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
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: International Professional Officer – Dialogue, Environment, Participation, and Victims Unit (PDF, 2 Pages, 111.2 kB, English)
Secondment to: OEA/MAPP
Application deadline: 3 August 2025
Published on: Federal Administration job platform in German, French and Italian

Position: Associate Expert in Human Rights (Armed Conflict) (JPO, P2)
Working for: OHCHR in Geneva
Application deadline: 14 August 2025
Published on: cinfoposte (recruitment by cinfo)

Position: Adviser (S3)
Secondment to: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in The Hague

Position: JPO
Working for: Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic in Geneva

Volunteer assignment: UN Youth Volunteers
Volunteering for: UN Organisations
To be published on: cinfoposte on 18 August 2025 (recruitment by cinfo)

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.