Background
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is the Organization's longest-serving field mission. In 2001, during a seven-month conflict in the country, the strength of the Mission grew steadily in response to an increased need. Following the internationally-brokered Ohrid Framework Agreement of August that year, which sealed the end of the fighting by ensuring the rights of all in the country, the OSCE took on an enhanced mandate which eventually more than quadrupled the size of the Mission.
General Minimum Requirements
- Excellent physical condition
- Possession of a valid automobile driving license and ability to drive using manual transmission
- Ability to cope with physical hardship and willingness to work extra hours and in an environment with limited infrastructure
Field of Expertise Requirements
- University education in law or significant work experience in criminal justice and/or law enforcement (the latter required for police
corrections officer training)
- Experience in the practice of law, e.g. judges, prosecutors, lawyers, etc.
- Knowledge of courtroom proceedings and criminal law and procedure
- Knowledge of international legal procedure standards and instruments
- Demonstrable organizational, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
Level of Professional Competence Requirements
Education: First level university degree or equivalent experience
Experience:Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience including minimum 1 year in a relevant field strongly preferred
Mission Specific Requirements
Mandatory:
- University education in law, human rights law or international law
- Field experience in a related professional area
- Experience in drafting reports
- Advocacy, mediation and negotiation skills
- Ability to operate windows applications, including word processing and e-mail
- Professional fluency in the English language
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to work as a member of a team, with people of different cultural and religious backgrounds, different
gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity
- Cultural sensitivity and judgement
- Flexibility and ability to work under pressure and with limited time frames
- Experience in project management and design
Desirable:
- Knowledge of the local language or most common lingua franca spoken in the mission area
- Previous work experience in South-Eastern Europe and knowledge of the regional context
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Monitors the proceedings in high profile cases as required;
- Advises and assists the SRoLO in designing and developing project proposals and project research, facilitates the implementation,
organization and management of projects in the field of legal systems reform;
- Reviews project proposals from non-governmental organisations and professional associations relevant to the Mission's judicial reform
programme;
- Assists in the design and implementation of strategies for judicial reform and criminal justice in the host country in the framework of the
Mission's judicial reform programme;
- Liaises with officials at the Ministry of Justice, courts, prosecutor's office, professional associations and NGOs;
- Co-ordinates with other international organisations working in the field of judicial reform; represents the Mission at meetings with
government representatives, International Organizations and NGOs when appropriate; organizes such events and meetings;
- Conducts legal research on international and domestic legal standards relevant for judicial reform activities as well as other issues of
concern to the Mission;
- Conducts research and analyses on trends and patterns in the legal system and ad hoc Rule of Law issues;
- Provides advice to the SRoLO on Judicial Reform related issues;
- Preforms other duties as assigned.
Deadline: 11 March 2013
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