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Associate Communications Officer

OSCEVienna,Austria
Position:Professional | SDeadline:22 Sep 2026 (8 days left)Job ID:4882Synced on:22 Jul 2026 (54 days ago)
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Job Description

Runs OSCE digital communication delivery with a focus on its public website, coordinating contributors, maintaining content and structure, producing multimedia stories and aligning Secretariat, institution and field-operation communications for consistent external visibility.

Key Details

Department

Communication and Media Relations Section, Office of the Secretary General

Position Details

Experience level

Early

Minimum experience

2 years

Arrangement

Onsite

Contract duration

International secondment; fixed-term appointment

Language Requirements

Required

English

Preferred

Another official language

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Maintain the OSCE public website content and structure each day
  • Coordinate with the web developer on website performance and user needs
  • Guide, train and troubleshoot the network of internal website contributors
  • Enforce website content guidelines and publishing policies
  • Create texts, visuals and stories for multiple communication channels
  • Deliver communication products for programmes, events and conferences
  • Align communications across OSCE institutions and field operations
  • Participate in the communications duty roster

Role Requirements

  • Second-level degree in journalism, communications, multimedia, political science, international affairs or a related field, or first-level degree with two additional years of experience
  • At least two years of communications experience, or four years with a first-level degree
  • Experience in social media, multimedia and website management
  • Experience writing, editing and producing communication materials
  • Ability to apply political judgement and present organisational work to external audiences
  • Professional English fluency
  • Computer literacy with practical Microsoft-application experience

Desired Criteria

  • Experience with Drupal or a similar content-management system
  • Communications experience in an international organisation, NGO or journalism
  • Knowledge of another OSCE official language

Skills

Tools and Technologies

Additional Information

  • Open to secondment only; all assignment costs must be borne by the nominating participating-State authority. Only nationally nominated candidates can be processed.

Source & verification

IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from OSCE Careers, on 22 Jul 2026.