Programme Manager

**General Information**:
**Vacancy number**
- 1033/2025

**Recruitment type**
- External recruitment (international)

**Type of contract**
- Fixed-term appointment

**Posted date**
- 01-Aug-2025

**Deadline to apply**
- 25-Aug-2025

**Duty station**
- Strasbourg

**Grade**
- A1/A2

**Entity**
- Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI)

**Description & Requirements**:
**Your Team**

The Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Corruption Department supports member states in preventing and combating economic and financial crime through monitoring, guidance, and capacity-building. It provides the Secretariat to two monitoring bodies: the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) and the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Council of Europe “Warsaw” Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS No. 198). It also delivers co-operation and technical assistance to help countries combat corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing, while strengthening asset recovery and international co-operation. A wide range of tailor-made programmes and projects focus on the implementation of international and European standards and/or address recommendations made by monitoring bodies such as the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and MONEYVAL, and where applicable, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) or other FATF-style regional bodies.

In this role, you will join either the MONEYVAL and Criminal Asset Recovery Division or the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division, contributing to the implementation of monitoring and/or capacity-building initiatives designed to strengthening national responses to economic crime and corruption, in line with relevant international and European standards.

**Your Role**

As a **Programme Manager**, you will:

- prepare, plan and conduct on-site evaluation visits, and draft related outputs, such as evaluation reports, follow-up reports, reviews of voluntary tax compliance programmes, and other assessments as needed, support their adoption by the monitoring body in line with applicable procedures;
- plan, organise and provide secretariat services for the meetings of the relevant monitoring body or assigned projects;
- contribute to the design, negotiation, implementation and management of Council of Europe technical assistance projects in the area of economic crime;
- plan and manage activities in line with work plans, deadlines and strategic objectives; oversee financial resources, monitor progress and expenditures in accordance with procedures, and implement adjustments as necessary to ensure effective delivery and impact;
- supervise evaluation or project teams, guide experts and partners;
- conduct research and analysis, draft various documents (papers, analytical reports, briefing notes, speeches, official correspondence), monitor legal, policy and institutional developments and trends, including international standards;
- represent the Secretariat at conferences, seminars and meetings as necessary and contribute to the work of the Council of Europe in related sectors;
- support the Department and relevant Division’s visibility, outreach and communication efforts.

**Requirements to apply**

You must:

- hold a higher education degree or professional qualification equivalent to a master’s degree (**2nd cycle of the Bologna process framework of qualifications for the European Higher Education Area**) in law, economics, finance, international relations or similar;
- have at least 4 years of professional experience at a national or international level in one of the following areas: (a) anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) in the legal, financial, or law enforcement sectors; (b) anti-corruption as part of private or public sector institutions specialised in these areas; or (c) in the management of technical assistance projects or programmes focusing on the fight against corruption, money laundering or other forms of economic and organised crime;
- possess excellent command of the English language and, preferably, a working knowledge of French.

You must also:

- be a citizen of one of the member states of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that state;
- have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
- not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Council of Europe;
- be under the age of 65 years.

**Key competencies**
- Operational - Planning and work organisation
- Operational - Drafting skills
- Operational - Results orientation
- Interpersonal - Teamwork and co-operation
- Professional and technical expertise:

- very good knowledge of relevant international and Council of Europe standards regarding AML/CFT, corruption, and other forms o