Here are two job announced with a very short deadline: The Spanish NGO Movement for Peace in Montenegro is looking for a Projects Administrator (deadline: 10 August); and the German NGO Schüler Helfen Leben is looking for an Organisational Development Specialist for a 3-day workshop in Kosovo (deadline: 14 August).

The Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), located at Central European University in Budapest, is looking for a short-term (part time) research assistant on "Integration Perspectives and Expected Synergic Effects in the Countries Targeted by EU Enlargement and Neighborhood Policies". Deadline: 31 July 2007.

Das forumZFD sucht eine Friedensfachkraft (Regionalkoordination) für das ZFD-Programm im westlichen Balkan (Arbeitsort Belgrad, Serbien). Arbeitsbeginn voraussichtlich Oktober 2007 (für 3 Jahre). Bewerbungsschluss: 20.8.2007. Mehr Informationen hier und dort:

The Department of Politics and International Relations of Kent University, Canterbury is seeking a Research Assistant for a British Academy Large Grant project entitled: 'NATO and EU Conditionality in Bosnia and Herzegovina: from Peace Building to State Building' under the supervision of Dr Gulnur Aybet and Dr Florian Bieber. You should have expertise in the Balkans, preferably Bosnia, and a good working knowledge of international organisations, preferably the EU and/or NATO, and linguistic skills in Bosnian (Croatian, Serbian). An advanced degree (M.A. or Ph.D.) in Politics (or a related discipline) is desirable. Anticipated start date is October 2007. Deadline for application: 12 noon Wednesday 29 August 2007.

ERRC wishes to announce the vacancy of the post of ERRC Programme Director (European Roma Rights Centre, Budapest). More infomation and application documents can be found here. Closing date for applications: 3 September (8.00 am Budapest time).

Job positions with international organisations in the Balkans (attention: short deadlines):

The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies is seeking to appoint two positions: (1) a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer/Reader in South-East European Politics, to start on 1st September 2007 or as soon as possible thereafter; (2) a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer/Reader in Modern South-East European History, to start on 1st September 2007 or as soon as possible thereafter. Closing date for receipt of applications: 7 May 2007.

The Albanian Institute for International Studies seeks a researcher and offers a renewable one-year contract that includes a competitive wage and benefits to the successful candidate. Deadline for application: 30 March 2007.

Für die Administration des Postgraduierten-Lehrgangs "Interdisziplinäre Balkanstudien Wien" such das Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa eine(n) Akademiker(in) in Vollzeit (40 Std.).

The research project "Governing difference. A Challenge for New Democracies in Central and South Eastern European Countries" is currently looking for 4 junior researchers (pre-Doc/half-time) who are familiar with gender studies and the situation in CEE or SEE (deadline: 17 October):

Für das im Oktober 2006 am Institut für Zeitgeschichte beginnende Projekt Ergänzungsraum Südosteuropa - Konzepte und Strategien des Mitteleuropäischen Wirtschaftstags und die Europapolitik im Zeichen der Südosterweiterung (Leitung Prof. Dr. Carola Sachse) im Rahmen des Forschungsschwerpunkts Europäische Integration und südöstliches/östliches Europa der Universität Wien wird die Stelle einer Assistentin / eines Assistenten in Ausbildung (einer Doktorandin / eines Doktoranden) ausgeschrieben.

The Institute of History and Area Studies of Aarhus University (DK) invites applications for an assistant professorship in Serbo-Croatian and South East European studies with a special emphasis on Yugoslavia and its successor states. The position is tenable from January 1, 2007. Closing date: Monday 7. August 2006, 12.00, midday.

Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in am Osteuropa-Institut der Freien Universität gesucht An der Freien Universität Berlin, Osteuropa-Institut, Arbeitsbereich Geschichte, ist die Stelle einer/s Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/s (vorbehaltlich der endgültigen Bewilligung der Personalmittel) (Besoldungsgruppe BAT II a) zu besetzen.

The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) is seeking applications for two vacancies. ECMI conducts practice-oriented research, provides information and documentation, and offers advisory services concerning minority-majority relations in Europe. The early monitoring, study and resolution of ethnic tension and potential conflict in all regions of Europe - East and West - provides one of the major focal points for the activities of the Centre.

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