorities. It cooperates closely with international partners, reinforcing the EU contribution to global harmonization and offers a truly cosmopolitan, multilingual working environment.

NB: If you have applied for any other languagematters vacancy there is no need to re-apply, as your CV will be considered for all our vacancies that match your language skills and work experience.

Role: To provide bilingual secretarial and administrative support to a small team of executives in a medical or pharmaceutical environment. Fluency in at least two EU languages is required to facilitate translation and proofreading work. A full range of support duties will also include arranging meetings, travel and diary management.

The organisation requires a number of bilingual secretaries for various departments including Accounts & Finance and Executive support.

Profile: To meet the requirements laid down by the European Commission, all employees must be eligible to work in one of the member states. Proof of right to work in the EU and copies of all education certificates will be required upon application. Candidates must be educated to �A' level standard or equivalent.

A high level of competency as a secretary from a stable international background and advanced MS Office skills are essential.

Candidates must also be available to work immediately as all new employees are recruited on temporary contracts initially, with a permanent contract being issued after a minimum period of three months, pending suitability.

The working languages of the organization are; Spanish, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, English, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Slovakian, Finnish, Swedish, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian

Where possible please apply for this role with a CV in the Europass format:
http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europasss+Documents/Europass+CV/navigate.action

To apply, please send your CV to Rebecca Foreman

NB. Client requirements dictate that we can only accept applications from candidates who are available for face to face interviews in the UK within 24 hours. Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU or hold a valid work permit. Please note that we contact successful candidates within 3-4 working days. If you are not contacted, please review our website and only re-apply to other roles if you have the required skills and experience. Language Matters is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

European Secretaries

2008-11-26 17:40:49

Title: European Secretaries
Salary: �24 - 30K
Location: Central London - London, United Kingdom
Languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Flemish, Greek, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Luxembourgish
Posted: 26th Nov 2008

TEAM SECRETARIES WITH EU LANGUAGES - TEMPORARY AND TEMP TO PERM OPPORTUNITIES- CANARY WHARF! Start ASAP

Our Client is a major EU 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 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. 6 - 12 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/Spanish/Italian/ Dutch/Portuguese / Swedish/Danish/ Finnish/Greek/Hungarian/ Czech/ Slovak/Polish/ Estonian/ Lithuanian/Latvian/Slovenian/ Maltese/Romanian/ Bulgarian
Proven secretarial experience, ideally in a team environment (this is not a PA role)
UK based secretarial experience is highly desirable
Good MS Office skills with advanced MS Word for formatting and editing of documents, good typing skills (min 45 wpm)

Candidates should be EU passport holders and educated to 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 - 14 per hour + Holiday Pay. Permanent salary from �24 - 30K.

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. If you do not hear from us within 7 working days, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion. 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.

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