General Minimum Requirements

The general minimum requirements for working with the OSCE are:

• Excellent physical condition

• Possession of a valid automobile driving license and ability to drive using manual transmission

• Ability to cope with physical hardship and willingness to work extra hours and in an environment with limited infrastructure.

Field of Expertise Requirements

The general minimum requirements for working in this field of expertise are:

• Graduation from a recognized police training school
• Regular, active police service experience
• Very good oral and written English communication skills
• Negotiating and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of International Police Standards and human rights
• Ability to read and utilise maps
• Ability to perform first aid

Level of Professional Competence Requirements

Furthermore, this level of responsibility requires the following:

Education:

First-level university degree in law enforcement, public safety, criminal justice, criminology, law, psychology, emergency management or other relevant degree. Police academy administrative courses on human resources management and general police management, or graduation from a recognized police academy, or other relevant degree

Experience:

Minimum 8 years of diversified and progressively responsible experience in police or other relevant law enforcement/security fields, including a minimum of 3 years in management.

Mission Specific Requirements

Additionally, this particular post has specific requirements:

Mandatory:

• International mission members in the OSCE are internationally recruited. For the purposes of OSCE Missions (Field Operations) this means that they are hired to work in a duty station outside of their home country or country of permanent residence. As a result, nationals and permanent residents of the duty station are not eligible for international mission member positions. In the case of individuals with multiple nationalities, candidates are still ineligible for consideration even if using another citizenship for application while simultaneously maintaining the citizenship or permanent residence status of the country where the duty station is located;
• Demonstrated management and supervisory experience;
• Leadership qualities and demonstrated ability and willingness to work with and manage people of different ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views while maintaining impartiality and objectivity;
• Experience in working with international organizations or governments, particularly in a post conflict and/or developing regions;
• Comprehensive understanding of security and safety matters both in the Mission area and in the region;
• Ability to identify and analyse emerging security and public safety problems and propose sustainable solutions;
• Proven experience in drafting programme outlines and budget proposals;
• Experience in project management including large scale, multiple-issue projects, as well as in fund raising and project promotion;
• Experience in preparing analytical reports, concept and position papers and in delivering briefings and presentations to diverse groups, including top level audiences;
• Organizational, interpersonal, negotiating and diplomatic skills, as well as the ability and flexibility to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks within limited time frames;
• Proven working experience in the field of community safety, community policing, as well as security and public safety matters within a civilian and/or military environment, preferably including contexts involving minority or non-majority communities;
• Ability to design, co-ordinate and implement community policing training plans and support to police;
• Knowledge and understanding of security sector reviews and their impact/relation to community safety development and community policing;
• Professional knowledge to operate windows applications (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint,) and e-mail;

• Professional fluency in English with excellent communication (both oral and written) skills;

• Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities;

• Ability and willingness to work as a member of team, with people of different cultural, and religious backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity;

• Possession of a valid automobile driving license and the ability to drive using manual transmission is a requirement for this post;
  New hires will be required to pass an OSCE Mission in Kosovo administered driving test using a manual transmission vehicle within
  six months of assuming the post and be able to confidently self drive.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the local languages;
• Knowledge of the local/regional political history and developments;
• Additional education in related fields;
• Experience in gender mainstreaming of programmes;
• Knowledge of the OSCE principles, structures, institutions, field activities and commitment.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Director of the Department for Security and Public Safety the successful candidate will be tasked with the following duties:

1. Assisting the Director in co-ordinating Department strategy, policy, programme and budget;
2. Assisting in co-ordinating and communicating the implementation of department’s projects inside the department and with and to other departments and units in the Mission;
3. Interacting with international and local counterparts regarding operational implementation of the department’s projects;
4. Assisting in ensuring efficient operational implementation of the department’s projects;

5. Representing the department on behalf of the Director and act as the Director of the Department in the absence of the Director;
   

   In their concurrent role as Chief of the Community Safety Development Section, the successful candidate will perform the following duties:

6. Providing strategic direction to, and manage all staff within, the Community Safety Development Section;
7. Advising the Director on issues related to community policing and relationship development between law enforcement officials and communities, in particular non-majority communities;
8. Supporting the development and implementation of community policing policies in co-operation with relevant local and international stakeholders;
9. Overseeing and manage the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all of the Section's projects;
10. Representing the Department in various inter-institutional steering and working groups and other forums to ensure co-operation, communication and best practice on community safety initiatives throughout Kosovo;
11. Acting as the departmental focal point on community safety sector development issues at Mission level in relation to other OMiK departments, other OSCE field missions and to OSCE Headquarters in Vienna;

12. Working together with the senior-level leadership of the Kosovo Police and the

    Ministry of Internal Affairs to promote community safety and community policing;

13. Assisting in co-ordination of donor efforts regarding the community safety sector;
14. Performing other management duties as assigned by the Director.

For more information on the work of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, please see: http://www.osce.org/mission-in-kosovo.

The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages the nomination of qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious, ethnic and social backgrounds. Please note that nationals or permanent residents of the country of the duty station are not eligible to apply.

The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise/re-post the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, to offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration.

Only those candidates who are selected to participate in the subsequent stages of recruitment will be contacted.

The OSCE is a non-career organization committed to the principle of staff rotation; therefore, the maximum period of service in this post or in the same Mission is seven years.

Candidates should be aware that OSCE officials shall conduct themselves at all times in a manner befitting the status of an international civil servant. This includes avoiding any action which may adversely reflect on the integrity, independence and impartiality of their position and function as officials of the OSCE. The OSCE is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. For more information on the values set out in OSCE Competency Model, please see https://jobs.osce.org/resources/document/our-competency-model.

Candidates should, prior to applying, verify with their respective nominating authority to which extent financial remuneration and/or benefit packages will be offered.

If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE's online application link found under https://vacancies.osce.org/. If your participating State does not provide the option to apply online for seconded positions, you are kindly requested to submit your offline application form available at https://jobs.osce.org/resources/document/offline-application-form to the respective OSCE delegation whose address can be found at https://www.osce.org/contacts/delegations.

Please apply to your relevant authorities well in advance of the deadline expiration to ensure timely processing of your application. Delayed nominations will not be considered. The OSCE can only process Secondment applications that have been nominated by participating States. For queries relating to your application, please refer to the respective delegation as listed here: https://www.osce.org/contacts/delegations.

Please be aware that OSCE appointments are subject to medical clearance.

Please be aware that the OSCE does not request payment at any stage of the application and review process.