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Team Leader - Policy and Legal Advice

Application 2026-08-11
Company GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Location Serbia
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11August
2026

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Posted on:
25 Aug, 2026
Application by:
11 Aug, 2026
Project status:
Tender
Project title:
Policy and Legal Advice Centre (Plac V)
Period of project:
11/2026
Duration of assignment:
2.5 years
Country:
Serbia
Job code:
41814

Project description

The project will support Serbia’s EU accession process by strengthening the capacity of national institutions to align domestic legislation with the evolving EU acquis and ensure its effective and sustainable implementation. Experts will provide legal and technical advice, support the drafting of legislation and implementing measures, conduct impact and implementation assessments, facilitate knowledge transfer, and strengthen institutional coordination and capacities.

The assignment may cover all EU negotiation chapters and clusters, with particular focus expected on Free Movement of Goods, Services and Establishment, Competition Policy, Financial Services, Food Safety/Veterinary/Phytosanitary Policy, Transport, Energy, Environment and Climate Change, and Consumer and Health Protection.

The project will provide flexible, demand-driven expertise to the Ministry of European Integration and other Serbian institutions, helping them address accession benchmarks, respond to new EU legislation, strengthen implementation mechanisms, and benefit from relevant EU Member State experience.

Job description

Based in Belgrade, the Team Leader will have the overall responsibility for the smooth running and timely implementation of all project activities, communication and visibility according to the approved plan and the efficient use of project funds. The Team Leader will be responsible for the management of the team of all experts and for overall quality, coordination, realisation of the activities and outputs, as well as of timely reporting, liaising with the EU Delegation, beneficiary and stakeholders. 90% of the assignment must be carried out within Serbia.

S/he will have the following background/experience:

Qualifications

Qualifications and skills

• Level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least 3 years in the field of law, and/or political sciences, and/or European studies or other relevant areas, at the level of undergraduate studies having the scope of at least 180 ECTS points or in the absence of formal education six years of professional experience in addition to the minimum requested general professional experience.

General professional experience

• Minimum 10 (ten) preferably 15 (fifteen) years of professional post-graduate experience in EU policies or EU integration in an EU Member State or a candidate/ potential candidate country.

Specific professional experience

• Minimum 5 (five) preferably 8 (eight) years working experience on alignment with the Union acquis in a Member State or candidate/ potential candidate country.

• Experience in coordination, managing and leading working teams in the public or private sector/organizations or in donor funded projects in minimum 1 (one) but preferably 3 (three) projects with a budget of at least 1M € and a duration of minimum 12 months

Your Application

Thank you for your interest. Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted for the next stage.

Contact person

  Borivoj Badrljica Borivoj.Badrljica@gfa-group.de

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