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Want to be the driving force behind forward-thinking transformations in companies and societies? Join our innovation & funding team and become the catalyst for future economies! With over 20 years of experience, we empower our clients to secure national and EU-level funding, turning bold ideas into tangible solutions. Our funding team works hand in hand with companies to turn their innovative ideas into marketable products or services, connecting them with the right financing opportunities to fuel their growth. Let's pioneer the way forward together!
Take the step towards your journey with us and join us as a EU Funding and Grants Specialist in our Innovation Funding Team in Lithuania. In this role, you'll develop compelling grant applications, coordinate funded projects, and play a key part in advancing cutting-edge technologies and solutions across various industries.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and write EU funding applications:
- Analyse and understand different calls for proposals and their requirements
- Gather, analyse and understand information from clients about their innovative solutions
- Conduct comprehensive desktop research related to clients’ solutions, including market analysis, competitor benchmarking, customer segmentation, and industry trend identification
- Develop persuasive, coherent, and well-structured project proposals, business plans, feasibility studies, and commercialisation strategies, highlighting project’s innovation, impact, and strategic alignment with funding objectives
- Prepare detailed, accurate, and well-organized project budgets along with all accompanying application documents
- Coordinate the implementation of EU funded projects:
- Oversee the financial administration of EU funded projects, ensuring compliance with grant regulations
- Closely monitor project budgets, track expenditures and ensure alignment with approved financial plans
- Prepare accurate financial reports and related documentation (invoices, salary slips, time records, depreciation schedules, etc.) in compliance with the guidelines
- Manage preparation, submission, and follow-up of payment requests to funding agencies
- Maintain proactive and clear communication with clients and funding agencies, promptly addressing project-related queries and issues
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree and at least 1-2 years of professional experience
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Fluent in Lithuanian and English language
- Excellent writing skills: business plans, scientific texts, articles, etc.
- Excellent verbal communication skills: client calls, workshops, etc.
- Strong administrative, organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
- Curiosity and genuine interest in innovative technologies and advancements
- High attention to detail, diligence, and responsibility
- Experience working with EU funding application writing would be an advantage
- Basic accounting knowledge would be an advantage
Benefits:
- We believe in fast professional growth of our employees, so we offer performance and salary reviews once a year
- Regular training and experience-sharing sessions
- Flexible working hours and location - we trust you to manage your time and choose where to work from
- International offsite trips - every year, we travel to a foreign location to spend time together with the whole team from all over Europe
- Team bonding activities - we like finding new and creative ways to celebrate life together
- Local benefits package includes Health insurance, Public transport coverage, Bi-weekly breakfast in the office
What We Do
Civitta is a leading independent management consultancy in Emerging Europe. Today, our company, headquartered in Tartu, Estonia, employs over 700 consultants and experts across 27 offices in 19 countries: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Finland Denmark Belarus Ukraine Moldova Serbia Romania Slovakia Bulgaria North Macedonia Kosovo Armenia Sweden Georgia Uzbekistan We aim to bring the right minds together to challenge the boundaries and make meaningful changes for our clients. We cover a wide range of services, including management consulting, grants and project management, market research and customer data analytics, entrepreneurship support and startups, public policy and development. We also work beyond home markets – our flexible approach and international mindset have ensured the successful cooperation with clients in 40+ countries, resulting in 10000+ completed projects. What’s our approach? We deliver more. With an effective management model, we ensure that the money paid for our work is invested in the project, not into overheads. We ask the tough questions. We challenge our clients to achieve the challenge themselves. We like unconventional projects. We have an entrepreneurial mindset allowing us to be flexible and work with niche or unusual projects. We get the job done. We collect facts, analyze them and deliver fact-based results. We are practical and we aim for impact. We have Estonian roots. An unique Central and Eastern Europe & Nordics footprint stretching over 16 countries throughout Europe. #TheChallengerAdvisory
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