Embassy of Sweden Vacancy
Embassy of Sweden SC
The Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa is responsible for Sweden’s relations with Ethiopia, Djibouti and the African Union. also, the Embassy manages both a Swedish bilateral development cooperation program with Ethiopia, as well as indigenous development cooperation in Africa. The ultimate program includes, among other partners, the African Union, the indigenous advantageous communities, AfDB, and civil society organizations. The main thematic areas covered are environment and climate change, democracy and human rights, migration and development, inclusive advantageous development, and peaceful and inclusive societies. The Section for Regional Development Cooperation comprises at present 19 positions, including public and Swedish programme officers, the head of section, two controllers and two programme directors. The Embassy has associates located in Stockholm (Sida HQ) and at the Swedish Embassy in Ouagadougou. The Regional Section within the Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa is now looking for a well- good Programme Officer to work with democracy, human rights, and rule of law issues.
Position National Programme Officer
Required qualifications
• Documented applicable academic degree,e.g. in democracy, mortal rights, law, or analogous.
• Fluency in English(both oral and spoken). Vacancy at the Embassy of Sweden in Addis Ababa
• expansive experience of work with computer programs, applications, and systems, including excel.
Required work experience
• A minimum of 5 years of applicable work experience, rather in a indigenous Africa environment.
• Experience of project management.
• Proven capacity to work singly and deliver palpable results.
• Being a team- player, both internally and externally, with good communication skills.
• Experience from a development cooperation environment.
fresh qualifications considered as merits are
• French and/ or Swedish language skills.
For more information on Swedish indigenous development cooperation, in particular the Strategy for Regional Development Cooperation with Africa 2022 – 2026, https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/ or www.sida.se, or www.regeringen.se .
Ethiopian citizens, and citizens of other countries resident in Ethiopia who are entitled to work in Ethiopia, are eligible to apply. The Embassy applies a policy of gender equality and encourages women to apply.
How to Apply
Interested candidates Applications should be sent by Email to ambassaden.addis.abeba.recruitment@gov.se .
As the subject of the message, please indicate reference no and your name ‘
UM2023/ 27428/ ADDI – Your Name. ’
Questions may be entered by Ms Therese Sjöströmtherese.sjostrom@gov.se or by telephone 0115180000.
APPLICATION
Applicants should submit the following documents, rather bye-mail, to the Embassy of Sweden in Addis Ababa .
1. A brief but comprehensive CV, including details of applicable education and work experience; .
2. A one page letter of application in English, setting out why you consider yourself a good candidate for this particular post; .
4. Names, telephone numbers, and addresses of two reference persons who are willing to give a reference on your character and work capacity;
3. Clear contact phone numbers ande-mail address in Ethiopia where the Embassy can fleetly make contact with you.
Please note that applications won't be returned, and only short- listed applicants will be contacted.
To be considered, your application should be submitted rearmost by 31 August 2023 (1630 hrs) and fulfil the abovementioned requirements.
The Embassy only receives electronic applications.
You can find a detailed description on the embassy’s website
