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)

Peace and Development Adviser (PDF, 3 Pages, 117.0 kB, English)
Seconded to the Resident Coordinator Office in Venezuela
The advert will be published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website
The application period will be open until filled

Senior Learning Specialist (PDF, 2 Pages, 154.2 kB, English)
Secondment to the International Peace Support Training Center (IPSTC)
The advert is published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website
The application period will be open until 27 April 2025

Digital Specialist – Democratic Institutions and Processes (PDF, 3 Pages, 134.0 kB, English)
Seconded to the UNDP Democratic Institutions and Processes in a Digital Era in New York
The advert will be published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website 
The application period will be open until 27 April 2025

Human Rights Associate
OHCHR, Bogotá, Colombia (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Human Rights Associate
OHCHR, Bogotá, Colombia (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Human Rights Monitoring Associate
OHCHR, Mexico City, Mexico (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Human Rights Associate
OHCHR, Mexico City, Mexico (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Human Rights Associate
OHCHR, Bangkok, Thailand (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Programme Management Associate
UNMAS, Bogotá, Colombia (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Associate Programme Officer
UNMAS, Abuja, Nigeria (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Programme Associate
UNMAS, Abuja, Nigeria (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Information Analyst
UNDP, Caracas, Venezuela (UN Youth Volunteer assignment)
Closing Date: 22 April 2025, recruitment by cinfo

Senior diplomatic advisor (PDF, 3 Pages, 267.5 kB, English)
Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation (CCHN)

PBSO Liaison Officer in Geneva (PDF, 1 Page, 116.4 kB, English)

Special Assistant to the SRSG

Secondment to the MONUSCO in Kinshasa

JPO in support of the UN SR on Freedom of Assembly and Association
OHCHR in Geneva

JPO in support of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Petitions and Inquiries Section
OHCHR in Geneva

JPO in anti-human trafficking, implementing projects of the Anti-human Trafficking Unit
UNODC in Vienna

JPO
IIIM – International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism in Geneva

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.