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Issued by: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Vacancy number: VNKOSC02149
Vacancy type: Experts/Consultants
Number of posts: 1
Duty station: Prishtine / Pristina
Date of issue: 27 March 2019
Deadline for application: 7 April 2019 - 23:59 Central European Time (CET/CEST)
Date of entry on duty: 15 April 2019

Background

Local Consultant in Serbian Language will be engaged in municipalities Gjilan/Gnjilane and Prishtinë/Priština regions

The Language Acquisition project was initiated by the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) in 2011. Through this project, a number of multi-ethnic municipalities benefitted from tailored official language courses for municipal officials. In 2019, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) will be implementing the Language Acquisition project in the Serbian language in selected municipalities in Gjilan/Gnjilane and Prishtinë/Priština regions.

For this purpose, OMiK will hire a Local Consultant/Lecturer to deliver Serbian language courses to selected municipal officials in Gjilan/Gnjilane and Prishtinë/Priština regions. The courses will consist of 96 school hours and will be delivered between 15 April and 13 December 2019, with two 45 min classes held twice a week in each municipality.

As part of the assignment, Local Consultant will prepare and submit reports on progress and completion of the language courses to OMiK. One of the main conditions for the selection of Lecturer is previous experience in teaching the Serbian language to non-mother tongue speakers from communities in Kosovo.

Objective

To completely deliver Serbian language courses in selected municipalities in Gjilan/Gnjilane and Prishtinë/Priština regions.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Local Consultant/ Lecturer will have to complete the following tasks:

Based on provided training programmes and materials, prepare a detailed course plan and conduct preparatory course work accordingly
Deliver Serbian language courses to selected municipal officials in designated municipalities, as per the conditions specified in the ToR
Prepare a final test for the participants and evaluate their acquired knowledge
Prepare periodical brief progress reports and a final report upon the course completion.

Deliverables

In the week 15 – 19 April, Local Consultant/ Lecturer will prepare course plans and share them with OMiK as well as start to deliver the courses: two classes twice a week (four 45 min classes per week in total) until 28 June, in each municipality
In the week 2 September – 6 September, Local Consultant will resume with the courses after summer break, and complete the course delivery including a final assessment by13 December
Local Consultant/ Lecturer will submit short progress reports including attendance sheets signed by the beneficiaries on the following dates: 20 May, , 1 July, 9 September (a week after the course resumption upon summer break), 14 October, 11 November
At the end of the assignment: Local Consultant/ Lecturer will submit a final evaluation report upon completion of the courses by 16 December

Performance Indicators

Detailed course plan developed by Local Consultant/ Lecturer
Brief progress reports submitted by Local Consultant/ Lecturer approximately every three weeks including attendance sheets signed by the course participants
Final reports submitted by Local Consultant/ Lecturer upon the completion of the courses

Necessary Qualifications

University degree in languages, pedagogy/education or similar
Minimum 5 years of demonstrable professional experience in lecturing Serbian
Experience in teaching Serbian to members of non-Serbian communities in Kosovo
Knowledge of Albanian
Ability to travel independently throughout Kosovo

Remuneration Package

Remuneration will depend on the qualifications and experience of individual experts as well as the detailed work plan to be agreed upon and will be based on the current OSCE consultancy rates.

How To Apply

In order to apply for this position you must complete the OSCE's online application form, found under https://jobs.osce.org/. Applicants are encouraged to use the online recruitment and only fully completed OSCE applications will be accepted. However, if you have technical difficulties with the system you may use the offline application form found under https://jobs.osce.org/resources/document/offline-application-form and forward the completed form quoting the vacancy number by e-mail to: consultancy.omik@osce.org. In line with your qualifications please indicate preference to one or more field of expertise listed above (while using the online application the field of expertise preference can be indicated in the cover letter part). Kindly note that applications received after the deadline, submitted in different formats than the OSCE Application Form or in other languages than the English language would not be considered. The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious, ethnic and socialbackgrounds to apply.

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