Senior Advisor (all genders)

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, or as soon as possible
Duration: limited contract until 31st of January 2026, with the possibility of extension depending on project funds
Location: Berlin, Germany (with frequent intercontinental travels)
Department & Reporting line: Regional Peace Support Department, reporting to Head 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: 

• 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.

• 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.

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.