Communications Assistant (G5) in OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine

If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE’s online application link found under Communications Assistant (G5) — OSCE Careers

Deadline for application is 09 February 2026.

Background

The OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) has been established in order to continue supporting the Ukrainian Government’s reform efforts and mitigating the increased risks to civilians caused by the war against the country. The objective of the SPU — and therefore of all its projects — is to support Ukraine across all three OSCE dimensions on the government’s reform efforts and on the evolving risks to civilians caused by the war, thus ensuring that the OSCE’s work conducted over the past three decades and in the future, continues to impact positively the institutions and people of Ukraine and that Ukraine’s comprehensive security is enhanced in line with the OSCE commitments.

This vacancy is for two different positions in the communications team of the OSCE SPU. The incumbents will contribute to better visibility of projects, designed to address a wide range of issues. Some efforts are focused on immediate security needs, such as humanitarian demining, addressing chemical threats, monitoring of environmental damage from the war, protection of displaced persons from risks of trafficking in human beings. Others invest in the stability of the country over the longer term, by strengthening tools of human rights protection, supporting judicial reforms, enhancing constitutional justice, media freedom, participation of civil society and youth in post-war reconstruction, and developing the system of psychological support for war-affected people.

The posts are financed from the extra-budgetary SPU projects under the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) at the Secretariat (SEC) and are subject to the availability of funds, as well as the extension of the projects' duration. The SPU is planned to run until 31 December 2028.

Please note that the posts are located in Kyiv, Ukraine. Alternative working arrangements are provisionally in place.

Tasks and Responsibilities

The incumbents report to the Senior Communications Associate (G7), while the Associate Programme and Project Support Officer (P1) acts as the second-level supervisor. The incumbents are tasked with the following:

1. Managing day-to-day visibility-related operations within the respective projects, including providing contribution to planning of Programme’s communications; preparing draft communication products for various channels (social media, website, blogs and articles, video stories), ensuring updates to contents of project web-pages.
2. Providing communication support to event management including ensuring visual identity component in handouts, presence of banners and flags and other elements in line with the OSCE and donor requirements, preparation of talking points and thematic briefs for management.
3. Administering communication-related consultancy workflow, including preparation of ToRs, drafting Consultancy Selection Reports, Consultancy Invoices, and other related documentation.
4. Contributing to Programme’s reports, ensuring quality of visibility annex to project reports.
5. Supporting Programme’s communication team in the following areas of expertise, as requested: providing assistance to visual design of communication products, developing templates; working with social media channels (Facebook, YouTube and other channels as required), managing promotion campaigns, ensuring targeted advertising of content; copyrighting skills for production of feature stories, including video-stories; interviewing stakeholders.
6. Acting as a Replacement of the Senior Communications Assistant/Communications Assistant of other components.

Necessary Qualifications

• Completed secondary education supplemented by formal training or studies in communications/media/journalism or project management.
• A minimum of 5 years (four with a first-level and three with a second-level university degree) of working experience in delivering creative content as a copywriter or content manager (text, image, sound and video) for social media, preferably in an international environment.
• Experience in at least one of the following roles: a) visual designer of communication products, including the development of templates; b) social media manager (e.g., Facebook, YouTube, and other platforms as required), including management of promotional campaigns and targeted advertising; c) copywriter — responsible for producing feature stories (including video stories) and interviewing stakeholders.
• Experience drafting texts clearly and concisely in Ukrainian and English.
• Experience in working with journalists and other media professionals would be an asset.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Ukrainian.
• Digital literacy and proficient use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), internet; knowledge of communication related software (e.g. graphics design, photo or video editing) would be an asset.
• Skills in photography and/or videography would be an asset.
• Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities.
• Ability to work with people of different nationalities, religions and cultural backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity.

Remuneration Package

Monthly remuneration, subject to social security deductions, is EUR 1,505 as per the relevant OSCE salary scale. The salary payment is effected in EUR. Social benefits will include participation in Cigna medical insurance scheme and the OSCE Provident Fund. The Organization contributes an additional amount equivalent to 15% of the employee’s salary to this pension-style fund while the employee contributes 7.5%. Appointments are normally made at Step 1 of the applicable OSCE salary scale. In exceptional cases, an initial appointment at up to Step 3 may be considered. This depends on factors such as relevant experience exceeding minimum requirements or higher previous remuneration. Any such request by a candidate must be reviewed and approved by the OSCE before the appointment.

If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE’s online application link found under https://vacancies.osce.org/.

The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise/re-post the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, to offer an appointment at a lower grade or to offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration.

Only those candidates who are selected to participate in the subsequent stages of recruitment will be contacted.

Candidates interviewed and found suitable in the recruitment process for this vacancy notice will be placed on a roster of suitable candidates (valid for three years) for fixed-term posts, should a suitable opportunity arise. The placement on a roster does not guarantee a future appointment or assignment.

Please note that vacancies in the OSCE are open for competition only amongst nationals of participating States, please see https://www.osce.org/participating-states.

The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all religious, ethnic and social backgrounds to apply to become a part of the Organization.

Candidates should be aware that OSCE officials shall conduct themselves at all times in a manner befitting the status of an international civil servant. This includes avoiding any action which may adversely reflect on the integrity, independence and impartiality of their position and function as officials of the OSCE. The OSCE is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. For more information on the values set out in OSCE Competency Model, please see https://jobs.osce.org/resources/document/our-competency-model.

Please note that for this position the OSCE does not reimburse expenses such as travel in connection with interviews, tests, visas and relocation.

Please be aware that OSCE appointments are subject to medical clearance.

The mandatory retirement age at the OSCE is 65 years for contracted positions at the general service, professional and director level. The Organization shall apply an age limit of 62 years at the time of appointment as the incumbent selected is normally expected to carry out the contractual obligation of two years.

Please be aware that the OSCE does not request payment at any stage of the application and review process.