Serbian Language Teacher (local consultancy)

Background

This vacancy is open only for the applicants with the citizenship of or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia.

The OSCE Mission to Serbia is an international organization which employs more than fifteen international mission members, in addition to hosting international interns and junior professional officers. They live and work in Serbia for a certain period of time and would thus like to develop at least a basic understanding of the Serbian language, so as to be able to use it in their day-to-day communication as well as in professional settings. In addition, mentoring language lessons may be required for senior management staff to practice their ability to deliver opening remarks and speeches in Serbian, as well as to work with official documents in Serbian.

To that end, the Mission requires a Serbian Language Teacher to be employed on a Special Service Agreement (SSA) who would deliver Serbian language classes to international personnel during their working hours, either online from home or in person at the Mission’s premises.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the National Human Resources Officer, the consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

1. Developing curricula, learning plans and materials, and preparing, organizing and delivering in-person and/or online Serbian Language Course to up to four groups of international mission members (elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper-intermediate);

2. Providing mentoring lessons to senior management staff, to enable them to practice delivering speeches, opening remarks at public events and official meetings or practice ability to work with official documents in Serbian;

3. Conducting both group and, where learning needs and level necessitate, individual language lessons and mentoring sessions in the duration of one hour;

4. Organizing lessons totalling up to 180 working days within one calendar year.

The consultant may work from home or in the Mission, depending on whether lessons will be delivered online or in person.

Necessary Qualifications

·      Citizenship of or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia;

·      University degree in Serbian language or in another closely related subject combined with demonstrated experience of teaching Serbian to adult non-native speakers;

·      Minimum 5 (five) years of professional experience in teaching Serbian to adult learners;

·      At least 2 (two) years of experience in teaching Serbian to adult non-native speakers;

·      Experience in providing formal language learning focused on grammar and linguistic structure as well as in providing conversational and “survival” style courses;

·      Experience in conducting virtual lessons via online platforms;

·      Experience in conducting learning needs assessment, evaluation, and developing curricula and lesson plans;

·      Ability to adapt curriculum to a variety of learning needs and styles;

·      Professional fluency in English, both written and oral;

·      Computer literate with practical experience in Microsoft packages;

·      Ability and willingness to work with people of different cultural, national and religious backgrounds;

·      Demonstrate gender awareness and sensitivity, as well as the ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities.

Candidates are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the OSCE Competency Model available at: https://jobs.osce.org/osce-competency-model.

Remuneration Package

The consultant will be employed on a Special Service Agreement from 1 February 2026 until 31 December 2026 and will be paid a total of RSD 3,600 per group lesson and RSD 2,400 per individual mentoring lesson. The fee shall be paid on a monthly basis, depending on the actual number of lessons delivered in the given month. Another Special Service Agreement may be issued to cover the 2027 calendar year, subject to satisfactory performance and/or budget availability.

How to Apply

Please apply online through this website (https://jobs.osce.org) no later than 12 January 2026. Only applications received through this website will be considered; applications received by email, post etc. will not be accepted.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Candidates who have not been contacted by 31 January 2026 should consider there will be no follow up to their application.

*Candidates that are interviewed and found suitable in the recruitment process for this vacancy notice will be placed on the Roster of Consultants, should a suitable opportunity arise.

Contact Tel. No: 011-3606 100, ext.: 4133, 4157 or 4127 (Human Resources Office)

The OSCE is committed to achieving a better balance of women and men within the Organization.

The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, or offer a consultancy at a different level or with modified terms of refer