Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Deadline: January 9, 2022
Do you have experience of development cooperation and good knowledge in migration and what influences migration flows? Sida is looking for you who want to develop our regional migration program in Africa.
We offer:
Sida implements the Swedish development policy that creates conditions for poor people to improve their living conditions. Our vision is every human being’s right and opportunity to live a dignified life. A prerequisite for achieving our vision and our goals are dynamic, committed and knowledgeable employees.
We offer a workplace with good opportunities for development, a meaningful everyday life and a good work environment, characterized by openness and diversity. As an employee at Sida, you work based on a clear mandate and area of responsibility characterized by trust between you, your boss and your colleagues.
Sida also has staff seconded to Swedish foreign authorities. This position is located at the Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa. The embassy works integrated between different areas of activity and you are expected to contribute actively to the embassy’s overall mission. Within development cooperation, we work in close cooperation with each other and together with colleagues in the embassy’s other sections to create sustainable development results for the poorest and most vulnerable.
This position means:
The embassy is responsible for implementing the strategy for Sweden’s regional development cooperation in Africa. The portfolio includes cooperation with regional actors such as the African Union, IGAD, ECOWAS and others, as well as UN agencies and civil society actors with regional activities. Sweden is an important player and advocate for regional development and you will be part of a competent team that, together with partners, implements the strategy.
The position involves, together with colleagues, taking responsibility for the implementation of regional development cooperation in Africa with the following main tasks:
- Develop and manage the investment portfolio in migration
- Conduct an active dialogue at sector and effort level and, if necessary, lead groups of actors to mobilize commitment / capital and pursue universal norms and Sweden’s value issues
- Provide advice and support to team members and other employees in integrating migration issues in development cooperation and contribute to learning internally and externally
- Contribute to portfolio analysis, business planning, implementation, follow-up and reporting within development assistance
- Participate actively in Sida’s thematic work in the area of migration.
Qualifications
Training:
- Academic degree in a subject relevant to the assignments
Experience:
- Good experience of development cooperation
- Solid knowledge of migration issues
Abilities:
- Very good analytical and communicative ability
- Ability to conduct processes and dialogues and, if necessary, lead groups of partners / donors / stakeholders to achieve common goals
Language:
- Very good knowledge of Swedish and English in speech and writing
Personal characteristics:
We attach great importance to personal abilities and are looking for you who have a good ability to lead yourself by being independent, taking initiative and pushing issues forward. You need to have a good ability to collaborate with several parties, good communicative ability and be able to conduct dialogue as well as the ability to create trust among those you meet and work with. You should also be flexible in dealing with the unpredictable and be solution-oriented. The situation at the station can be very challenging and the person we are looking for must therefore be a stable person with personal maturity.
In addition to the above, we also view the following positively:
- Good knowledge of French in speech and writing
- Experience of working in a development context and / or within an international organization
Investment
The position is located at the Swedish embassy in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where the employee is sent from the Africa department at Sida. Currently, the situation in Ethiopia makes it difficult to move there with family. The work involves regular follow-up trips to partners on the continent.
Form of employment and access
Three-year fixed-term employment with desired access no later than 16 August 2022. We would like to see an earlier entry into Addis Ababa if conditions allow, or the service will begin in Stockholm from April.
About Sida and the department
Sida, the Board for International Development Cooperation, is a government agency that works on behalf of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world. Through our work and together with others, we contribute to implementing Sweden’s policy for global development. Sida has more than 700 employees between three offices in Sweden and in Swedish foreign authorities in partner countries.
The Africa department implements Sweden’s development cooperation with countries in Africa. The department has approximately 270 employees and handles a budget of just over SEK 7 billion.
Today, about 60 people work at the embassy, of which 23 are seconded from Sweden. Regional development assistance is governed by the strategy for Sweden’s regional development cooperation with Africa, which covers the areas of 1) environment and climate, 2) democracy, human rights and gender equality, 3) economic integration and trade, 4) migration, and 5) peace and security. The regional development cooperation amounts to approximately SEK 850 million per year.
Other
The position is security-classified and must give consent to register control if you are offered the position. The position also requires that you have Swedish citizenship
The position requires that you are registered in Sweden.
The position also requires that you are not a citizen of the country you are sent to because you can not serve as a diplomat in a country where you are a citizen.
Health examination and doctor’s statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Sida’s doctor’s clinic, which approves service at the relevant stationing location, is required for the position. Consent will be obtained.
Information
In case of contact, please enter ref. No. ETH-REPS-1 .
Further information on the content of the position is provided by Ulla Andrén, ulla.andren@gov.se or Ulf Ekdahl, ulf.ekdahl@gov.se
Union representatives at Sida are Saco Sida (contact person: Luis Larrea and ST within Sida (contact person: Ulrika Holmström 08- 698 57 48).
In Sida’s recruitment process, selection questions are used as a tool to make a first selection. Therefore, be careful with your answers so that they reflect your competence and experience in a correct way.
The last day to apply is January 9, 2022.
Sida strives to reflect the diversity of society and therefore welcomes all applicants.
