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)

Position:
International Judge at the Appeals Chamber (PDF, 4 Pages, 247.9 kB, French)
Employer: Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic, Bangui
Application deadline: Open until filled
Published on: Federal Administration job platform in German, French and Italian

Position: 
Associate Public Information Officer (JPO)
Working for: Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic in Geneva
Closing date: 3.11.2025
Recruitment by cinfo
 

Position: Political Adviser to the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairmanship – Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in Kyiv (PDF, 2 Pages, 137.2 kB, English)
Secondment to: Special Representative of the OSCE Chairmanship – Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in Kyiv
The advert will be published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website
The application period will be open until: - 

Position: Human Security Adviser (Roving) (PDF, 2 Pages, 150.5 kB, French)
The advert will be published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website  
The application period will be open until: 31 October 2025

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.