Vacancy
Background: | ||
The Office’s Democratization Department implements activities in the following thematic areas: rule of law, democratic governance and gender, migration and freedom of movement, and legislative support. The ODIHR implements targeted assistance programmes facilitating and enhancing participating states’ compliance with OSCE commitments to the development of democratic structures. With regards to democratization, the Office has been entrusted with a specific democratic institution-building mandate, in line with human dimension commitments outlined in the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document, which states that “vigorous democracy depends on the existence as an integral part of national life of democratic values and practices as well as an extensive range of democratic institutions.” In addition, OSCE participating States have recognized that the equal and meaningful participation of women and men in political and public life is necessary for the effective functioning of a democratic society. The commitments of the OSCE participating States to gender equality have been highlighted in the 2004 OSCE Gender Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality, in which the importance of women’s participation in public and political life is specifically emphasized. The 2004 OSCE Gender Action Plan tasks ODIHR to “assist participating States in promoting women’s political participation” and “assist participating States in developing effective measures to bring about the equal participation of women in democratic processes and in developing good practices for their implementation”. Furthermore, the OSCE Ministerial Council Decision No. 7/09 on Women’s Participation in Political and Public Life calls on participating States to “consider providing for specific measures to achieve the goal of gender balance in all legislative, judicial and executive bodies” and “possible legislative measures” which would facilitate a more balanced participation of women and men, in particular in decision-making. To this end, the ODIHR Democratic Governance and Gender Unit implements a number of projects to strengthen political participation of women and build gender sensitive democratic institutions, including parliaments and political parties. ODIHR Democratic Governance and Gender Unit (DGGU) is looking to recruit an Intern for a 6 months’ period starting in March 2019 to support the Unit in implementing the aforementioned programmatic activities related to gender issues. |
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Tasks and Responsibilities: | ||
The Intern will provide assistance to ODIHR’s DGGU staff by supporting the organization and implementation of project activities, drafting reports, engaging in project research, liaising and communicating with project stakeholders, and performing other relevant tasks as assigned. Under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Democratic Governance and Gender Unit, the Intern will perform the following tasks: General:
Project-specific: The Intern will support the Unit’s project activities on women’s political participation by:
The Intern will support project activities targeting parliaments in the OSCE region by:
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Necessary Qualifications: | ||
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Required competencies: | ||
Core values
Core competencies
Managerial competencies (for positions with managerial responsibilities)
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Remuneration Package: | ||
The OSCE is not in a position to pay any remuneration or cover any expenses incurred by the intern during his/her stay nor reimburse travel expenses. Some compensation towards the cost of living may be offered to interns who do not reside in the place of assignment, subject to availability of funds. The selected intern may participate in the group health insurance scheme at his/her own expense, but the OSCE will cover life and accident/disability insurance. If the intern opts to arrange his/her own medical coverage, he/she shall provide evidence of medical coverage for the duty station he/she applies to, and for any eventual duty trip destinations. The internship does not constitute a commitment to future employment with the OSCE. |
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How To Apply: | ||
If you meet the above requirements and wish to apply for this internship opportunity, please use the OSCE's online application link found under http://jobs.osce.org/. Please mention your availability dates in the cover letter. Please note that vacancies in the OSCE are open for competition only amongst nationals of participating States, please see http://www.osce.org/states. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, or offer an internship with modified terms of reference or a different duration. The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious, ethnic and social backgrounds to apply to become a part of the Organization. Please be aware that the OSCE does not request payment at any stage of the application and review process. |
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