Your tasks
Through your cooperation, you will enable Misereor and partners in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to understand each other better, learn from each other, recognize important challenges at an early stage, pick up new impulses and work together in a trusting and effective manner.
- You will provide information that is important for the strategic and programmatic development of Misereor's work.
- You will carry out networking activities and representative tasks and strengthen the coordination, development and maintenance of cooperation with important local and international actors in the region.
- You will identify and place local consultants who can help partners with issues such as organizational development, impact orientation and knowledge management.
- You will familiarize existing and potential partners with the concepts, instruments, resources and quality requirements of Misereor and the Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid (KZE).
- You will contribute to Misereor's lobbying and public relations work, taking into account voices in and from the region.
Your profile
- You have a university degree, e.g. in political science, social sciences, economics or a comparable field.
- You have several years of professional experience in development cooperation and partner consulting, ideally in West Africa. Experience in Mali is an advantage.
- You have sound knowledge of organizational development and impact-oriented project work.
- You have diplomatic skills, intercultural communication skills for dealing with stakeholders in a spirit of partnership and can act appropriately in a church environment.
- You are sufficiently resilient for intensive travel activities under mostly difficult conditions within the West African region, have a resilient personality structure and can also work effectively in challenging and difficult environments.
- Your written and spoken French is very good and your German is at least good.
- You are an EU citizen or Swiss national and belong to a Christian church.
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.
"Dialogue is the only place where mutual understanding can emerge."
AGIAMONDO Co-worker about their daily work and life in Burundi
Your work at Misereor
Misereor is committed to helping people worldwide who are denied a life of dignity and freedom, regardless of skin color, origin, gender or religion. Together with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Misereor helps people to improve their lives sustainably. In Germany and Europe, the organization draws attention to the causes of injustice, poverty and climate change and calls for political change.
In 2018, Misereor set up a Dialogue and Liaison Office (DVS) in Bamako to strengthen cooperation in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The DVS promotes dialog, supports development projects and is in close contact with local and international partners.
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 months in Cologne to prepare them intensively for their assignment.
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