Overview
Support OCEEA's activities and the development, implementation, and coordination of projects in transboundary natural resource management and environmental governance. Provide expert advice on project implementation and programmatic activities in environmental security.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing, implementing and co-ordinating environmental projects in line with OSCE project management standards and in consultation with OSCE structures, delegations, field operations, experts and partners;
- Identifying needs and priorities, ensuring alignment with national and regional policies, and adjusts project outputs to maximize OSCE added value and impact;
- Organizing meetings, technical events, trainings and conferences, ensuring partner co-ordination, logistical arrangements and substantive contributions;
- Establishing and maintaining target-oriented working relations with international and regional organizations, initiatives, business partners and NGOs to enhance synergies and monitor environmental trends;
- Representing OCEEA at relevant meetings and events, analysing environmental developments, to inform participating States and OSCE structures;
- Identifying opportunities for joint activities, supports co-ordinated programme development and sharing project results across partners and stakeholders;
- Contributing to OCEEA policy and dialogue processes, including EEF, EEDIM and EEC, by preparing inputs, drafting speeches, statements, presentations and briefing materials;
- Collecting and analysing environmental and social data and preparing reports, papers and other written outputs;
- Promoting synergies with OCEEA's other programmes and liaising with the secretariat's other departments and OSCE structures to enhance impacts;
- Mobilizing and maintaining funding for environmental activities, preparing concept notes, proposals and donor reports in coordination with relevant OSCE departments;
- Enhancing visibility of OCEEA activities by preparing outreach materials and supporting events that communicate project results and engage funding partners.
Required Experience
A minimum of five years (seven years with a relevant first-level degree) of professional experience, preferably at the international/multilateral level; Working experience in diplomatic service and in an international organization would be an important asset; Familiarity with the OSCE regions, in particular Central Asia, South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe or South Caucasus, would be an important asset; Familiarity with a broad spectrum of security-related environmental issues; Analytical skills and experience in developing policy briefs and analysis.
Qualifications
Second-level university degree in Environmental Science, Economics, International Relations or Political Sciences, with a focus on environmental security issues. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience will be accepted in lieu of the second-level university degree; Recognized project management certification would be an asset.
