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Issued by: OSCE Mission to Serbia
Vacancy number: VNSRMC00510
Vacancy type: Experts/Consultants
Number of posts: 2
Duty station: Belgrade
Date of issue: 30 January 2018
Deadline for application: 7 February 2018 - 23:59 Central European Time (CET/CEST)
Date of entry on duty: 19 February 2018

Background

This call for applications is open for persons with citizenship of the Republic of Serbia.

The Mission to Serbia is assisting in mapping the online media landscape in Serbia by facilitating research to establish the exact number of online media, identify the ownership, sources of their funding, dynamics of news updates and interaction with the audience. The research will result in a database, which will be kept by the Association of Online Media (AOM) and will be used in the future for further mapping of new online media.

Therefore, the Mission requires the services of two experienced experts in the field of web development to create software solutions that will allow for creation, maintaining and user-friendly research of the database containing relevant data on online media in Serbia.

Tasks and Responsibilities

The two Web Developers will work together and will perform the following tasks in the period from 19 February 2018 to 31 March 2018:

Development of a methodology for the creation of a database;
Facilitation of the development of the database;
Enabling population of the database with the data from the Business Registry ("APR") and the data collected by the AOM's journalists, which relate to the sources of funding, (dynamics) regularity of news updates and interaction with the public.

By the end of the consultancy the web developers will have developed a database on online media in Serbia and populated it with the information on at least 100 media outlets in Serbia.

Necessary Qualifications

Citizenship of the Republic of Serbia;
Formal education/training in web development;
Minimum ten years of experience in PHP/MySQL;
Advanced knowledge of crawling methods (PHP/Python) and best practices, XPath Mapping, browser DOM manipulation, JavaScript, text manipulation using POSIX regular expressions, various HTML versions, HTML real-time validation and cleaning (HTML Tidy or similar);
Knowledge of the Linux server administration would be an asset;
Ability to work with people of different genders, nationalities, religions or cultural backgrounds and diverse views while maintaining impartiality and objectivity.

Candidates are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the OSCE core values and competencies by studying the OSCE Competency Model available at: https://www.osce.org/employment/144466.

Required Competencies

Core values

Commitment: Actively contributes to achieving organizational goals
Diversity: Respects others and values their diverse perspectives and contributions
Integrity: Acts in a manner consistent with the Organization’s core values and organizational principles
Accountability: Takes responsibility for own action and delegated work

Core competencies

Communication: Actively works to achieve clear and transparent communication with colleagues and with stakeholders of the Organization
Collaboration: Works effectively with others on common goals and fosters a positive, trust-based working environment
Planning: Works towards the achievement of goals in a structured and measured manner
Analysis and decision-making: Analyses available information, draws well-founded conclusions and takes appropriate decisions
Initiative-taking: Proposes and initiates new ideas, activities and projects
Flexibility: Responds positively and effectively to changing circumstances

Managerial competencies (for positions with managerial responsibilities)

Leadership: Provides a clear sense of direction, builds trust and creates an enabling environment
Strategic thinking: Identifies goals that advance the organizational agenda and develops plans for achieving them
Managing performance: Helps to maximize team performance by providing active feedback and skill development opportunities

Remuneration Package

Each Web Developer will be remunerated in the amount of app. 2,500 EUR (correction) upon completion of all tasks.

Other

Please apply online through this website (https://jobs.osce.org) no later than 7 February 2018. Only applications received through this website will be considered; applications received by email, post etc. will not be accepted.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Candidates who have not been contacted by 10 February 2018 should consider there will be no follow up to their application.

The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, offer a consultancy at a different level or with modified terms of reference or for a different duration.

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