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Your tasks
Your new role – responsible and challenging
As coordinator, you will design and manage the CPS (Civil Peace Service) country programme in Sierra Leone in consultation with the head office in Cologne. Through programme development, you will contribute to quality assurance and impact orientation of the country programme, act as a contact person for partner organisations and experts, and represent AGIAMONDO on site.
The coordination includes the following specific tasks:
- You will continuously develop AGIAMONDO's country strategy and CPS country programme in dialogue with local churches and partner organisations.
- You will plan new partnerships, clarify staffing requirements and prepare project applications and reports for the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development).
- You will be responsible for the annual financial planning of the country programme and manage the use of funds.
- You actively network the partner organisations involved in the programme and promote cooperation and exchange with other relevant national and international organisations and actors.
- You support the CPS experts and partner organisations in their life and work on site.
- You will work in a network with the coordinators of other CPS agencies on the joint orientation of the CPS in Sierra Leone and contribute AGIAMONDO's own profile to the CPS.
Your profile
- You have completed a university degree, preferably in a social science or humanities subject. A qualification in peace studies is an advantage.
- You have several years of professional experience in development or peace cooperation in the Global South, preferably acquired in church or civil society organisations.
- You have consulting skills and in-depth knowledge of programme and project management, including budget responsibility.
- You have knowledge and experience in the areas of peace and reconciliation work.
- You have diplomatic skills, highly differentiated intercultural communication skills for working with stakeholders in a spirit of partnership, and can act appropriately in a church environment.
- You identify with AGIAMONDO's church profile and are committed to the goals and concerns of church development cooperation.
- You have a very good command of English and speak German very well.
- You are an EU citizen or Swiss citizen and belong to a Christian church.
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Our benefits - your impetus
We want you to feel good working with us:
Subsistence payments
12 subsistence payments (and a prorated 13th) are based on your degree, experience, marital status, and your obligations to support your dependants. Other allowances will be considered on an individual basis.
Social benefits
Social insurance includes statutory pension, accident and unemployment insurance as well as health insurance for you and the dependants accompanying you.
Private insurance
In addition to statutory insurance, we also take out private insurance including professional and personal liability as well as accident insurance.
Personnel development
Individual seminars including language and safety courses ensure your personal development and effectively strengthen your work on location.
Health care
We bear the costs for medical examinations, the health check beforehand and vaccinations to ensure you are perfectly prepared for your assignment.
Cost coverage
We bear the costs for rent and consumption. The pro-rata costs for furnishing your accommodation depend on the number of people living there.
"I'm learning a lot about myself - primarily to become flexible in my mind"
AGIAMONDO Co-worker about their daily work and life in Cameroon
Your cooperation with AGIAMONDO and Caritas Freetown
Responsible and challenging
AGIAMONDO e. V. is the personnel service of German Catholics for development cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service, we offer professionals the opportunity for meaningful service in cooperation with local development actors. The Civil Peace Service (CPS) is a personnel program for violence prevention and peacebuilding in crisis and conflict regions. It is committed to a world in which conflicts are resolved without violence.
Sierra Leone is still heavily affected by the consequences of colonial tensions and civil war (1991–2002). Poverty, unemployment, weak state structures and the effects of Ebola, natural disasters and the coronavirus pandemic are placing a heavy burden on the population. Rising living costs and unequal access to resources are exacerbating social tensions – peace remains fragile.
In the CPS, AGIAMONDO works with partner organisations that campaign for the rights and participation of disadvantaged groups – especially children, young people and women, as well as communities that could be disadvantaged by agricultural or mining investments. The partners provide legal and psychosocial support to survivors of violence, promote dialogue processes in rural regions and empower young people to take active responsibility in their communities as ‘agents of change and peace’. Through media and advocacy work, they also contribute to a social climate that reduces violence and strengthens participation.
Your place of residence and work, Freetown, is suitable for families with children of primary school age and above, as it offers qualified multilingual educational institutions and reasonable infrastructure.
What AGIAMONDO offers
- Individual and comprehensive preparation
- Three-year contract (with option to renew), social security and remuneration in accordance with the Development Aid Workers Act, as well as an allowance for particularly noteworthy work
- Further training in regional studies, languages or other specialist areas, as well as coaching and supervision services and individual counselling
We look forward to receiving your detailed application by 22 March 2026 at the latest.
From the application to the preparation contract
How can I apply?
We will gladly accept your online application. You will receive feedback approximately 14 days after the application deadline.
What follows positive feedback?
We will invite you to the next available selection day. You will receive information about the procedure in advance.
What do the selection days involve?
Over the course of two days, we will provide you with specific information about the conditions and framework. We will also conduct selection interviews with you.
What happens after that?
If we consider you to be a good match for the assignment, we will request your consent to introduce you to the partner organisation. You will then receive a contract for the preparation period.
What does preparation include?
All specialists receive extensive training for 3 - 4 weeks in Cologne to prepare them intensively for their assignment.
Ansprechpartnerin
Recruitment & Marketing
Jacqueline Kallmeyer
Head of Recruitment & Marketing+49 221 8896 -271
Jacqueline.Kallmeyer@agiamondo.org
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