ESPS Projesi kapsamında 1 Project Manager İstihdam edilecektir. Son başvuru tarihi 19 Ekim 2025 mesai bitimine kadardır. 

Announcement for Project Manager Position

The European Union Scholarships for Perspective Students (ESPS) Project is seeking a qualified Project Manager to support its implementation activities. This position plays a vital role in coordinating and reporting project activities to ensure the successful achievement of its objectives.

The application deadline for this position is 19 October 2025 Interested candidates are invited to send their applications, including a detailed CV and relevant supporting documents, to the following email addresses:

• Prof.Dr.Metin Orbay
  Email: proje@hbv.edu.tr

We encourage all eligible candidates to apply promptly and look forward to welcoming a dedicated expert to our project team.

Terms of Reference of Project Manager to European Union Scholarships for Perspective Students Project (ESPS)

1. Background

Increasing number of Syrians Under Temporary Protection (SuTPs) in Turkey over the last decade has gradually shifted Turkey`s policy orientation from short-term and humanitarian/basic needs-based focus to a more comprehensive migration-sensitive policy approach. Accordingly, socio-economic inclusion of SuTPs to the Local Host Communities (LHCs) remains as a key area considering the local and regional migration policy framework. As outlined in the Updated Strategic Concept Note for FRIT-II released in late 2018, implementing a scholarship program in order to support youth’s access to associate, undergraduate and graduate education forensuring the necessary skills to become self-reliant and to contribute to the economic growth and development of Turkey for SuTPs, PuIPs and LHC members to access dignified sustainable livelihood is a strategic subject.

Based on this background, ESPS Project`s overall objective is to support access of SuTPs, PuIPs and host community members to higher education for ensuring that they have the necessary skills to become self-reliant and to contribute to economic growth and development of Turkey.

In more details, specific objectives are:

1. To promote social and economic cohesion, and inclusion among refugees and host communities in 9 provinces of Turkey in where currently 55.5 percent of the total SuTP population live in Turkey.
2. A sustainable partnership among 10 universities under the leadership of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University will be established.

Project`s target groups are:

• SuTPs students,PuIPs students and LHC students who are graduate or undergraduate at the universities where located in Adana, Ankara, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Mardin, Mersin, Şanlıurfa.
• Ultimately, 4800 SuTPs students, PuIPs students and LHC students at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, University of Mersin, University of Çukurova, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, İskenderun Technical University, Kilis 7 Aralık University, University of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Harran University and Mardin Artuklu University are among final beneficiaries of the ESPS project.
• The area of implementation for the ESPS project activities are Adana, Ankara, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Mardin, Mersin, Şanlıurfa.
• The project is being funded by the European Union for 34 months, starting on January 2023 and ending as of November 2025.

1. Project Component

The Project Manager is expected to work under;

-Activity 1.1 Project Management Organization

-Activity 1.2 PSC Meetings

-Activity 1.3 Organization of the launch meeting

-Activity 1.4 Organization Closing Ceremony

-Activity 1.5 Establishment of the evaluation committee

-Activity 1.6 Monitoring and Evaluation

-Activity 1.7 Administrative and financial closing of the project

-Activity 2.1.a Designing Application Details and Evaluation Criteria

-Activity 2.1.b Designing Communication and Outreach Strategy

-Activity 3.1 Establishment of a common web portal

-Activity 3.2 An MIS system to be established

-Activity 4.1 A study of job mapping and needs analysis of BEURS called fields for each year will be conducted.

-Activity 4.2 Linkage will be established with job search software of Işkur

-Activity 4.3 An internship program will be designed and implemented for the scholarship receiving students in line with the identified areas of the results of the study, conducted in cooperation with the private sector.

-Activity 5.1 Organization of joint social cohesion activities

-Activity 5.2 Organization of events for raising awareness of EU perspectives

-Activity 5.3 Organization of Turkish and English training courses for scholarships students

-Activity 5.4 Organization of Career Days

-Activity 6.1: Development of guideline and framework of mentorship for the project and mentor job description for the project.

1. Relevant Outputs of the Project

  Contribution of the Project Manager: The Project Manager is responsible for the overall   management of the action and supervision of the project team based in Ankara.

1. Budget

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1. Overall Tasks of Project Manager

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall management of the action and supervision of the project team based in Ankara. The Project Manager will be fully responsible for the implementation of all project components in Turkey and will liaise with co-applicant universities as well as with all other target groups and beneficiaries of the project. The project manager will liaise with the EU Delegation to coordinate the project activities in Turkey. He will supervise the practical organization and implementation of activities, evaluation and formulation of the lessons learned and submission of evaluation feedback to PIU, recruitment of national experts, as well guidance and supervision of their work, etc.

1. Specific Tasks

Specific tasks of the Project Manager will be as follows:

The project manager will liaise with the EU Delegation to coordinate the project activities in Turkey. He will supervise the practical organization and implementation of activities, evaluation and formulation of the lessons learned and submission of evaluation feedback to PIU, recruement of national experts, as well guidance and supervision of their work, etc.

1. Tentative work plan

     Full time.

1. Qualifications and Experience

• Having at least a graduate degree in social sciences and having a PhD degree
• Having at least 2 years project manager experiences.
• Being HBV university academic staff.
• Good command of written and spoken Turkish and English,
• Excellent drafting/writing and analysis skills,
• Strong communication, presentation and reporting skills,
• To have an international scientific publication.

1. Material to be provided by ESPS Project Office

• Templates (Timesheet, payment claim)
• Reporting template
• Any other relevant documents

1. Administrative Information
2. Prof.Dr.Metin Orbay
   Email: proje@hbv.edu.tr