Background
The Council of Europe is a political organisation founded in 1949 in order to promote greater unity between its members. It now numbers 47 member States. The Organisation’s main aims are to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and to develop common responses to political, social, cultural and legal challenges in its member States. Since 1989 it has integrated most of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and supported them in their efforts to implement and consolidate their reforms. The Council of Europe has its permanent headquarters in Strasbourg (France). By Statute, it has two constituent organs: the Committee of Ministers, composed of the member States’ Ministers for Foreign Affairs, and the Parliamentary Assembly, comprising delegations from the national parliaments. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe represents the entities of local and regional self-government within the member States. The European Court of Human Rights is the judicial body competent to adjudicate complaints brought against a state by individuals, associations or other contracting states on grounds of violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The European Audiovisual Observatory was established under an enlarged Partial Agreement of the Council of Europe, instituted by Resolution (92) 70 adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 15 December 1992, and established on a permanent basis by Resolution (97) 4 adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 20 March 1997, with an amended Statute adopted by the Committee of Ministers through Resolution (2000) 7.
The Observatory is a European public service body comprised of 39 member states and the European Union, represented by the European Commission. The working languages of the Observatory are English, French and German.
The Observatory, which is an information centre for legal, economic and resource information and data relating to television, cinema, video and new media throughout Europe, was set up to meet the needs of professional circles in these sectors and to promote the development and transparency of the European audio-visual market.
Eligibility
- Vision of international affairs: vision and strategic insight; awareness of the international political, economic, social and cultural context;
organisational awareness.
- Managerial skills: leadership; management of teams, resources, processes and projects; coaching of others; influence and authority.
- Qualifications: university degree in a relevant field such as political science, social science, media, law, communication;
- Professional experience:
- at least 10 years of relevant professional experience at increasing levels of responsibility;
- acquired experience in the audio-visual field, experience of information handling in the audio-visual sector;
- extensive knowledge of the European audio-visual sector and the audio-visual professional world;
- good knowledge of research institutions and of professional, governmental and European organisations operating in the audio-visual
field;
- conceptual thinking at a strategic level;
- Interpersonal skills: relationship-building and networking at the political, diplomatic and administrative levels, negotiating skills.
- Communication and linguistic skills: highly-developed and persuasive communication skills; very good knowledge of one of the Council of
Europe’s official languages (English and French) and good knowledge of the other; knowledge of German as the third working language of
the Observatory would be an advantage; listening and presentation skills.
- Personal attitudes: initiative and responsibility; result orientation and concern for continuous improvement; concern for quality and
efficiency; adaptability; self-management and development; organisational alignment.
- Personal values: integrity; loyalty; commitment and conscience; discretion; independence and confidence; respect for diversity.
Deadline: 5 March 2013
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