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Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Sarajevo

  • Organization: OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
  • Location: Sarajevo
  • Grade: Junior level - S-1, Seconded Position - Open for OSCE's 57 participating States
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Closing Date: Closed

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:

 

  • Demonstrable organizational skills
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
  • Demonstrable interpersonal skills and documented experience in negotiations
  • Depending on the field activity's mandate, significant prior experience in relevant fields such as international customs practices and procedures, law enforcement, and military observations and arms control may also be required
  • Negotiating experience, preferably in the area of monitoring operations and/or related activities
     
Level of Professional Competence Requirements    
     
   

Furthermore, this level of responsibility requires the following:

 

Education:

First-level university degree or equivalent experience

 

Experience:

Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience including minimum 1 year in a relevant field strongly preferred

     
Mission Specific Requirements    
     
   

Additionally, this particular post has specific requirements:

 

Mandatory:

  • First-level university degree in international law, international relations/studies, conflict management or any other field within the OSCE mandate. Additional specialization in project planning, monitoring and evaluation is an asset;
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience in programme/project planning, monitoring and evaluation;
  • Excellent communication (spoken, written and presentation) skills, including ability to tailor language, tone, style and format to match varying audiences and purposes. Ability to present sensitive issues and/or positions;
  • Good knowledge of the mandate and work of the OSCE in all three dimensions;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations;
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with ability to multi-task, work under pressure and adhere to short deadlines;
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to work as a member of a team, with people of different cultural and religious backgrounds, gender and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity;
  • Professional fluency in written and spoken English;
  • Excellent IT skills and professional proficiency using Microsoft Office computer applications.

Desirable:

  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be an asset;

  • Working knowledge of the local languages is an advantage.

     
Tasks and Responsibilities    
     
   

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to play a vital role in strengthening the country’s ability to foster a sustainable and stable security environment, to strengthen Bosnia and Herzegovina’s governance, and to encourage its consolidation as a democratic society. The Mission supports political and education reform and works to promote and protect human rights of all citizens of BiH.

 

Under the supervision of the Senior Planning Adviser, should you be selected for the position, you will support the Mission's strategic planning process, development of strategies, processes, systems, tools and documents related to the Mission's work financed from the annual Unified Budget (UB) and through Extra-budgetary (ExB) funds. You will also support the Mission's reporting to the host country, OSCE Secretariat and OSCE participating States, as well as reporting to the attention of a wider audience with the aim of increasing the visibility of the Mission’s best practices and achievements.

 

As the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, should you be selected for the position, you will perform the following duties:

 

1. In close co-operation with the Chief of Policy and Planning Section (C/PPS), Senior Planning Adviser, Senior Political Adviser, National Planning and National Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, and programme staff, supporting the annual process of strategic planning by the Mission, the monitoring of the implementation of the Strategic Action Plan, and associated reporting;

 

2. In close co-operation with the Fund Administration Unit (FAU), assisting the Supervisor during the process of drafting of the Unified Budget (UB) cycle documents (i.e. Performance Based Programme Reporting (PBPR), Programme Outline (PO), Unified Budget Proposal (UBP), including by co-ordinating the process, drafting the sections related to the Office of the Head of Mission (OHoM), supporting programmatic staff in process of drafting of their sections, and reviewing first inputs;

 

3. Supporting the process of preparation of talking points, speeches and associated visual materials to facilitate presentations of the UB cycle documents to the participating States;

 

4. In close co-operation with programmatic staff, supporting the process of development of the Mission UB and ExB project ideas and proposals, and associated progress and end-of-project evaluations (self- and external evaluations). This includes supporting in organization of the Mission’s ExB Project Review Board meetings and associated reporting;

 

5. Supporting the supervisor in annual reporting to the host country by co-ordinating the process and providing the review of first inputs by programmatic sections;

 

6. Supporting the development (and maintenance, where applicable) of different strategies, policies, processes, systems and tools to facilitate effective and efficient planning, monitoring and evaluation in the Mission (related to both the UB and ExB work), including through exchange of good practices with other OSCE executive structures;

 

7. Supporting the process of increasing of the visibility of the Mission’s best practices and achievements by contributing to the related reporting;

 

8. Supporting the process of trainings on planning, monitoring and evaluation in the Mission by mapping the needs, developing relevant educational materials and tools and holding trainings;

 

9. Performing other tasks as required.

 

For more information on the work of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, please see: https://www.osce.org/mission-to-bosnia-and-herzegovina

 

     
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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.

 

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

 

Please apply to your relevant authorities several days prior to the deadline expiration to ensure timely processing of your application. Delayed nominations will not be considered.

     
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