OSCE MISSION IN KOSOVO/ HUMAN DIMENSION OFFICER (VACANCY NUMBER: VNKOSS01604)

Responsibilities

   - Pro-actively monitors and builds the capacities of municipal institutions, assesses/evaluates developments in the fields of human and
     community rights and democratization accompanied by remedial action when appropriate. This includes reporting, project development
     and implementation as well as other forms of assistance or advice, aiming to improve compliance with international human rights
     standards and principles of good governance;
   - Regularly meets local counterparts to exchange and gather information on human rights and good governance issues, assesses and
     reports on developments, successes and concerns regarding compliance with human rights standards and good governance principles;
   - Co-operates and co-ordinates work with colleagues in Field Teams and the Regional Centre as well as programmatic sections in
     Headquarters;
   - Is responsible to identify key human rights and good governance related issues in the incumbent's Area of Responsibility and when
     deemed necessary follows up with analytical reporting, including recommendations to the Regional Centre Senior management; develops
     and implements projects on regional level; and evaluates impact and achievements;
   - Identifies and analyses capacity-buildings needs of municipal officials and contributes to the drafting process of a capacity-building
     strategy for those officials;
   - Ensures effective support to municipalities in the process of local governance reform and capacity building in line with good governance
     principles;


Requirements

   - University education in political sciences, international relations, public policy, law, international human rights law or other human rights
     related fields
   - Experience working with human rights, minority or gender issues
   - Demonstrable organizational, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
   - Experience in drafting reports
   - Knowledge and/or practical experience in human rights law and democratization at the local/municipal level. Alternatively, knowledge
     and/or experience in development work with local government structures and/or human rights monitoring in developing/transitional
     countries and/or experience with protection of vulnerable groups
   - Knowledge of the political setting of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo
   - Awareness of the situation of all communities in Kosovo
   - Ability to produce analytical reports, very good report writing skills
   - Relevant international experience
   - Professional fluency in the English language


Deadline: 22 April 2014

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