Media Officer (S2)

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: 

• Frist-level university degree in journalism, international relations or related field, media studies or professional certification in journalism;
• Experience in project management;
• Experience in working in or with the media;
• Excellent project management and interpersonal skills.

Level of Professional Competence Requirements

Furthermore, this level of responsibility requires the following:

Education:

• First-level university degree in a relevant area

Experience:

• Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience

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;
• Excellent command of project cycle management from project development through monitoring and evaluation including financial and narrative reporting;
• Experience in media development, including professional background in media and/or training and in donor and civil society co-ordination;
• Minimum 3 years of managerial experience with proven ability to supervise staff;
• Professional fluency in the English language, both oral and written;
• Demonstrable organizational, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure of tight deadlines;
• Ability to operate windows applications, including word processing and e-mail;
• 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.

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of Russian and/or Tajik language, both oral and written;
• Previous field experience in international organizations;
• Experience in journalism education development and modernization;
• Knowledge of the regional political situation and the legal environment of the mission area;
• Demonstrated mediation and negotiation skills.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Head, Human Dimension Department, the successful candidate will be tasked with the following duties:

1. Managing the day-to-day operations of the Media Unit;
2. Initiating, planning, organizing and implementing projects to improve capacities of local media and journalists to bring them in line with OSCE standards;
3. Monitoring, analyzing and reporting on media activities, freedom of expression and freedom of media to promote the full compliance with OSCE principles and commitments regarding the freedom of the media;
4. Advising the Office and informing counterparts on the OSCE strategies regarding media legislation, media development, protection of journalists' rights, freedom of media and freedom of expression;
5. Preparing Unit's contributions to the annual departmental budget, programme outline, project implementation plan and project implementation;
6. Reviewing activity reports and other draft texts;
7. Establishing and maintaining contacts with national and local Tajik authorities, universities and research institutions, international organizations, embassies of foreign countries, Tajik and international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs);
8. Maintaining close co-ordination, in particular, with the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media;
9. Managing two national staff members;
10. Performing other related duties as required.

For more detailed information on the structure and work of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, please see: http://www.osce.org/programme-office-in-dushanbe 

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.