Background

The OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) has been established in order to continue to support the Ukrainian Government’s reform efforts and to mitigate the increased risks to civilians caused by the war against the country. The objective of the OSCE SPU - and therefore of all its projects - is to support Ukraine across all three OSCE dimensions on the government’s reform efforts and on the evolving risks to civilians caused by the war, thus ensuring that the OSCE’s work conducted over the past three decades and in the future, continues to impact positively on the institutions and people of Ukraine and that Ukraine’s comprehensive security is enhanced in line with the OSCE commitments.

The OSCE SPU "Fostering Inclusive, Representative, Participatory Decision- and Policy-Making and Social Cohesion at All Levels through Dialogue and Mediation Tools" project aims to foster inclusive, representative, participatory decision- and policy-making and social cohesion at all levels.

The project will focus on the following:

• Supporting national and local public authorities in ensuring responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative policy, including to promote the establishment of a barrier-free environment in Ukraine and reintegration of war veterans into host communities;

• Strengthening the public service by building its capacity to manage institutional conflicts and apply a dialogue approach for inclusive policy-making;

• Maintaining and expanding a resilient professional community of dialogue facilitators and mediators able to respond to war challenges;

• Strengthening co-operation with the public and civil society organizations (CSOs);

• Strengthening ability of public authorities to engage women in peacebuilding and conflict resolutions.

Beneficiaries of the Project are: Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, Ministry of Veteran Affairs of Ukraine, National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service, National Association of Mediators of Ukraine.

Please note that this is a vacancy notice to enlarge the roster. Successful candidates are expected to work within several short-term consultancy assignments throughout the Project implementation. The detailed information regarding the dates and the duration of the contracts will be provided at a later stage. The consultants will be required to work from home with the ability to travel to perform tasks, if necessary.

Objective of Assignment

The OSCE is seeking to select highly qualified consultants on human rights and access to public information to enlarge its roster of experts to be further engaged under short-term contracts throughout the project implementation, both individually or as a member of a group of consultants/experts.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the project manager, the successful candidates will be tasked with the following duties:

• Drafting a strategy promoting the development of civil society in Ukraine for 2027 – 2032 and participating in associated events (roundtables, meetings etc.).

• Developing and delivering training events on access to information (including access to public information).

• Analyzing decisions and recommendations of the European Court of Human Rights (in originals), preparing brief descriptions, conclusions and recommendations.

• Analyzing the legislation of other countries on human rights and access to information (including access to public information) to identify the best practice for future implementation in Ukraine, preparing brief descriptions, conclusions and recommendations.

• Elaborating practical recommendations, answers to questions and descriptions of various practical cases state authorities, individuals and civil society organizations come across on access to information (including access to public information).

• Moderation and/or facilitation of public events on protection of human rights in general and civil society activists’ rights in particular.

• Drafting analytical materials based on the mentioned above duties.

Necassary Qualifications

Education:

Second-level university degree in Political Science, Philology, International Relations, Law.

Experience and knowledge/skills:

• A minimum of 10 years of working experience in Human Rights and in the sphere related to the European Court of Human Rights.

• Proven working experience in the field of access to public information, human rights protection, dialogue between civil society and state authorities of Ukraine.

• A proven track record in the field of access to public information and human rights of co-operation with the international projects or with international organizations (available direct contracts) will be an advantage.

• Experience in cooperating with ministries or other central executive bodies of Ukraine and their representatives.

• Professional fluency in English and/or Ukrainian 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 with people of different cultural and religious backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity.

• Computer literate with practical experience using Microsoft applications.

Remuneration Package

The suitability of candidates shall be determined taking into account their qualifications, expertise, experience, and the value for money of their services. Therefore, applicants are requested to indicate their proposed daily rate for the foreseen services, in the pre-screening section at the end of the application phase.

OSCE reserves the right for final remuneration decision. The remuneration will be based on the applicable fee scale that applies to the delivery of consultancy services by individual contractors, and shall depend on the complexity of the tasks and deliverables and the degree of technical expertise required.

How to Apply

If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE's online application link found under https://jobs.osce.org/vacancies.

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

The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates of all nationalities and from all religious, ethnic and social backgrounds to apply. (Nationality and/or residency requirements may be applicable for locally-hired consultancies.)

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

Consultants are not OSCE officials and are not subject to the OSCE Staff Regulations and Staff Rules. However, through the contractual terms of their Special Service Agreement (SSA) with the OSCE, consultants are bound to observe the OSCE Code of Conduct as far as applicable to their role, as well as the Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Obligations for Consultants. Both documents are available on the OSCE website.

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.

Consultants are solely responsible for the discharge of their financial/tax affairs and compliance with their respective national legislation, as may be applicable.

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