Arms Control and Csbm Officer

Background:
This position is open for secondment only and participating States are kindly reminded that all costs in relation to an assignment at the Secretariat must be borne by their authorities.

**Please note that this is a temporary assignment for the duration of 5 months 29 days.**

The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to security that encompasses politico-military, economic and environmental, and human aspects. It therefore addresses a wide range of security-related concerns, including arms control, confidence
- and security-building measures, human rights, combating human trafficking, national minorities, democratization, policing strategies, counter-terrorism and economic and environmental activities. All 57 participating States enjoy equal status, and decisions are taken by consensus on a politically, but not legally binding basis.

The OSCE Secretariat in Vienna assists the Chairpersonship in its activities, and provides operational and administrative support to the field operations, and, as appropriate, to other institutions.

The Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) plays a key role in supporting and co-ordinating the OSCE's activities in the field, in providing analysis and policy advice to the Secretary General (SG) and the Chairpersonship, in leading work on all aspects of the conflict cycle, and in supporting the various formats dealing with protracted conflicts. The CPC also serves as the focal point in the Secretariat for co-ordinating and developing the OSCE's role in the politico-military dimension.

The Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) is the main OSCE body dealing with the politico-military aspects of security and provides a forum for political dialogue for OSCE participating States. The FSC Support Unit within the Conflict Prevention Centre at the OSCE Secretariat supports the work of the FSC by providing technical support and expertise. In this respect, the Unit acts as a focal point and prepares reports and overviews on military information exchanged by participating States. The Unit also fosters implementation of Confidence and Security-building Measures (CSBMs) and develops assistance projects with regard to Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and Conventional Ammunition.

Tasks and Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Senior FSC Support Officer, and the second level supervision of the Deputy Director of the CPC, as Arms Control and CSBM Officer, you will contribute to the support provided by the CPC to the FSC, its Chair and participating States (pS).

Your role is to provide expert advice and support, focused on but not limited to conventional arms control and CSBMs, to support implementation of these OSCE commitments. Your expertise may also be called upon to support forward-looking analysis of such arrangements and development of options for their enhancement.

More specifically, under the guidance of your supervisor, you will be responsible for the following tasks:
1. Assisting the Troika of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) in preparing meetings of the Forum and represents the Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) at the FSC and in its working bodies, as appropriate:
1.1. Supporting and liaising with the rotating Chairs of the FSC in the planning and conduct of their FSC programmes, including Security Dialogues;
1.2. Conducting research and analyzing the content of documents/papers submitted by delegations on topics relating to politico-military aspects of security for discussion at the FSC; compiling background information and preparing inputs for speeches, briefings, etc;
1.3. Briefing as requested the FSC Troika on issues regarding implementation of the Vienna Document, Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, and other pol-mil commitments; and
1.4. Representing the CPC at meetings of the FSC and its working bodies and briefing as requested on specific issues related to the implementation of the Vienna Document, Code of Conduct, and other FSC-related commitments.

2. Providing support to the IWG on Structured Dialogue:
2.1. Preparing speeches, talking points, concept papers, analysis and policy papers for the Chair and his/her team;
2.2. Producing products as requested to support the discussion in the IWG Structured Dialogue or associated workshops;
2.3. Supporting preparations for conduct meetings under the auspices of the IWG on Structured Dialogue;
2.4. In accordance with the topics selected for discussion, supporting the preparation of background academic papers, reviewing inputs and ensuring timely distribution among the participants of the IWG;
2.5. Drafting reports and talking points as requested for the Chair of the IWG; and
2.6. Participating in meetings of the IWG.

3. Preparing reports and working papers for senior CPC and Secretariat management on a variety of topics related to arms control, CSBMs, and other FSC-related issues:
3.1. Compiling data and writing reports on issues related to arms control, CSBMs, and other re