Employment opportunities

The FDFA sponsors the deployment and issues the successful applicant with a contract under the Ordinance on Personnel for Peace Support, the Promotion of Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (POPHAO). The expert becomes a member of the SEP.

Ordinance on Personnel for Peace Support, the Promotion of Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, POPHAO (fr)

Applicant requirement profile for SEP-jobs (PDF, 47.9 kB, English)

SEP personal history form (DOCX, 8 Pages, 102.8 kB, English)

Adviser for Democracy in Warsaw
Please apply through the Swiss Federal Administration recruitment system. www.stelle.admin.ch
The application period will be open until 12 Mai 2024.

Human Security Adviser, in Maputo
Please apply through the Swiss Federal Administration recruitment system. www.stelle.admin.ch 
The application period will be open until 12 Mai 2024.

Fundamental Rights Specialist (PDF, 3 Pages, 345.7 kB, English) 
Seconded to Frontex in Warsaw (deployment is scheduled to begin in August 2024)

Advisor on WPS and HDP Nexus in Lebanon (PDF, 4 Pages, 694.4 kB, English)
Seconded to UN Women in Lebanon

Election Observers (recruitment is planned for 2025 or 2026) (PDF, 8 Pages, 142.9 kB, English)

The positions below correspond with Switzerland's thematic and geographic policy priorities in peace and human rights but cannot be sponsored by the FDFA. The organisations directly recruit and employ the candidate. We kindly request you to send your application to the relevant organisation. Candidates can inform the SEP of their application.

Senior Election Adviser, P4
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Elections Department (Recruitment Q2/2024)

Senior Co-ordination Adviser, P4
OSCE / CTHB, Office of Special Rep/Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (Recruitment Q2/2024)