Senior Expert

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE announces an open competition for a civil service position Senior Expert, International Procurement Contracts Division Security and Defence Investment Policy Department We offer: the opportunity to perform responsible and interesting work in state administration in the defence sector; the opportunity to work in a team of knowledgeable professionals in a division that directly works with strategically significant procurements such as Infantry Fighting Vehicle procurement, Remote Mine-Clearance Systems procurement, and others; the opportunity to actively contribute to strengthening Latvia's defence and security during a period of rapid development of the National Armed Forces and the entire sector; the opportunity to supplement professional knowledge through trainings of various levels, including prestigious military higher education institutions in Europe and the USA; the opportunity to undertake foreign business trips; the opportunity to voluntarily acquire military basic training, promoting understanding of the state defence sector and the tasks of the National Armed Forces (NAF); work location in central Riga; social guarantees in accordance with those established in state administration, including health insurance; additional leave after the first year of service; monthly salary from 2095 EUR to 2549 EUR (before tax deduction), vacation allowance. Main job duties: work on strategically significant procurement projects, including information gathering and analysis, communication between involved parties, preparation of decision proposals for sector management; ensure control of the performance of contracts concluded as a result of strategically significant procurements essential to state security; ensure organization and implementation of inter-governmental purchases, joint foreign procurements, and exemptions defined by law related to information protection; develop procurement and/or procurement procedure support documents (publications, certificates, reports, regulations, invitations, notices, decisions, response letters, meeting minutes, and other documents). Requirements for candidates: compliance with the requirements of Article 9 of the Law "On State Secrets"; compliance with the requirements of Article 7 of the State Civil Service Law; academic or second-level professional higher education, preferably in policy science, law, economics, or finance; experience in preparing documents, including regulatory act drafts, related to the public procurement field; professional knowledge and understanding of matters related to the public procurement field, procurement procedures; very good English language skills, as it is necessary to ensure inter-governmental contract management and communication of involved parties, as well as organization and implementation of joint foreign procurements; knowledge of the defence sector's objectives, tasks, and structure; ability to work with large amounts of information in a dynamic work environment, competence to understand and apply regulatory requirements in practice; ability to argue and make reasoned decisions; high sense of responsibility. To perform the duties of this position, the civil servant must independently use a national electronic identification solution, i.e., eSignature eID. The employee who holds this position is subject to Article 17, paragraph 1, point 23 of the Law "On Emergency Situations and a State of Emergency". Documents to be submitted by competition candidates: competition candidate questionnaire (available at https://www.mod.gov.lv/lv/vakances); signed curriculum vitae in Latvian; motivation letter; copy of a document certifying higher education (for candidates who obtained education abroad, we ask you to attach a certificate from the Academic Information Centre on its academic recognition in Latvia). These documents must be submitted or sent within 14 days to the Personnel Division of the Ministry of Defence at Kr. Valdemāra Street 10/12, Riga, LV–1473, or sent to the Ministry of Defence email address [email protected] Inquiries: telephone 67335268, 67335200. Pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46 EC (General Data Protection Regulation), the Ministry of Defence informs that: 1. Personal data specified in your application documents will be processed to ensure the conduct of this selection competition; 2. The personal data controller is the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia (registration No. 90000022632), Kr. Valdemāra Street 10/12, Riga, LV-1473.

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