Communications Officer (S)

The Communications Officer works as part of a team to provide communication support, advice and products focusing on digital communications and managing OSCE corporate social media accounts. The role involves engaging with senior officials, external stakeholders, and coordinating communication plans to enhance OSCE visibility and recognition.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with and advising senior OSCE officials, communications staff in the OSCE Chair team, Communication Focal Points across the organization (including Field Operations and Institutions) and programmatic staff.
• Engaging with external stakeholders, including but not limited to delegation staff from participating States, media representatives and members of the public.
• Developing visuals, stories, and messages and distributing them across a broad range of communication channels.
• Managing OSCE’s social media presence on a day-to-day basis, including the coordinating and scheduling of content publishing with multiple organizational stakeholders.
• Working closely with OSCE Secretariat programmes and departments, as well as with senior OSCE officials, to create and deliver communication plans and products according to priorities, and ensuring communications support for events and conferences.
• Working closely with OSCE Institutions and Field Operations to ensure co-ordinated, streamlined and professional communication throughout the Organization.
• Acting as contact for media and public enquiries.
• Performing other duties as required, including participating in a duty roster.

Requirements

• A second-level university degree in journalism, communications, political science, international affairs, or another related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience will be accepted in lieu of the second-level university degree.
• A minimum of five years (seven with a first-level degree) of progressively responsible professional experience in communications (including social media, media relations, public relations and advocacy), preferably in an international organization, non-governmental organization (NGO) or as a journalist, combined with several years of experience with writing, editing and production of communications material.
• Demonstrated experience using political judgement and analytical skills and established competence to convincingly present the activities and achievements of the Organization to external audiences.
• Professional fluency in English with excellent communication (both oral and written) skills; knowledge of another OSCE official language is desirable.
• Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities.
• Ability and willingness to work as a member of team, with people of different cultural, and religious backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity.
• Computer literacy with practical experience using Microsoft applications.

Skills

• Journalism
• Communications
• Political Science
• International Affairs
• Social Media Management
• Media Relations
• Public Relations
• Advocacy
• Writing
• Editing
• Communications Material Production
• Political Judgment
• Analytical Skills
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Gender Awareness
• Microsoft Applications
• Digital Communications
• Communication Planning
• Stakeholder Engagement

Languages

English