EU funded Twinning Project
Support to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Strengthen Institutional Capacity of the Court and the Court’s Office
Twinning number: KZ 22 NDICI JH 01 25
Is seeking to recruit Language Assistant to the Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA)
Duration: 21 months (indicative start date: end-October 2025)
Position is based in Astana, Kazakhstan
Gross monthly salary: 1.500 EUR
Contract type: fixed term service contract
The RTA Language Assistant will report directly and will be supervised by the RTA.
Tasks of RTA Language Assistant
- Act as a language assistant to the RTA;
- Assisting as a language assistant for a visiting Project Leaders, Components Leaders and Short Term experts when needed;
- Translate written materials prepared by RTA and experts with relation to the project in Kazakh/Russian and English (proposals, recommendations, draft legal acts, etc.);
- Interpret during missions: meetings, workshops, seminars, trainings and other project events;
- Accompany the RTA or other project experts to the study visits, meetings, workshops and seminars and also on missions and field visits when needed;
- Develop and maintain close working contacts and relationships with employees of project partners and Partner Country officials involved in each of the activities and the project management;
- Support RTA Assistant when needed;
- Perform all other duties assigned by the RTA, e.g. cooperate and work with RTA Assistant in daily management of the project related activities.
Requirements for RTA Language Assistant:
- University degree in English linguistics / philology or similar;
- Be of Kazakh nationality or having valid residence and working permits;
- The RTA Language Assistant may not have or recently (past six months) have had any contractual relation with the partner administration – Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Court’s Office;
- Excellent command of spoken and written English and Kazakh/Russian language;
- Computer literacy (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet);
- Proven experience in translation of legal acts (competition law – an advantage), interpretation during similar theme events;
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
The following skills will be considered an asset for RTA Language Assistant:
- Experience in EU funded projects, especially as RTA Language Assistant in a former Twinning project;
- Experience in simultaneous translation;
- Experience of working in an international environment/organisations;
- Knowledge of the Lithuanian, German, Russian languages.
Interested candidates are requested to submit their CV and a letter of application in English by 12 October 2025 via e-mail to the following address: . Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview. The date and place of the interview will be additionally indicated to the shortlisted candidates.
The above-mentioned Twinning project is an EU funded joint project between Lithuania, represented by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania and Vilnius university together with the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA), Germany, represented by the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ), Kazakhstan, represented by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The project implementation will last 21 months.
The purpose of the project is to contribute to strengthening the effectiveness, independence, and transparency of constitutional justice in Kazakhstan in alignment with international and European democratic standards and best practices.
The selected person will be a self-employed independent consultant under a Service Contract and will undertake full responsibility for the payment of all taxes and obligations deriving from the legislation in force in Kazakhstan, including for those related to medical and social insurance. The RTA Language Assistant will carry his/her duties and tasks on the base of contract concluded with the CPVA and RTA.
