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)

no open offers for assignments

Position: Junior Professional Officer
Working for: OHCHR in Bogota Colombia (direct contracted)

Position: OSCE-Junior Professional Officer
Working for: OSCE (direct contracted)
The advert will be published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website
Begin of assignment: September 2026

Position: 9 UN Youth Volunteers
Working for: UN
Begin of assignment: February 2027

Position: Human Security Adviser Colombia
The advert will be published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website

Position: Long-Term-Election Observers (LTO) (PDF, 8 Pages, 161.7 kB, English)
Recruitment for the election observation pool: is planned for 2027 or 2028
The advert will be published on the federal government's jobs platform Federal Administration website  

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.