PRODECA, SA, part of the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, has a vacancy for a Sector Solutions Area officer at Prodeca, as set out below.

Job description

Job title: Sector Solutions Area officer
Professional group: G5
Managing unit: PRODECA SA
Workplace: PRODECA SA
Address: Dr. Roux 80 
Location: Barcelona

Eligibility requirements

Phase I: Priority is given to staff already holding a permanent position with the Government of Catalonia or with its public sector bodies (in accordance with article 34 of Act 1/2021 of 29 December on the Government of Catalonia's budget for 2022): 

Education

• Bachelor's degree or higher studies in trade, business administration and management, economics or related fields. Further training in project management will be an advantage. 

Languages

• C1 Catalan
• B2 English
• Spanish 

Experience

• 2 years' experience in the promotion, marketing or internationalisation of the agri-food sector. 

Phase II: Applications may also be submitted by people who, although they do not meet the requirement in the previous section, meet the other requirements set out in this call: 

• Hold the qualification required for access to group 5 (diploma). 

Duties

• Working proactively with the rest of the Prodeca team on designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating activities to promote, market and internationalise the Catalan agri-food sector. 
• Organising promotional and commercial activities online, in person and/or hybrid; taking part in and monitoring the work of agri-food trade promotion officers and offices in strategic markets. 
• Preparing, publishing and following up calls for companies, managing registrations and participation, liaising with suppliers and trade fair organisers, and attending fairs to support companies and staff the institutional stand. 
• Supporting the preparation of budgets, monitoring, evaluation and impact reports, and other documents and presentations relating to the activities described. 
• Maintaining a smooth, receptive and constructive relationship with companies, bodies and players in the agri-food sector, locally and internationally, to identify needs and opportunities in the sector's marketing and internationalisation. 
• Keeping up smooth, constructive communication with all sector heads and the Prodeca team, providing input to make Prodeca's activities successful and help improve them. 
• Supporting the management of service procurement files and the preparation of tender documents and technical reports relating to the Area's activities.
• Supporting the sourcing or production of graphic material and content on the Area's activities for dissemination and communication. 
• Other Area duties as assigned.

Other requirements

Other requirements:

• Availability to travel and to work on public holidays when the job requires it
• Initiative, a proactive and constructive attitude, analytical skills and the ability to overcome difficulties
• Communication skills
• Ability to work on several projects at once
• A service-oriented approach towards companies
• Knowledge of standard office software
• Knowledge of the Catalan and international agri-food sector, of public sector procedures, other languages and digital tools applicable to the role will be an advantage. 

Our corporate culture encourages interaction between the different functional areas, so the ability to adapt to multidisciplinary teams, a collaborative approach and a commitment to meeting the objectives set and proposing improvements will be valued.

Type of appointment

• Permanent contract
• Hybrid working: 3 days remote and 2 days on site per week
• 37.5-hour week
• Gross annual salary G5: €26,758.68 

How to apply

Applicants meeting the above requirements must, by 3 June 2022, send their CV to the following email address: prodeca@gencat.cat 

To speed up processing of CVs, please state the following reference in the email subject line:
SPEC002-22/SURNAME and FIRST NAME

You must also state in the body of the email:
TAX ID, SURNAME and FIRST NAME, QUALIFICATION, TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP, DEPARTMENT, CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESS

Selection procedure

• Verification of eligibility requirements and review of the CV to assess aspects related to the post to be filled
• Depending on the results, candidates may be invited to a personal interview and/or a test to expand on the information in their CV and assess aspects related to professional competencies
• Applicants must hold the original certificates attesting to the education and work experience stated in their CV and must produce them if requested
• Candidates may be excluded from the selection process depending on the results obtained at the various stages
• Given the large number of applicants to this Department's vacancies, we can only guarantee an individual response to those who are interviewed

Successful candidate: Anamaria Trifu