Overview
The role involves developing, implementing, and evaluating policy, projects, and activities related to the Mission’s security sector work, including security governance, counter-terrorism, arms control, and civilian security aspects. The successful candidate will direct and supervise the Department of Security Co-operation and provide expert policy advice.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing, implementing and evaluating policy, projects and activities related to the Mission’s security sector work, including security governance; counter-terrorism and prevention of violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism; arms control; and civilian security aspects such as police modernization, border management, anti-corruption, and cybersecurity;
- Directing and supervising the work of the Department of Security Co-operation to ensure that programmed activities are carried out in a timely, efficient, strategic and effective manner, fully in line with the OSCE Project Management Cycle and Gender Action Plan;
- Providing expert policy advice to the Head of Mission, Deputy Head of Mission, Mission Senior Staff and other organizations on the security situation in BiH, First Dimension areas of engagement and related Mission work;
- Representing the Head of Mission and Deputy Head of Mission as necessary at related forums in BiH and abroad;
- Maintaining appropriate liaison with relevant international organizations, stakeholders and domestic institutions, including security and defence related bodies, embassies, civil society and other counterparts;
- Providing guidance to all departmental staff to achieve established goals; initiate formulation and dissemination of guidelines and other tools to set standards for security sector activities; ensure the department’s compliance with organizational policies and principles; and oversee the department’s strategic, budget and personnel planning.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years of relevant, diversified and progressively responsible professional experience, including at least five years at the management level relevant to the actual position
- Extensive experience in international relations as well as in multidisciplinary issues related to security policy, security sector reform and politico-military affairs (e.g., arms control; cybersecurity; preventing and countering terrorism; border security and management; etc.)
- Experience in conducting negotiations, advocacy and/or liaison with governmental, military and/or law enforcement authorities
- Demonstrated understanding of policy matters within European and regional security and defence structures, including best practices and approaches to address contemporary security threats and challenges
- Demonstrated understanding and experience of the comprehensive approach to security and the concept of inclusive security
- Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and a proven ability to integrate a gender perspective into programming and activities
- Experience in programme planning and management
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to lead and work as a member of a team, with people of different cultural and religious backgrounds and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity
- Demonstrated ability to work on cross-cutting issues across bureaucratic lines
- Cultural sensitivity and sound judgment, with the highest professional and ethical standards
- Flexibility and ability to work under pressure and with limited time frames
- Computer literate with practical experience using Microsoft applications
Qualifications
• Second-level university degree in international studies, public policy, political science, law or related fields; a first-level university degree in combination with two years of additional qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the second-level university degree
