International Staff Contract position: Freedom of Movement Advisor for the EUSR for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues
REQUIREMENTS
a) Qualifications and Experience:
a. Citizenship – Citizen of a Member State of the European Union (EU) and enjoying full rights as a citizen.
b. Education
– Successful completion of university studies of at least 4 years attested by a diploma OR a qualification in the National Qualifications Framework which is equivalent to level 7 in the European Qualifications Framework OR a qualification of the second cycle under the framework of qualifications of the European Higher Education Area, e.g. Master's Degree; The qualification should be in any of the fields of Public Administration or other related university studies; OR police or military equivalent education or training; AND
c. Experience
– A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience, after having fulfilled the education requirements;
– A minimum of 5 years of experience in Public Administration.
d. Desirable
– International experience, particularly in crisis areas with multi-national and international organisations;
– Previous experience in population registration systems.
b) Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
– Ability to mentor and motivate local counterparts;
– Mediation and interpersonal skills;
– Knowledge of civil status and civil registration systems.
– Desirable:
i. Substantial knowledge of the functioning of the EU and in particular EUSRs and CSDP Missions;
ii. Good understanding of the political, cultural and security situation of the Balkans, in particular Kosovo;
iii. Very good knowledge and/or experience in strategic management and/or public administration;
iv. Very good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral;
v. Ability to perform under stress and in difficult circumstances;
vi. Knowledge of Albanian and/or Serbian language.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Report to: EUSR DWB represented by the EUSR DWB Political Advisor in Kosovo, and the FoM Senior Advisor
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
– To operationalise the EUSR DWB mandate and tasks as set out in the EU Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/489 of 2 April 2020 by advising and monitoring local counterparts on the strategic and operational level with regard to FoM;
– To support the EUSR DWB's efforts in full and qualitative implementation EU-facilitated agreements, protocols and agreed conclusions between Belgrade and Pristina with regard to FoM;
– To support the EUSR DWB's efforts in addressing areas of structural weaknesses in the performance and accountability of respective counterparts/institutions and to propose solutions for strengthening same;
– To provide analysis and recommendations to the local counterpart in the area of responsibility;
– To be embedded within the local institution, security permitting;
– To ensure timely reporting on activities within the field of responsibility, in particular progress and/or lack of progress;
– To collect and collate statistics about the workload/performance of local counterparts;
– To maintain necessary contacts and build relationships with relevant local counterparts;
– To ensure compliance with instruction/direction from EUSR DWB management;
– To liaise closely with EUSR DWB Senior Advisors and Advisors as appropriate;
– To identify best practice and lessons learned within the field of responsibility;
– To design and deliver training, as appropriate;
– To undertake any other related tasks as requested.
Specific Tasks and Responsibilities:
– To monitor, mentor and advise on information flows related to the data security of the registration processes for the implementation of FoM Dialogue agreements;
– To monitor, mentor and advise on building up the information flows for collection and updating the data on the issuance of personal documents and registration of vehicles;
– To monitor, mentor and advise on the use of the data for statistics, planning, and for informing the different Ministries involved in the follow up of the implementation processes;
– To promote the benefits of implementing the agreements;
– To evaluate the current attitudes towards civil registration all over Kosovo including the northern municipalities in relation to the implementation of the agreements ;
– To assist the implementation of the Dialogue Agreements related to FoM;
– To monitor, mentor and advise, if needed, on promotion of the registration processes of the population related to the implementation of the agreements;
– To provide expertise and information when assessing Kosovo’s progress on issues related to the implementation of the agreements.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SELECTION PROCESS
Deadline for applications – the deadline for applications is 2nd November 2022, 17:00 Brussels time. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Application Form – Applications will be considered only when using the standard Application Form (Annex 2).
Selection process – The candidates considered to be most suitable will be shortlisted. Candidates may be asked to participate in a written test and a competency based interview by video before the final selection is made.
Information on the Outcome – Candidates will be informed about the outcome of the selection process after its completion.
The EUSR DWB is committed to achieving gender balance in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.
