OPCW: Director, Inspectorate, The Hague

• Contract Type: Fixed-term Director
• Grade: D2
• Total Estimated monthly remuneration depending on post adjustment and family status: USD 15,952
• Closing Date: 27/10/2026

 

Job Summary

The Inspectorate Division (INS) implements the Secretariat’s on-site verification activities and maintains the Organisation’s preparedness to conduct the full range of missions under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), including routine and non-routine inspections as well as contingency operations and readiness to respond to and investigate allegations of use of toxic chemicals as weapons.

INS develops and sustains a highly capable, adaptable and multidisciplinary inspectorate able to deliver mandated inspection activities in diverse and complex operational environments. Its work supports the prevention of the re-emergence of chemical weapons, through industry verification, activities relating to chemical weapons destruction facilities, abandoned and old chemical weapons, and other mandates established by the CWC and decisions of the policy-making organs.

The Division also contributes its operational expertise to Secretariat-wide priorities, including organisational preparedness to conduct a Challenge Inspection (CI) and/or Investigation of Alleged Use (IAU), capacity-building, knowledge management, technological innovation and the continuous improvement of the verification regime.

The Director of Inspectorate (DIR/INS) works under the supervision of the Deputy Director-General (DDG) and provides strategic leadership and executive direction for the implementation of the OPCW’s worldwide onsite verification activities.