Programme Assistant, G5

Background:

A fix term vacancy has arisen in the OSCE Presence in Albania for a Programme Assistant (G5), in the Civil Society and Gender unit within the Democratization Department.

The mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania is to promote democratization, the rule of law, and human rights as well as to consolidate democratic institutions in line with OSCE principles, standards and commitments.
Originally established in 1997, today, the Presence’s activities range from arms control and the fight against trafficking to electoral assistance; anti-corruption initiatives; gender mainstreaming and environmental projects; human rights protection; legislative, judicial, and media reform; and the capacity-building of law enforcement officials.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Democratization Officer the incumbent performs the following duties:

• Initiating and following procurement related processes and procedures, ensuring that administrative support and procedures are followed and deadlines are met; checks the status of PR/POs, financial status of the projects and reports;

• Through research and personal contacts, collecting and analyzing information on the Albanian civil society, gender and youth issues and its key players;

• Taking action for fulfilling project goals and objectives and also takes part in defining project activities by contributing with own expertise and experience; giving input in planning, developing, organizing, monitoring, implementing and follow up of activities of the Civil Society and Gender Unit;

• Proposing and drafting visibility inputs for the OSCE initiatives related to civil society and gender, takes photos, draft text for social media posts, follows up the approval chain for publishing and collects data/statistics on the public outreach results in social media. Providing support to the improvement of public outreach using evidenced based approach and conclusions drawn from the stat reports;
• Drafting correspondence, internal reports, requests, meeting minutes, and maintaining timely the filing system;

• Building up and maintaining the database on national and international contacts;

• Providing translation in Albanian and English, and interpretation as required, maintains a calendar of events and meetings, establishes and maintains the filing and archiving system of the unit;

• Performing any other duties as assigned.

Necessary Qualifications:

Remuneration Package:

According to the fixed OSCE salary scale, the monthly remuneration for G5 is approximately 1,058 EURO, subject to National Social Security as per Albanian Law. OSCE salaries are exempt from taxation. Appointments are normally made at step 1 of the applicable OSCE salary scale.

Should you have any question please contact: recruitment-al@osce.org

If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE's online application link found under https://vacancies.osce.org/.

The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise/re-post the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, to offer an appointment at a lower grade or to offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration.

Only those candidates who are selected to participate in the subsequent stages of recruitment will be contacted.

Please note that vacancies in the OSCE are open for competition only amongst nationals of participating States, please see https://www.osce.org/participating-states.

The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all religious, ethnic and social backgrounds to apply to become a part of the Organization.

Candidates should be aware that OSCE officials shall conduct themselves at all times in a manner befitting the status of an international civil servant. This includes avoiding any action which may adversely reflect on the integrity, independence and impartiality of their position and function as officials of the OSCE. The OSCE is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. For more information on the values set out in OSCE Competency Model, please see https://jobs.osce.org/resources/document/our-competency-model.

Please note that for this position the OSCE does not reimburse expenses such as travel in connection with interviews, tests, visas and relocation.

Please be aware that the OSCE does not request payment at any stage of the application and review process. Additional Information