The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (the HD Centre) is an independent organisation based in Geneva dedicated to improving the prevention of, and response to, armed conflict.

The HD Centre seeks to recruit an Administrative Assistant for its programme of work in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. Reporting to the Regional Director, s/he will provide logistical and financial support to the MENA team as follows:

• Be responsible for all travel arrangements for the MENA staff and consultants as well as MENA visitors, including flights, visas, accommodation and insurances;
  Provide support in organising conferences, seminars and events in Geneva or outside of Geneva;
• Help prepare and follow up on budgets, control expense allocations on project accounts, and financial reports;
• Ensure the travel claims of employees and consultants meet the HD Centre's policies and include the required documentation and signatures;
• Ensure income and expenses are allocated to projects as per donor requirements;
• Liaise with donors as needed;
• Reconcile the financial monthly statements of regional and field offices (Benghazi, Tripoli and others);
• Liaise with, and assist, local administrators in other offices;
• Help prepare project audits.

The ideal candidate should meet the following criteria:

- 3 years of relevant experience, including finance and travel management;

- Good understanding of accounting principles through prior experience and/or education;

- Sound written and spoken English and French;

- Willingness to be flexible in terms of tasks and working hours;

- Great attention to detail;

- Ability to work on multiple tasks under pressure;

- Strong team spirit.

If you are attracted by this position and hold a valid work permit for Switzerland or are Swiss or an EU citizen, please send your resume with a cover letter before 15 February 2012 to hrmanager@hdcentre.org.  Only selected applicants will be contacted.

For more information, please visit http://www.hdcentre.org/.

 

The HD Centre is looking for an intern to help the Oslo forum team in the preparation of the 2012 Oslo forum.

The Oslo forum retreat 2012 will be held in Oslo from the 19-21 June 2012. It is part of the Oslo forum series of informal and discreet retreats for senior conflict mediators, high-level decision makers and key actors in peace processes. It is co-hosted by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre). The Oslo forum series aims to encourage open and frank debates between experts and create new ideas and initiatives in the field of peacemaking.

The intern will be part of a small team working on the preparation of the retreat. Her/his role will be to support the work of the team members in preparing the content and the logistics of the retreat.

During the first part of the internship, the intern's main task will be to contribute to research and writing, as well as provide general support to the team. Closer to the event, s/he will be involved in the preparation and logistics of the event itself including preparing invitations, arranging accommodation and putting together participants' biographies. S/he will also support the work of the Project Officer and learn about protocol and managing VIPs.

The ideal candidate should meet the following criteria:

• Masters degree in a relevant field;
• Good writing skills in English;
• Concrete experience in planning and organising events with multiple stakeholders;
• Great attention to detail;
• Ability to work on multiple tasks;
• Team spirit;
• Fast learner.

Applicants should hold a valid work/student permit for Switzerland or be a Swiss or an EU Citizen.

If you are interested in this position, please send your resume with a cover letter by 3 February 2012 to hrmanager@hdcentre.org.