Background
This position is open for secondment only and participating States are kindly reminded that all costs in relation to assignment at the Secretariat must be borne by their authorities.
Candidates should, prior to applying, verify with their respective nominating authority to which extent financial remuneration and/or benefit packages will be offered. Seconded staff members in the OSCE Secretariat and Institutions are not entitled to a Board and Lodging Allowance payable by the Organization.
The Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) was created in the OSCE Secretariat as per Ministerial Council Decision MC.DEC/9/11 with a view to ensuring better co-ordination, strengthened coherence of action and more efficient use of OSCE's resources in addressing transnational threats. It supports the Secretary General in functioning as the focal point of the Organization-wide programmatic activities that relate to countering transnational threats and in ensuring coordination and coherence of action across all three dimensions and among all OSCE executive structures, while respecting their mandates.
Responsibilities
- Manages the internal and external political matters related to the TNTD/SPMU activities
- Conceives and plans, at very short notice, police-related activities in response to any possible request from the H/SPMU and Deputy Head
(DH)/SPMU
- Drafts brief concept papers, as a potential basis for more elaborated papers at a later stage
- Co-ordinates horizontally any possible projects targeting similar or closely related issues within the TNTD/SPMU and the other units of the
TNTD
- Assists and supports the H/SPMU and DH/SPMU in their fundraising activities
Requirements
- An advanced university degree in international affairs or related fields
- Expertise or formal training in a law enforcement or police-related academy
- Minimum of ten years of progressively responsible professional experience in an international environment in relation to law enforcement
and international affairs
- Minimum of three years of field experience in international police training missions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Other language skills will be a distinct asset
Deadline: 30 June 2014
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