Border-crossing Expert

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

Preliminary Date of the Competition Commission Meeting: 17 July 2026

Main objective of position: 

• Facilitating the simplification and harmonization of border crossing procedures in the performance of transportations along the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia corridor, taking into account the objectives set out in the Basic Multilateral Agreement, TRACECA agreements and policy documents;
• Supporting the TRACECA countries in the implementation of international acts in the field of customs and other types of border control, customs processing of goods, including issues of customs transit and clearance, planning and functioning of border crossing points, management and organization of activities of the authorized state bodies represented at border crossing points, assessment of border services work and other issues related to the organization, functioning and procedures of border crossing.

Key tasks: 

• Monitoring of implementation of the MLA, TRACECA agreements and policy documents regarding border crossing procedures, including the preparation of relevant working documents/studies/statistics/information on the qualitative level of their implementation;
• Monitoring of implementation of decisions and recommendations of the IGC and the PS IGC TRACECA applicable to border crossing issues;
• Preparation of draft documents of the IGC and the PS IGC TRACECA on the implementation of the MLA, TRACECA agreements and policy documents in the field of border crossing procedures;
• Initiating the development of new legal acts and amending existing TRACECA legal acts in the field of border crossing procedures;
• Development of recommendations for the MLA Parties on cooperation with sectoral international organizations and institutions to ensure harmonization and simplification of border crossing procedures; 
• Research and analysis of current international, European and national norms regulating border crossing issues;
• Other

Minimum qualification requirements: 

• Higher education in the field of customs, transport, law and economics;
• Work experience of at least 3 years, preferably in the field of customs control in government bodies and/or in international organizations/ companies/ projects, specialized in the development of international transport.

Skills and abilities requirements:

• Fluency in the English language. Russian language will be considered as an advantage;
• Good analytical skills;
• Good knowledge of the standard computer office programmes, database application;
• Time management skills, as well as the ability to work both independently and in a team;  
• Good skills in presentation of materials; 
• Initiative, creativity, striving for self-improvement, ethical behavior.

Employment conditions: 

• Remote work. In case of necessity, 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). 

All candidates must submit their applications by e-mail before the deadline for submitting documents. Applications submitted in incomplete form and/or after the official deadline for submitting documents will not be considered.

Documents required for participation in the Competition:

• application in the form, in accordance with Appendix 1 to these Rules of conducting a competition for filling vacant positions of the Permanent Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Commission TRACECA;
• CV (in pdf format) with photo (no less than 300 DPI),
• a copy of an identity document or passport;
• copies of the documents confirming the required professional education, qualifications and work experience:
• copies of the documents confirming the improvement or qualification assignment based on the results of additional professional education (optional),
• copies of the documents on awarding an academic degree, academic title (optional).
• Motivation letter.

Note: On the first stage documents shall be provided with notarized translations into the Russian or English languages, if they are issued or drawn up in the languages of the MLA countries that are not the Russian or English languages, except the documents confirming the required professional education, qualifications and work experience.

Participants of the Competition can provide additional information about education, experience, professional level and reputation (characteristics, recommendations, scientific publications, etc.).

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 Border-crossing Expert of the PS IGC TRACECA”.

The candidates in the short list only will be notified. 

More details are available via link: https://traceca-org.org/en/home/vacancy/