Overview
The OSCE is seeking qualified experts to join its roster to support the Transnational Threats Department/Action against Terrorism Unit in areas including legislative review, training development, and practical guidance materials related to countering the financing of terrorism.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development of needs assessments for training programmes related to CFT;
- Develop, design, update or tailor training materials, slides, practical examples, practical demonstrations, case studies and exercises on CFT for training courses, roundtables and other OSCE events;
- Explain CFT concepts in clear, simple and audience-appropriate language, including for non-technical or mixed groups such as law enforcement practitioners, policymakers, civil society representatives;
- Provide expert input on CFT for thematic briefs, guides, and other OSCE documents and publications;
- Provide specialized operational assistance in the field of CFT to governmental agencies;
- Support the mentoring and coaching of professionals in the field of CFT;
- Support consultative processes and dialogues on CFT, including those related to the involvement of civil society actors;
- Co-operate with other experts, OSCE field operations, institutions and project partners as required, including by adapting content to regional or national contexts in Central Asia, South-Eastern Europe or other OSCE areas.
- Prepare brief written inputs, training summaries, lessons learned, technical notes or recommendations following activities, including observations on participants’ main questions, capacity needs and possible follow-up work.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional (operational and/or policy) experience in one or more of the following areas:
-Knowledge and understanding of good practices, current trends/typologies and risk factors in terrorism financing;
-Experience developing needs and risk assessments related to countering the financing of terrorism;
-Experience with supporting and strengthening judicial processes in relation to financial crimes, in particular terrorist financing;
-Experience developing and giving trainings on one or more of the following topics:
--The terrorist financing cycle and sources of financial information that can be used in counter terrorist operations;
--Terrorist financing analysis;
--Terrorist financing investigations, incl. across borders;
--Terrorist financing disruption;
--Terrorist financing sanctions against individuals and entities associated with terrorist groups;
--Co-operation with the private sector (financial and non-financial) in the context of CFT;
--Evolving technologies and terrorism financing and countering terrorist financing, incl. virtual assets, the use of AI in financial monitoring, gaming, etc;
--Co-operation with the non-profit sector in CFT;
--Implementation of Financial Action Task Force standards and recommendations.
o Experience providing CFT-related technical assistance to governmental agencies, international organizations, non-profit organizations, etc.;
o Experience working with and engaging the private sector in CFT efforts;
o Experience mentoring or coaching professionals in the field of countering the financing of terrorism;
o Experience working on risk-based supervision;
o Understanding of human rights considerations and protection of non-profit organisations when countering the financing of terrorism;
o Knowledge of legal and policy frameworks related to CFT, including policies, strategies, laws and co-operation mechanisms, incl. across borders;
o Experience developing and implementing targeted financial sanctions.
- Professional fluency in English with excellent writing skills;
- Flexibility and ability to work under time pressure to meet tight deadlines;
- Ability to establish and maintain effective and constructive working relationships with people of different national and cultural backgrounds while maintaining impartiality and objectivity;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders;
- Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and the ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities;
- Analytical skills to assess emerging threats and propose practical responses in both policy and implementation contexts;
- Computer literate with practical experience using Microsoft applications;
- Experience working with evolving technologies, incl. AI, to counter terrorist financing;
- Willingness and ability to travel for specific assignments.
- Knowledge of international human rights standards in the counter-terrorism context and the ability to integrate these into own work, and complying with a Do No-Harm-approach;
- Geographical expertise in the OSCE area, in particular Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe, would be an asset;
- Professional experience working with or for international and/or regional organizations would be considered an asset.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree in economics, finance, political science, law, security studies, international relations, or any other field related to counter-terrorism and countering the financing of terrorism or technical expertise gained through other types of education (e.g. relevant police, financial intelligence unit or security service education).
