Programme Managers

**General Information**:
**Vacancy number**
- 1044/2025

**Recruitment type**
- Secondment

**Posted date**
- 05-Aug-2025

**Deadline to apply**
- 15-Sep-2025

**Duty station**
- Strasbourg

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

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

The team in which you will work, the MONEYVAL and Criminal Asset Recovery Division, supports the work of two monitoring bodies, namely the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) and the Conference of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS no. 198).

**M**ONEYVAL is a permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe entrusted with the task of assessing compliance with the principal international standards to counter money laundering, the financing of terrorism and proliferation financing, and the effectiveness of their implementation. MONEYVAL evaluates 33 countries and jurisdictions and makes recommendations to national authorities in respect of necessary improvements to their AML/CFT/CPF systems. The Convention CETS no.198 provides for a monitoring mechanism through a Conference of Parties responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention by Parties (currently 39).

**Your Role**

As a Programme Manager, you will:

- Support the implementation of MONEYVAL’s evaluations, including by:

- conducting research and analytical work on information and data submitted by the evaluated jurisdiction to assess compliance against the relevant international standards, advising jurisdictions undergoing evaluation where submitted material needs supplementing, advising on the agenda for the on-site visits and assisting with the organisation of the evaluation;
- taking part in the on-site evaluation visits, advising and guiding the evaluation team on relevant aspects, to ensure all relevant issues are properly covered consistently with other evaluations, and preparing a key findings document on-site for submission at the conclusion of the visit;
- taking responsibility for the finalisation of the evaluation team’s report for submission to the jurisdiction undergoing evaluation, in line with the timelines and processes set out in the procedures, preparing related plenary documents, assisting the evaluators and the MONEYVAL Committee in plenary discussions, and finalising adopted reports and summaries with a view to their publication.
- Monitor countries’ progress and draft follow-up reports, compliance enhancing procedures reports, other analytical reports, and briefings on relevant topics as necessary;
- Contribute to the organisation of MONEYVAL’s meetings and events, and any other activity organized in the framework of **MONEYVAL’s Strategy on anti-money laundering, combating the financing of terrorism and proliferation financing (2023-2027);**:

- Assist in the implementation of the activities of the Conference of the Parties to the CETS 198, including by drafting reports and policy papers:

- Ensure effective working relationships with States and territories’ representatives and relevant international partners and stakeholders;
- Represent the Secretariat in international and national settings as necessary, delivering presentations and disseminating information on the Division’s work through relevant channels, including events, webinars, articles, blogs, and other media;
- Contribute to the Division’s visibility and communication actions;
- Promote Council of Europe values internally and externally.

**Requirements to apply**

You must:

- have the support of the member State seconding you to the Council of Europe;
- hold a higher education degree or 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, political science or other relevant field;
- have at least 3 years of relevant professional experience acquired in the field of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, financial supervision or regulation;
- have very good**knowledge of one of the two official languages of the Council of Europe (English or French) and good knowledge of the other (French or English);
- be a citizen of one of the member States of the Council of Europe.

**Key competencies**
- Operational - Planning and work organisation
- Operational - Drafting skills
- Interpersonal - Negotiating
- Professional and technical expertise:

- Very good knowledge of international standards in the field of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism;
- Experience in drafting or assessing legislation and policy and/or analysing how those comply with AML/CFT requirements, and/or in conducting AML/CFT assessments.

**Desirable competencies**
- Operational - Concer