Place of work: Permanent Secretariat of the IGC TRACECA, Baku, Azerbaijan

Preliminary date of the competition cimmission meeting: 05 June 2025

Main objective of position: 

• Substantive support of the IGC and PS activities in relation to the implementation of the MLA TRACECA and the TRACECA policy documents, as well as the IGC resolutions and PS recommendations; 
• Promoting and further assisting in the harmonization of conditions and growth of traffic volumes along the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia corridor; 
• Ensuring control over the observance of official duties by the experts and a specialist of the policy development and monitoring division.  

Main duties: 

• Control and coordination, as well as the definition of priorities and functions of experts and a specialist of the division of policy development and monitoring of the PS; 
• Study of problematic issues, as well as the development of draft recommendations and decisions to ensure the effective implementation of the MLA within the competence of the IGC;
• Initiation of research, analysis and recommendations on the issues related to the development of international transport; 
• Preparation of relevant proposals for the discussion by the IGC for the introduction of any amendments and changes in the MLA, contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the MLA, as well as the development of new technical annexes to the MLA; 
• Development of industry-specific policy documents serving the objectives of the MLA;
• Preparation of a PS activity report for submission to the IGC;
• Preparation and distribution of draft documents of the IGC and PS meetings provided to the MLA Parties;
• Control over the preparation of the substantive content of the IGC and PS IGC TRACECA meetings (on the issues submitted for consideration within the framework of the Agenda);
• General monitoring of the implementation of the MLA, agreements and policy documents of TRACECA, including the preparation of relevant working documents / studies / statistics / information on the quality level of their implementation;
• Development of draft TRACECA policy documents, Action Plans for the implementation of policy documents in close cooperation with the PS experts and the MLA Parties;
• Providing consultations to the MLA Parties on the issues related to the implementation of the TRACECA policy documents;  
• Monitoring, analysis and development of country recommendations on the implementation by the MLA Parties of the TRACECA policy documents and others.

Minimum qualification requirements: 

• Higher economic, legal or technical education and 5-year work experience in a mid-level management position in government agencies and/or in international organizations/ companies/ projects in the field of transport.
• Proficiency in the Russian and/or English languages.

Employment conditions:

Permanent work at the TRACECA Headquarters in Baku. Contract period – 2 years, with the possibility of the extension for the next two-year period, five-day working week (days off – Saturday and Sunday, non-working holidays – in compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan). 

The documents sent by e-mail should be in the MS Word or PDF format and are forwarded to the e-mail address in the Apply for job button marked “Application for a vacancy of the Head of Policy Development and Monitoring Division of the PS IGC TRACECA”.

The candidates in the short list only will be notified. 

Detailed job description, required skills and capabilities, documents required for participation in the Competition are available via link: https://traceca-org.org/en/home/vacancy/