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 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 Assistant will report directly and will be supervised by the RTA.
Tasks of RTA Assistant:
- Act as a principal assistant to the RTA and visiting short term experts;
- Assisting to the RTA with project co-ordination and management;
- Assisting to the RTA in organization of experts’ missions, trainings, seminars, workshops, steering committee meetings, and other project events;
- Overall management of the office administration, including filing, organizing trainings, expert missions, local travels, general desk office work etc.;
- Assisting in organization of meetings in cooperation with RTA and Partner Country partners, preparing meeting agenda and taking minutes;
- Drafting and editing of minutes of meetings, assisting to the RTA in drafting and editing monthly, quarterly and final project reports and any other relevant documents;
- Developing and maintaining close working contacts and relationships with Partner Country officials involved in each of the activities and the project management;
- Assisting in handling of budget accounting;
- Act as a translator and interpreter (Kazakh/Russian to English and English to Kazakh/Russian) when needed;
- Arrangement of travel, booking accommodation and study visit;
- Office management, monitoring telephone and general correspondence.
Requirements for RTA Assistant:
- University degree in business management, economics, law, finances, business/ public administration;
- The RTA 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;
- Be of Kazakh nationality or having valid residence and working permits;
- Excellent command of spoken and written English and Kazakh/Russian languages;
- Computer literacy (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet);
- the RTA Assistant must be able to work fairly independently as well as part of a team and be initiative and flexible;
- Excellent organizational and communication skills;
- Some understanding of financial management;
- Excellent abilities in drafting documents.
The following skills will be considered an asset for RTA Assistant:
- Experience in EU funded projects, especially as RTA Assistant in a former Twinning project;
- Knowledge in Justice sector;
- Communication skills;
- Experience of working in an international environment;
- Knowledge of Lithuanian, German and Russian languages;
- Knowledge of EU policies and institutions.
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 Assistant will carry his/her duties and tasks on the base of contract concluded with the CPVA and RTA.
