Senior Policy Officer (P-4) Office of Strategy and Policy

About Us

The Office of Strategy and Policy develops the Technical Secretariat’s strategic planning and provides policy advice to the Director-General and the Secretariat’s management, particularly relating to cross-cutting issues such as education and outreach, counter-terrorism, and science and technology.

General Information

• Contract Type
  Fixed term P Staff
• Grade
  P4
• 
  Total Salary (including post adjustment)
  USD 96,316
• Closing Date
  27/09/2019

Responsibilities

Job Summary

Are you a seasoned strategic thinker? Are you familiar with current thinking in adult education and possess the resilience to advocate modern learning approaches in a multi-stakeholder environment?

Are you experienced in results-based management or risk management and have a track record of contributing to organisational growth in these areas?

Are you capable of handling both substantial written documents and budgetary figures to advance your team's objectives?

If you can answer most of these questions in the affirmative, then we would like to hear from you!

Main Responsibilities

The successful candidate will take a leading role in the formulation of strategy across the Secretariat and will provide policy advice to the Director-General and to senior management.

The role is centered on stakeholder management, including other international organisations and chemical industry. You will be tasked to provide advice and recommendations on contingency operations and the verification regime (including both the chemical weapons and the industry dimensions) from a long-term planning perspective.

Several other responsibilities of this role will be to support the Advisory Board on Education and Outreach (ABEO) and to support the Director OSP in programme budgeting and reporting.

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Qualifications and Experience

Education

You should have an advanced university degree in a relevant field, e.g.: natural science or engineering, international relations/studies, security studies, disarmament/military, law, public policy or management, business administration. Other subjects may be accepted provided the majority of work experience is highly relevant to the post.

A first level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree; or other certified relevant training together with an extensive relevant technical background may be accepted in lieu of the relevant university degree.

Knowledge and Experience

Make sure you have at least 7 years of professional experience in a relevant field, or at least 9 years with a first level university degree. The lack of a degree may be off-set with relevant specialised training and extensive relevant technical background in combination with a minimum of 13 years of qualifying experience.

• Knowledge of policy or strategy analysis/review;


• Experience in developing policy guidelines;


• Experience in overseeing policies being implemented by others and effectively coaching/supporting such ‘implementers’.

Skills and Competencies

To succeed in this role you will need the following skills and competencies:

• Excellent strategic thinking skills.


• Excellent analytical skills (e.g. quickly identifying the essence of a complex issue) and ability to initiate and implement necessary action that is proportionate to the issue at hand.


• Innovative and creative, but with the ability to generate ideas that can be grounded in reality and implemented in practice.


• Excellent communication skills – both oral and written.


• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including strong ability to deliver results through others.


• Strong sense of initiative, including ability to plan, conduct and report on projects independently.


• Flexibility (working simultaneously on two or more topics and supporting other colleagues) and ability to work under pressure.


• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to work in teams and in multi-cultural environments.


• Computer literate (MS Office applications).

Languages

Fluency in English is essential and a good working knowledge of one of the other official languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is desirable.

Additional Information

This fixed-term appointment is for the duration of two years with a six-month probationary period, and is subject to the OPCW Staff Regulations and Interim Staff Rules.

The OPCW is a non-career organisation with limited staff tenure. The total length of service for Professional staff shall not exceed 7 years.

The Director-General retains the discretion to not make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description. Several vacancies may be filled.

Only applications submitted before the closing date and through OPCW CandidateSpace will be considered. Only applicants under serious consideration for a post will be contacted.

Applications from qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged.

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