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: Special Assistant to the SRSG (PDF, 2 Pages, 203.8 kB, English)
Secondment to: MONUSCO
Application deadline: 18 July 2025
Published on: Federal Administration job platform

Position: JPO in support of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Petitions and Inquiries Section
Application deadline: 21 July 2025
Published on: cinfoposte (recruitment by cinfo)

Position: Peacebuilding Liaision Officer (PDF, 3 Pages, 109.8 kB, English)
Secondment to: the UN University in Geneva
Application deadline: 23 July 2025
Published on: Federal Administration job platform

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

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

Position: JPO in Human Rights in Armed Conflict
Working for: OHCHR in Geneva
To be published on: cinfoposte on week 29 (recruitment by cinfo)

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.