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Local development officer – Papaïchton unit
Parc Amazonien de Guyane · Outre-mer · no closing date given
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Open to civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff. Knowing the area or similar contexts is desirable.
Category: Category B (intermediate)
Diploma: At least Bac+2 in local development, rural development, project management, or economic or cultural development
Experience: Experienced; experience in local development preferred
The profile they look for:
- At least Bac+2 in local development or project management.
- Good analysis and writing skills.
- Project management skills.
- Knowledge of managing and animating networks of associations.
- Office software skills; GIS software is an asset.
- Ability to live and work in an isolated site and a multicultural setting.
2 Résumé and cover letter
A one- or two-page résumé and a short cover letter that takes up the duties of the offer with your examples. If you are a civil servant, you are often asked for your latest status decision (arrêté) and your latest annual review reports.
3 Apply
No deadline given: the offer can be withdrawn at any time, do not wait.
Apply by email, sending your CV and cover letter to the contact given on the official offer page.
4 Interview and answer
If your application is shortlisted, the employer contacts you for an interview, often with two or three people. Prepare: why this job, your experience close to the duties, and your questions.
Good to know:
- Remote work possible; job based in Papaïchton, with travel to the coast.
- Isolated site: 1-hour track, air link sometimes irregular, access by river, food supply sometimes irregular.
- Driving licence (permis B) strongly preferred; knowledge of nenge-tongo an asset.
- The site lists level 4 (bac) as the minimum, but the profile asks for at least Bac+2.
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