Organizational Development Advisor

Kosovo’s leading business chamber seeks a professional with strong experience in economic diplomacy and international trade promotion to enhance its operations and expand its impact.

The Kosovo Chamber of Commerce’s core challenge is its limited institutional capacity in economic diplomacy, which restricts Kosovo’s ability to diversify exports, attract foreign investment, and compete globally. This challenge persists because the country faces a shortage of professionals with specialized skills in international trade promotion, business diplomacy, and investment facilitation, alongside broader labor‑market constraints, such as high youth unemployment and a narrow export base concentrated in metals and agricultural products. Studies consistently highlight a significant national skills gap, where businesses struggle to find qualified workers with experience in globally oriented sectors. Strengthening economic diplomacy is recognized as a national priority by Kosovo’s government and business community. Due to limited institutional experience, constrained resources, and evolving global engagement needs, Kosovo Chamber of Commerce needs professional support to transfer international best practices, build sustainable organizational systems, and strengthen its capacity to serve as a competitive economic actor in regional and global markets.

As an Organizational Development Advisor, you will collaborate with Kosovo Chamber of Commerce’s International Cooperation Department to build strategic and operational plans, design evaluation tools, develop governance frameworks, and strengthen monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems. You will strengthen competencies in economic diplomacy, international trade promotion, export development, investment facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and international partnership management.

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, including social science, education, business, management and organizational development.
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Three or more years of technical expertise in organizational capacity development and training, strategic planning, or results-based project management and reporting.

Volunteers typically live independently in the Pristina district or other urban centers with access to cafés, markets, and cultural events. Housing is modest and the Volunteer may experience occasional power outages or heating challenges in winter. Most Volunteers will live in an apartment, while others will live in a small house. The expected commute to the work site is 20–40 minutes by bus, taxi, bike or on foot.

Advance your strategic planning skills and economic diplomacy knowledge by collaborating with Kosovo’s leading business chamber.
Develop Albanian language proficiency through immersive, daily conversations.
Build relationships that deepen your understanding of Kosovo’s culture while expanding your own professional perspective.

Conduct organizational and strategic assessments of operations and member services.
Develop strategic plans, governance structures, and institutional monitoring frameworks.
Support economic diplomacy by mapping international partnerships, preparing trade promotion and advocacy materials, and assisting regional forum representation.
Mentor staff on strategic management, project planning, and external engagement.
Design business research and policy recommendations in collaboration with leadership.
Develop internal coordination tools, evaluation templates, and guides.

You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as facilitating English conversation clubs for staff or organizing community volunteer events.

After a two-week orientation on topics such health and safety, you will move to an urban community where you will collaborate with the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce staff to assess the organizational needs and develop a work plan in line with their established goals.

Peace Corps/Kosovo will equip you with Albanian language resources and you may work with a tutor who can help you build basic language skills to connect with the community.