The NATO Parliamentary Meeting (NATO PA) is the Inter-Parliamentary organisation of legislators from the member nations of the North Atlantic Alliance in addition to from NATO accomplice nations. As a result of its members come from the assorted nationwide parliaments, the Meeting constitutes a hyperlink between the authorities liable for NATO and the parliaments. By its debates, the Meeting goals to advertise a typical sense of Atlantic solidarity throughout the varied legislative assemblies, to strengthen parliamentary scrutiny of safety and defence points, to supply the general public with higher details about the Alliance and to advertise the Alliance’s goals and values, particularly assist for democracy, particular person freedom and the rule of regulation. For extra data, see the NATO PA web site: www.nato-pa.int
The NATO Parliamentary Meeting is searching for a
POLICY FELLOW – DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE
for its workplace in Brussels
(Full-time, everlasting contract)
JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the Secretary Basic and Deputy Secretary Basic, the Coverage Fellow is principally liable for coordinating and implementing the Meeting’s work on democratic resilience points, notably the Meeting’s proposal to determine a Centre for Democratic Resilience inside NATO to operationalise the Allies’ dedication to the democratic values which represent the inspiration of the Alliance. The Coverage Fellow will help with varied features of the Meeting’s work on this theme: the work of the governing our bodies and committees, the preparation of seminars and different actions, and assist for administration and the coverage staff. The Coverage Fellow can even assist and contribute to communication and documents-related duties regarding democratic resilience points. The Coverage Fellow develops and maintains an in depth hyperlink with the NATO Worldwide Secretariat, NATO Missions and different related organisations and stakeholders capable of assist the Meeting’s work on democratic resilience points, particularly the implementation of the proposal to determine a Centre for Democratic resilience at NATO.
The Coverage Fellow participates within the Spring and Annual classes of the NATO PA – held in NATO and Accomplice nations – as a full member of the NATO PA staff. The Coverage Fellow can even journey to work on different related NATO PA actions organised in NATO Member and Accomplice nations.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assists the Secretary Basic and Deputy Secretary Basic in advising and supporting the President, the Bureau and the Standing Committee on democratic resilience points;
- Coordinates the event and implementation of the Meeting’s priorities and insurance policies on the theme of democratic resilience, particularly helping in selling and implementing the proposal to determine a Centre for Democratic Resilience at NATO Headquarters to operationalise the Allies’ dedication to defend democratic values, and prepares an annual report on the actions carried out in assist of those priorities;
- Organises and contributes to the promotion of the Meeting’s proposal to determine a Centre for Democratic Resilience inside NATO and different priorities, suggestions and insurance policies on this discipline with NATO and different related companions and establishments;
- Helps the related work of Meeting committees, particularly the Committee on Democracy and Safety, and of different our bodies and programmes, specifically the partnership programmes (Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council and Particular Fund for Ukraine, Georgia-NATO Interparliamentary Council, Mediterranean and Center East Particular Group, Rose-Roth seminars, coaching programmes), in shut coordination with committee administrators and different members of the coverage staff;
- On the request of the Secretary Basic/Deputy Basic Secretary, assists within the planning of related Meeting conferences (e.g. serving to to draft programmes, figuring out potential audio system) and travels for a restricted variety of these actions;
- Assists in drafting/making ready briefing notes, speeches, mission reviews, minutes of conferences and different briefing notes on related matters;
- Assists with drafting press releases and social media posts on related points;
- In shut cooperation with and below the authority of the accountable employees member, helps the Meeting’s election remark missions.
JOB PROFILE
{Qualifications} and expertise:
- Grasp’s diploma or doctorate in worldwide relations/geostrategy, safety/defence, worldwide regulation, political science or a associated discipline;
- a confirmed curiosity in contributing to the strengthening of the transatlantic relationship;
- at the least three years’ related skilled expertise within the discipline of democracy promotion in a state physique, a world organisation, an NGO and/or a assume tank;
- wonderful command of one of many Meeting’s two official languages and a superb data of the opposite. Information of different languages is an asset.
Competencies:
- robust diplomatic expertise and intercultural consciousness – flexibility and sensitivity to work in a multinational atmosphere and with parliamentarians from many countries and of all political beliefs and orientations;
- wonderful analysis and writing expertise – capability to condense related data from quite a lot of sources right into a format accessible to a non-expert viewers;
- robust interpersonal expertise;
- good judgement and decision-making expertise;
- organisational expertise – capability to handle a number of initiatives concurrently, to plan and prioritise;
- initiative – capability to determine priorities and initiatives related to the Meeting;
- staff spirit – confirmed capability to collaborate, encourage and assist different staff members;
- flexibility to adapt to altering calls for and willingness to journey.
OFFER AND PROCEDURE
The Meeting presents a full-time everlasting place in its Worldwide Secretariat, which is staffed by a staff of 28 professionals from NATO member nations and centrally situated in Brussels. The Worldwide Secretariat is dedicated to variety and inclusion and strives to supply equal entry to employment, development, and retention, impartial of gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, faith or perception, cultural background, sexual orientation, and well being and incapacity.
This place, which is generously funded by the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, presents a gorgeous wage and advantages bundle, together with:
- Personal medical insurance coverage;
- Personal pension scheme;
- Beneficiant annual go away;
- Chance of working from dwelling (Belgium) 2 days per week;
- Month-to-month web allowance for working from dwelling;
- Substantial reimbursement of commuting bills;
Please word that we are able to solely settle for functions from nationals of the 31 NATO member nations (record accessible on: www.nato-pa.int) .
To use:
candidates ought to seek the advice of the appliance process on the devoted web site web page https://www.nato-pa.int/content material/policy-fellow-democratic-resilience.
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