Ministry of Economics
announces a competition for the position of Senior Expert at the Business Competitiveness Department
We invite you to join the team of the Business Competitiveness Department at the Ministry of Economics as an energetic, knowledgeable, and challenge-ready colleague to work on business competitiveness development issues.
This is an excellent opportunity to build your career and develop your skills in a position related to business promotion, investment, export and related sectors development, improvement of Latvia's business environment and policy planning, including work on policy planning documents and regulatory act development, project management, and cooperation with entrepreneurs and their representative organizations. The vacancy is suitable for a candidate who wants to develop Latvia's economy and is open to new initiatives, who has strong analytical and strategic thinking, and the ability to work proactively and independently.
Requirements for candidates:
compliance with the requirements of Article 7 of the State Civil Service Law;
higher education in social sciences (economics, law, business or financial management);
excellent Latvian language skills and very good English language skills (work with document analysis, representation of views);
analytical abilities and high sense of responsibility, work coordination, communication and collaboration skills, ability to work proactively and offer suggestions in the work process;
knowledge of project management processes;
understanding of the principles of state administration;
desirable knowledge and/or practical work experience with the development and implementation of policy planning documents and regulatory acts.
We offer:
interesting, responsible and dynamic work;
valuable experience working with state administration institutions and foreign institutions;
creative, professional and dynamic team of colleagues;
monthly salary during the probation period 2160 euro, with an increase after the probation period depending on the evaluation up to 2400 euro;
health insurance after the probation period.
Candidates should submit documents (a motivated application and CV with a description of main job responsibilities) electronically by sending them to the email address [email protected] or to the Ministry of Economics (55 Brīvības Street, Riga, LV-1519), fax: 67280882. For inquiries, telephone 67013183.
Pursuant to Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation, we inform you that personal data provided in the application documents will be processed to ensure the competition is held. The personal data controller for the data provided in the application documents is the Ministry of Economics. Contact information: 55 Brīvības Street, Riga LV-1519, telephone: +371 67013100, fax: +371 67280882, email: [email protected].