Employment

The OSCE offers fixed term contracts for positions at the Secretariat, institutions and, to a limited extent and mainly in the area of administration, at its missions.
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Positions in OSCE field operations are filled mainly by secondment, which means staff are nominated by an OSCE participating State.
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Rapid Expert Assistance and Co-operation Teams (REACT) form a pool of skilled resources available for rapid deployment to upcoming and future missions.
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The OSCE offers a limited number of positions to young professionals with recently completed university degrees to provide them with a comprehensive overview of the Organization.
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The OSCE offers a limited number of places for interns which are filled subject to current needs and facilities of various departments. The internship usually lasts between two and six months.
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The researcher-in-residence programme is run by the Prague Office of the OSCE Secretariat, where the bulk of archives is collated. Researchers are granted access to all records and to numerous topical compilations related to OSCE field activities.
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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) fields election observation teams to participating States to assess the implementation of OSCE commitments relating to elections and to observe the entire electoral process.
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Experts with appropriate qualifications interested in short-term consultancy (less than six months) on policing-related matters are invited to register with the Policing Experts Database on polis.osce.org.
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The OSCE also offers short-term and consultant positions.
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The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Vienna strongly recommends vaccinations be obtained before going on assignment to OSCE field operations.
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OSCE offers a wide range of job opportunities in its field missions and offices, the Secretariat and Institutions. To apply for any of the positions you must be a national of one of the 56 participating States. (Lubomir Kotek/OSCE)

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