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This position is exclusively open to Swiss citizens. Candidates who do not fulfil this condition will not receive response.  Brief Description of Emergency Outbreak/Upsurge and the Consequences for OCHA:After the suspension of the 2015 Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation by the Government in November 2023, the country continues to face a deteriorating security environment, with armed conflict and intercommunal violence expanding from the northern regions to the central areas and increasingly affecting parts of the south. This geographic spread has led to rising humanitarian needs, heightened civilian vulnerability, and growing access constraints. Humanitarian operations are conducted in a highly volatile context marked by insecurity, the use of improvised explosive devices, increased criminality, and heightened risks to humanitarian acceptance. These challenges are compounded by recurrent fuel shortages, which significantly disrupt logistics, field movements, supply chains, and the delivery of life-saving assistance. In parallel, the ongoing Humanitarian Reset requires the humanitarian community to prioritize life-saving interventions, enhance operational efficiency, and adapt coordination and response modalities to reduced resources and access constraints. In this context, the humanitarian community will revise the Humanitarian Planning Cycle to better align response objectives with evolving needs and operational realities, while the Humanitarian Country Team seeks to improve transparency and efficiency of the HNRP through Area Based Coordination and the establishment of a pooled fund envelope for Mali. To mitigate access constraints and improve response effectiveness, negociation efforts will be deployed and conducted on the field. Brief Surge Need Justification:OCHA Mali's operational capacity has been significantly reduced following the downsizing process and the departure of most staff from the Access Unit and the CMCoord function. This reduction has occurred at a time when demands from humanitarian partners continue to increase, within an operating environment marked by persistent blockades imposed by armed actors along key routes, increased attacks on trucks transporting humanitarian inputs, and a growing need for strengthened coordination among all actors in the field. In this context, the reorganization of the Unit requires the immediate deployment of additional specialized capacity to address emerging challenges, consolidate existing achievements, and provide technical advice to humanitarian actors on recommended practices. To meet OCHA's commitments under the IASC framework on humanitarian access and civil–military coordination, the Head of Access (HAO) is required to support capacity-building efforts for both the office and partners, particularly in monitoring access constraints, mitigating risks, and promoting principled engagement. This reinforcement will enable OCHA to more effectively support the Humanitarian Country Team in implementing its access strategy, delivering on the 2026–2027 work plan, and facilitating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to hard-to-reach and severely affected areas. OCHA's Role and Key Challenges:In line with the commitments endorsed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and the Grand Bargain, OCHA Mali will continue to fulfil its mandated, non-programmatic coordination role across key priority areas, including inter-cluster coordination, cash coordination, humanitarian access and civil–military coordination (CMCoord), and accountability to affected populations (AAP). OCHA will also support the implementation of localization commitments, community-based coordination approaches, and the systematic inclusion of persons with disabilities. The effective delivery of these functions in Mali is, however, constrained by a highly volatile operating environment characterized by expanding insecurity, the proliferation of armed actors, and recurrent access constraints, including road blockades and movement restrictions. These challenges are compounded by reduced humanitarian space, increasing administrative and regulatory impediments, limited presence of partners in hard-to-reach areas, and shrinking operational capacities following recent downsizing. In this context, OCHA's ability to foster an enabling humanitarian operating environment, strengthen humanitarian access, and ensure the effective functioning of the Access/CMCoord Working Group at both strategic and operational levels remains critical but increasingly resource intensive. Main Tasks and Duties to be executed:·     Develops and supports a country wide access and access network to promote principled, coordinated approach to outreach, interactions with key stakeholders, coordinated approaches   to access, sharing best practices with partners and stakeholders to ensure tailored and effective humanitarian access strategies across the country.·     Monitors, analyzes and reports on conflict trends, humanitarian access challenges and opportunities, as well as humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management programmes or emergency situations in assigned country/area.·     Encourages and facilitates the development of frameworks of engagement of humanitarian actors with relevant stakeholders on humanitarian access and other engagement issues (e.g. joint operating standards), including for advocacy purposes.·     Advises the country office leadership on overall direction on humanitarian access and other engagement related issues, including facilitating the Humanitarian Access Working Group.·     Analyzes and assists in introducing new mechanisms for analyzing humanitarian access in line with the OCHA Access Monitoring Framework and promote CMCOORD principles.·     Assists or leads, as appropriate, in the preparation of OCHA reports, studies, background papers, policy guidelines, correspondence, presentations, background papers, policy guidelines. •Partners with other humanitarian agencies to plan and evaluate complex humanitarian and emergency assistance programmes; helps ensure that latest findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are incorporated into these activities, including gender-related considerations. •Organizes and participates in work groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters. Organizes workshops on humanitarian access, with relevant stakeholders. Expected Outcome of the Deployment:·     A functional, country-wide humanitarian access coordination mechanism is established and maintained, ensuring principled, coherent, and coordinated engagement with relevant stakeholders and supporting tailored humanitarian access strategies across Mali.·     Regular, high-quality analysis and reporting on conflict dynamics, humanitarian access constraints, and emerging opportunities are produced, informing senior management, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), clusters, and partners, and supporting evidence-based decision-making and advocacy.·     Collective frameworks of engagement and joint operating standards are developed and promoted among humanitarian actors, strengthening common positioning, risk mitigation, and coordinated advocacy on humanitarian access and engagement issues.·     Strategic advice on humanitarian access and engagement issues is provided to OCHA country office leadership, including support to and facilitation of the Humanitarian Access Working Group at strategic and operational levels.·     OCHA's Access Monitoring Framework and CMCoord principles are effectively applied and institutionalized, improving the consistency, quality, and use of access-related data and analysis. - High-quality written and analytical products (including reports, briefs, policy notes, guidance, and presentations) are prepared, contributing to OCHA's leadership and visibility on humanitarian access and coordination.·     Strong inter-agency collaboration is fostered in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of humanitarian response activities, ensuring that lessons learned, policy guidance, protection, gender, and context-specific considerations are integrated.·     Capacity of humanitarian partners on access, principled engagement, and coordination is strengthened, through the organization and facilitation of coordination fora, technical working groups, consultations, and targeted workshops. Language(s) Required:French Language(s) Desired:English Specific Required Skills:·     Solid humanitarian coordination experience and expertise in diverse and complex humanitarian settings·     Multi-sectoral coordination expertise in emergency settings.·     Three years progressive experience in a humanitarian and/or development role, of which at least two years on, Access and CMCOORD activities.·     Analytical skills with respect to context, technical options and application of best practice within the operating environment.·     Ability to liaise with Military , local leaders , cluster/sector coordinators and to work in partnership to build consensus on mutually supportive objectives.·     Good communication skills in French (oral & written) are required  Starting date and duration: asap for 6 months Duty station: Bamako, Mali (Non-Family duty station) MiscellaneousFor reasons of duty of care (increased risks due to other privileges and immunities) and to avoid conflicts of interest and potential bias, employees and their accompanying persons who hold dual or multiple citizenships shall, as a matter of principle, not be assigned to countries of which they are nationals. Deadline for application: 10.08.2026 Contact/Application:Please send your application, including a short description of your motivation, to:Odette MauronField Resources Hodette.mauron@eda.admin.ch

This position is exclusively open to Swiss citizens. Candidates who do not fulfil this condition will not receive response. Background and RationaleThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is responding to an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain in a complex humanitarian environment characterised by insecurity, displacement, fragile health systems and heightened protection risks. The response is implemented under the Ministry of Health leadership with support from WHO and humanitarian partners through the Incident Management System (IMS) and broader humanitarian coordination architecture. Emergency operations can exacerbate risks of sexual exploitation and abuse, requiring dedicated capacity to strengthen prevention, accountability and survivor-centred response mechanisms.The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries and coordinate international action to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies. The Programme strives to mainstream measures to protect against sexual misconduct across all its operations from the outset and throughout the different emergency response phases. The incumbent will support affected countries in strengthening systems for prevention, reporting, and response to SEAH in the context of graded emergency response operations and monitor and report on progress.The incumbent is embedded in the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme with a technical reporting line to the DRC PRS Coordinator. In close coordination and consultation with the AFRO PRS for PRSEAH in WHO Health Emergency (WHE) Response operations, the PRSEAH Technical Officer will work closely with all Pillar leads in the IMST and coordinate and support the designated in-country Incident readiness, response, and recovery efforts for the EBVD. The incumbent will strengthen systems for prevention, reporting and ensuring accountability to victims and survivors, and promote overall safeguarding of respective incident response operations from potential sexual misconduct. Purpose of the PositionTo provide strategic, technical, and operational support for the Prevention of and Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) within the EBVD response, ensuring that protection, accountability, and safeguarding considerations are integrated across response operations. The incumbent will support WHO and humanitarian partners in preventing SEA risks, strengthening community-based reporting and referral mechanisms, promoting survivor-centred assistance, and contributing to collective accountability efforts within the IASC humanitarian coordination architecture. Reporting LineThe incumbent will report to the WHO DRC PRS Coordinator and work closely with the Incident Manager, maintaining WHO PRSEAH structures, Health Cluster partners, the Inter-Agency PSEA Network, AAP mechanisms, protection actors, and relevant humanitarian coordination platforms. Key Duties and Responsibilities ·     Humanitarian Coordination and IMS Integrationo   Guide the integration of PSEAH in the regional emergency response strategy, including for readiness and recovery actions and extend technical support to in-country PSEAH experts for PSEAH integration in the incident country response strategy and plans of action.o   Guide and support functional pillar leads in the IMST (Planning, Partnerships, Human Resources, Resource Mobilisation, donor reporting, etc.) with PSEAH integration and mainstreaming in line with global standards and recommendations.o   Participate in strategic planning, response reviews and operational coordination mechanisms.o   Support the IM in tracking, monitoring, and reporting on potential SEAH-related risks inherent in WHO operations and on mitigation measures (gender-disaggregated data; political or cultural sensitivities that may affect PSEAH-safe programming and implementation; SEA-related protection risks associated with the EBVD emergency preparedness and response; etc.).o   Undertake field support missions in affected health zones to support PSEAH mainstreaming and integration in country response operations.·     Inter-Agency PSEA Coordinationo   Represent WHO in inter-agency PSEA coordination structures.o   Support implementation and monitoring of collective PSEA action plans.o   Coordinate with UN agencies, NGOs and partners on prevention and response measures.o   Liaise with Protection, GBV, Child Protection, AAP and RCCE mechanisms.·     Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP)o   Integrate PSEA within AAP and community engagement strategies.o   Support safe, accessible and inclusive community-based complaints mechanisms.o   Facilitate community consultations and feedback processes.o   Promote participation of women, girls, displaced populations and other at-risk groups.·     Prevention and Risk Mitigationo   Conduct and update SEA risk assessments.o   Support implementation of mitigation measures across operational activities.o   Integrate PRSEAH considerations into recruitment, partnerships and field operations.o   Deliver awareness activities for personnel, partners and communities.·     Complaints, Referral and Survivor Assistanceo   Strengthen reporting mechanisms and referral pathways - Encourage community engagement to raise awareness of referral channels and establish complaint mechanisms tailored to age and gender, and promote social inclusion for all.o   Promote survivor-centred approaches and confidentiality.o   Maintain mapping of available services and identify gaps.o   Coordinate with service providers to facilitate access to assistance.·     Capacity Building and Partner Supporto   Deliver training and coaching for staff, partners and government counterparts.o   Support partner assessments and strengthening of safeguarding capacities.o   Promote compliance with UN and WHO standards on PSEA and safeguarding.·     Information Management, Monitoring and Reportingo   Monitor implementation of PSEA action plans and indicators related to PSEA in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Emergency Response Framework (ERF) documento   Produce analytical reports, dashboards and recommendations.o   Contribute input to situation reports, donor updates and humanitarian reporting products. Expected DeliverablesWHO Emergency PRSEAH Action Plan implemented; PSEA integrated into IMS operations; functional community-based complaints and referral mechanisms; updated SEA risk assessments; regular analytical reporting; active WHO engagement in inter-agency PSEA mechanisms; strengthened capacity of personnel and partners. Monitoring of the PSEA indicators in the ERF document. QualificationsAdvanced university degree in public health, social sciences, humanitarian affairs, international development, protection, gender studies, law or related field. Specialised training in PSEA, safeguarding, protection or AAP is desirable. ExperienceMinimum 5–7 years of progressively responsible humanitarian experience in PSEA, protection, GBV, safeguarding, AAP or related areas, including experience in emergency response and inter-agency coordination. CompetenciesStrong coordination, stakeholder engagement, analytical, communication and facilitation skills. Knowledge of IASC PSEA Minimum Operating Standards, humanitarian principles and survivor-centred approaches.  LanguagesFluency in French and English is required, and proficiency in a local language would be an asset. TravelFrequent field travel required. Security ContextHigh-risk operational environment: compliance with UN security procedures is required. S-SAFE training is needed Duty stationGoma, North Kivu, DRC P-Level / Salary scale: P3 / LK23 Starting date and durationAsap for 6 months MiscellaneousFor reasons of duty of care (increased risks due to other privileges and immunities) and to avoid conflicts of interest and potential bias, employees and their accompanying persons who hold dual or multiple citizenships shall, as a matter of principle, not be assigned to countries of which they are nationals. Contact/Application:Please send your application, including a short description of your motivation, to:Odette MauronField Resources Hodette.mauron@eda.admin.ch

Domaine d'activité / objectif du posteLe/la spécialiste en gestion de la sécurité met en œuvre la gestion opérationnelle de la sécurité et des crises en coordination étroite avec la Division Sécurité à l'étranger (KD SA) et conformément aux processus et instruments de gestion de la sécurité du DFAE.Il/elle soutient les directions des Bureaux de Coopération (Buco) dans l'analyse des risques, l'assurance qualité et la mise en place de systèmes et processus de sécurité. Il/elle entretient des contacts réguliers avec les partenaires sur place (ambassades, ONG, etc.) et fait partie des équipes de gestion de la sécurité et de crise à Ouagadougou et Bamako.Il/elle collabore avec le conseiller régional en sécurité basé à Dakar et applique les procédures de la Division Sécurité à l'étranger KD SA, y compris la plateforme numérique KMZ digital et les plans d'urgence. Il/elle organise des formations et exercices pour le personnel des Buco. Il/elle appuie également les conseillers nationaux en sécurité dans leurs missions, en intégrant un transfert de compétences, en développant des plans de renforcement individualisés, et en les formant à devenir formateurs pour les chauffeurs, gardiens et autres agents de terrain. ResponsabilitésLe/la spécialiste en gestion de la sécurité opérationnelle est responsable devant les chefs de coopération (suppléants), en charge de la gestion de la sécurité à Ouagadougou et Bamako. Le/la spécialiste partagera son temps à parts égales entre les deux Buco selon un calendrier qui sera établi sur accord commun entre les Buco et le conseiller régional en sécurité.Le/la spécialiste en gestion de la sécurité opérationnelle travaille en étroite collaboration avec le conseiller régional en sécurité à Dakar (RSB) et consulte la la Division Sécurité à l'étranger KD SAavant toute modification du dispositif de sécurité ou des processus de gestion de la sécurité de la représentation. Il/elle utilise les instruments et normes du KMZ adoptés au niveau institutionnel par le DFAE, qui sont enseignés par le KMZ dans le cadre d'une formation. D'éventuelles dispositions sont ensuite soumises à la direction du Buco pour approbation. Tâches1.      Mise en œuvre de la gestion de la sécuritéMise en œuvre de la gestion de la sécurité (en étroite collaboration avec la direction des bureaux) et promotion active de la culture de la sécurité.Mise en œuvre de mesures dans le domaine de la sécurité visant à réduire ou à éviter les risques, en étroite collaboration avec les Buco et les conseillers régionaux de sécurité.Analyse et propositions à la hiérarchie technique en vue de l'adaptation et du développement du dispositif de sécurité et des processus de gestion de la sécurité de la représentation.Gestion et mise à jour des données KMZ digital ainsi que de tous les documents et instruments relatifs à la sécurité des représentations. En appui au conseiller national en sécurité.Mise en œuvre du processus d'enregistrement et d'autorisation des déplacements (Institutional Travel Authorization, ITA) et gestion opérationnelle d'un éventuel système de vue d'ensemble des déplacements (MovCon).Préparation et accompagnement des missions sur le terrain des représentations, selon les besoins.Utilisation et entretien des installations et systèmes de sécurité techniques des bâtiments et gestion du matériel de sécurité.Suivi et analyse des tendances en matière de politique de sécurité dans le pays et soutien à la représentation dans la mise à jour de l'analyse des risques.Encadrement technique des agents de sécurité nationaux au sein de la représentation, ainsi que des gardiens et des chauffeurs.Coordination des tâches des prestataires externes chargés de la sécuritéGestion / mise en œuvre d'éventuels projets dans le domaine de la sécurité. 2.      Soutien à la préparation et à la gestion des crisesSoutien à la représentation dans la préparation aux crises et lors de la réalisation d'exercices de crise.Collaboration lors d'événements extraordinaires et de situations de crise. 3.      Réseau et entretien des relationsMise en place et entretien d'un réseau de contacts avec les acteurs concernés (autorités, ONU, CICR, ONG internationales, entreprises de sécurité privées et communauté diplomatique) dans le pays d'intervention, en étroite coordination avec la direction de la représentation.Participation à des plateformes spécialisées dans le domaine de la sécurité, en étroite coordination avec la direction de la représentation. 4.      Formation initiale et continueTransfert des compétences aux conseillers nationaux de sécurité des Buco Ouagadougou et Bamako et renforcement des capacités individualisés pour chaque conseiller en sécurité. Former les conseillers nationaux à devenir des formateurs pour les chauffeurs, gardiens et autres agents de terrain, afin de renforcer leur rôle de relais local.Analyse des besoins en matière de formation initiale et continue dans le domaine de la sécurité pour les employés de la représentation et élaboration d'un plan de formation.Animation, organisation et réalisation de formations et d'exercices de sécurité pour la représentation.Réalisation du contrôle qualité des formations dispensées par des prestataires externes.  Profil requisVous êtes citoyen suisse ou dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein. Les candidatures qui ne remplissent pas ces conditions ne pourront pas être prises en considération. Diplôme universitaire/d'une haute école ou qualification professionnelle équivalentePlusieurs années d'expérience à l'étranger, de préférence dans des pays où la situation sécuritaire est difficile ; une expérience dans les pays du Sahel est un atout.Expérience théorique et pratique dans le domaine de la gestion de la sécurité et des risques (sur le plan opérationnel, personnel, institutionnel, conceptuel, organisationnel et technique).Expérience/connaissances en matière de coopération internationale et de coopération au développement, méthodes de travail et procédures, est un atout.Disposition à assumer des responsabilités.Sens aigu de l'organisation et capacité à s'imposer.Résistance au stress et comportement adapté dans un environnement difficile.Très grande compétence interculturelle.Aptitude à la négociation et excellentes capacités de communication.Très bonnes connaissances orales et écrites du français. La maîtrise d'autres langues (allemand, anglais) est un atout. This position is exclusively open to Swiss citizens. Candidates who do not fulfil this condition will not receive response. Début de mission et durée : 01.08.2026 (négociable), 14 mois (renouvelable) Lieu d'affectation: Bamako, Mali et Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Classe salariale: Pendant onboarding en Suisse: CS 22 (tbc) / à l'étranger : CS 23 Date limite de candidature: 15.07.2026 Contact/candidatures: Dieter Loosli (dieter.loosli@eda.admin.ch)