The Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) has overall responsibility for the development and implementation of the human rights and rule of law standards of the Council of Europe, including the promotion of democracy through law, the operation of relevant treaties and related monitoring mechanisms and the development and implementation of activities in these fields.You will be joining a team that leads the Council of Europe’s co-operation work on deprivation of liberty issues with a particular focus on prison, police and probation services. This work is grounded in the standards and instruments developed by the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Crime Problems and the Penological Council, as well as by the monitoring work of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.You will be responsible for the Co-operation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division (around 50 team members based in Strasbourg and in Council of Europe field offices) which oversees the implementation of pilot and co-operation projects, as well as the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of co-operation activities in the field of policing, prisons, probation and forensic psychiatry. As Head of Co-operation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division, you will:manage the Division’s human and financial resources (ordinary budget and extrabudgetary resources); motivating and supervising staff members; co-ordinating their activities and offering guidance to the teams in Strasbourg and in the field on co-operation and programme management modalities, as well as on subject-matter related issues;ensure the development and co-ordination of technical assistance within the objectives and activities of the Division, and provide secretarial support to the Network of Police Services of the Council of Europe;develop and manage co-operation programmes, projects and activities in areas including, but not limited to: prison management; recruitment and training of prison staff; provision of health care in prison; prevention of radicalisation and supporting de-radicalisation in prisons; safeguards against ill-treatment in police detention; police oversight mechanism; human rights policing; support to establishment of and functioning of probation services; and protection of human rights of persons deprived of their liberty in psychiatric and social-care institutions;contribute to the shaping of co-operation projects meant to support and improve the beneficiaries’ compliance with the relevant Council of Europe legal standards and best practices;promote transversality, co-ordination and collaboration across relevant Council of Europe bodies and departments, as well as with national authorities, international organisations and civil society partners, ensuring coherence and complementarity of activities.ensure that the planning, implementation and evaluation of the Division’s activities correspond to the overall objectives of the Department and Directorate;co-ordinate closely development of technical assistance with the Directorate of Programme Co-ordination and contribute to the fundraising efforts;establish and maintain contacts with counterparts in other relevant organisations, bodies and institutions as representative of the Council of Europe.