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Job and Voluntary Opportunities

Permanent Positions:

Director for the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva

To take up the post from June 2011, on the retirement of David Atwood

QUNO staff facilitate dialogue among UN stakeholders, help raise issues on the international agenda, offer expert input and represent Friends’ concerns. The Geneva office focuses on human rights & refugees, global economics and disarmament & peace. This role provides an opportunity to build on the credibility QUNO has gained through over 50 years of quiet diplomacy and detailed policy work.

The Director’s role encompasses three main functions:

• Responsibility for the strategic direction and effective functioning of QUNO Geneva, including fundraising. Coordinating work with QUNO New York.
• Representation of QUNO with the UN, partners, funders and Quakers worldwide.
• Direct programme responsibility and contributing to all the programmes.

We are looking for a Quaker with strong strategic and analytical skills, substantial leadership and management experience, an understanding of the UN and considerable knowledge in one or more subject areas which QUNO will wish to address on behalf of Friends worldwide.

Salary: About Swiss Francs 140,000 (basic/bruto salary)
Closing date: 30 September 2010

Documents:

• QUNO Director job description and specification [PDF: 63KB - new window]
• QUNO Mission Statement [PDF: 30KB - new window]
• Cover letter [PDF: 26KB - new window]

Programme Assistant Positions:

Separate from permanent positions at QUNO, both offices fund annual Programme Assistant positions (PAs). These are aimed at young people who are interested in international affairs and the United Nations, and who have a commitment to Friends (Quaker) principles of peace, nonviolence and equality. For more information about the PA positions please visit the Programme Assistant pages for Geneva and New York.

Voluntary Opportunities:

Due to limited space and staff time at both QUNO offices, we cannot take up any of the kind offers we get for voluntary work. In the United States however, our parent body, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), does provide opportunities for voluntary and youth work.

• For more about Voluntary Programs at AFSC, click here.
  
• For more about Internships and Fellowships at AFSC, click here.