Senior Advisor (all genders)
Senior Advisor (all genders)
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22-06-2025
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Job Description
Your mission
The Senior Adviser will support Ethiopian-led and Ethiopian-owned dialogue efforts on multiple interconnected tracks.
Overview of the position:
Hours:Full time 39 hours a week
Starting date:1st of August 2025 oras soon as possible
Duration:limited contract until 31st of January 2026 with the possibility of extensiondepending on project funds
Location:Berlin Germany (with frequent intercontinental travels)
Department & Reporting line:Regional Peace Support Department reporting toHead of Unit and/or Senior Project Manager
Your main tasks:
Overview of the position:
Hours:Full time 39 hours a week
Starting date:1st of August 2025 oras soon as possible
Duration:limited contract until 31st of January 2026 with the possibility of extensiondepending on project funds
Location:Berlin Germany (with frequent intercontinental travels)
Department & Reporting line:Regional Peace Support Department reporting toHead of Unit and/or Senior Project Manager
Your main tasks:
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with key actors and project interlocutors in Ethiopia.
- Advise and accompany the project team and partners on project and process design.
- Provision of ongoing accompaniment coaching and advice to project partners and stakeholders including bilaterally or in small-scale formats.
- Advise design and facilitate the implementation of dialogue and mediation support activities (including capacity building consultative dialogue and problem-solving formats).
- Liaise with and provide advice to project partners parties as well as national and international stakeholders.
- Provision of written feedback and substantive inputs for strategy documents concept notes research and policy papers.
Your knowledge experience & skills
Your knowledge experience & skills:
Additional skills:
- 15 years of work experience in the fields of peace and security conflict transformation peace mediation or peacebuilding.
- Proven track record of working in peace dialogue and mediation support in different countries and ability to share reflections lessons learned and best practices from first-hand experiences.
- Relevant work experience in (private) diplomacy and Track 1 peace processes.
- Experience in coaching and supporting insider mediators in sensitive conflict contexts.
- Relevant networks in Ethiopia/Horn of Africa.
Additional skills:
- Availability to travel to the Horn of Africa at times also on short notice.
- Familiarity of working in discreet/confidential and/or high-level settings.
- Interest to work in and contribute to an intercultural team and a dynamic environment.
What you can expect from us
- Highly experienced and engaged community of practice.
- Transparent terms of compensation (housetarif).
- Highly relevant insightful and challenging tasks.
- Confidence-based flexible working hours.
- Flexibility regarding office vs. mobile working solutions.
Application procedure
Please submit your CV and cover letter as well as diplomas certificates and references(letters or contact information) by 01.07.2025 (ending with end of business hours) through our online application system.
About us
The Berghof Foundation is an independent non-profit organization supporting people in conflict in their efforts to achieve sustainable peace through conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Headquartered in Berlin the organization is run by a diverse team and works with local partners around the world.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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