Mediation Support Officer - Wien, Österreich - OSCE

OSCE

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Wien, Österreich

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Anna Müller

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Background:

Please note that the duration of the assignment is until 28 June 2024.

This position is open for secondment only and participating States are kindly reminded that all costs in relation to an assignment at the Secretariat must be borne by their authorities.

The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to security that encompasses politico-military, economic and environmental, and human aspects. It therefore addresses a wide range of security-related concerns, including arms control, confidence
- and security-building measures, human rights, combating human trafficking, national minorities, democratization, policing strategies, counter-terrorism and economic and environmental activities. All 57 participating States enjoy equal status, and decisions are taken by consensus on a politically, but not legally binding basis.

The OSCE Secretariat in Vienna assists the Chairpersonship in its activities, and provides operational and administrative support to the field operations, and, as appropriate, to other institutions.

The Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) plays a key role in supporting and co-ordinating the OSCE's activities in the field, in providing analysis and policy advice to the Secretary General (SG) and the Chairmanship, in leading work on all aspects of the conflict cycle, and in supporting the various formats dealing with protracted conflicts.

The CPC also serves as the focal point in the Secretariat for co-ordinating and developing the OSCE's role in the politico-military dimension.

Within the CPC, the Operations Service covers a broad variety of tasks such as operational planning for the set-up, reorganization, and closure of field operations.

It provides strategic advice and analysis on conflict cycle issues, including early warning, early action, conflict prevention, mediation, dialogue facilitation, mediation support, crisis management, post-conflict rehabilitation, and peacebuilding.

It also contributes to the preservation of key institutional memory through the development and exchange of lessons learned and best practices, primarily related to operational issues, including through the conduct of after action reviews.

It also maintains a 24/7 Situation/Communications Room. In its efforts, it ensures operational liaison with other international organizations.

The Mediation Support Team within the Operations Service is the organization-wide focal point for mediation support.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Director CPC for Operations Service, as temporary Mediation Support Officer, you will be responsible for providing analytical and operational support in further developing and implementing a comprehensive and systematic mediation-support capacity within the CPC.

Furthermore, you will be expected to interact with OSCE institutions, thematic units and field operations as well as with relevant international and national stakeholders working in similar areas of expertise.

More specifically, you will be responsible for the following:

Providing advice on mediation strategy, process design, and possible steps to be taken by OSCE mediators to increase the effectiveness of the processes;
Designing appropriate methods to strengthen analytical, strategic, and conceptual thinking on mediation and dialogue processes; facilitating related discussions in the form of briefings, handover meetings, co-ordination retreats, strategy meetings, including with and between high-level mediators;
Attending negotiations, drafting observation reports and functioning as a sounding board for high-level OSCE mediators to improve their tactics or strategies, upon request;
Developing curricula for training and capacity building on mediation topics and delivering training on these topics; designing and providing tailor-made coaching and thematic workshops for high-level OSCE mediators and field operations; advising field operations on an integrated training and mediation and dialogue facilitation capacity-building strategy;
Preparing briefs, speeches and speaking points on issues related to mediation and dialogue facilitation for the Chairmanship and senior management of the Secretariat;
Deploying temporarily to crisis areas in support of mediation and dialogue facilitation crisis response efforts;
Conceptualizing and facilitating debriefings of OSCE mediators for the purposes of lessons learning with a view to enhancing the effectiveness and impact of OSCE mediation activities;
Developing and maintaining a central depository for documents, lessons learned and best practices related to OSCE mediation activities to further preserve institutional memory;
Developing knowledge products related to different conflicts and contexts, in co-ordination with relevant units within the Secretariat;
Devising and publishing operational guidance on relevant topics in the field of mediation;
Representing the OSCE in meetings, conferences and workshops on mediation support topics, includin