Head of Misereor Dialogue and Liaison Office Mali (m/f/x)
Your tasks
Through your cooperation, you will enable Misereor and partners in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to understand each other better, learn from each other, recognize important challenges at an early stage, pick up new impulses and work together in a trusting and effective manner.
- You will provide information that is important for the strategic and programmatic development of Misereor's work.
- You will carry out networking activities and representative tasks and strengthen the coordination, development and maintenance of cooperation with important local and international actors in the region.
- You will identify and place local consultants who can help partners with issues such as organizational development, impact orientation and knowledge management.
- You will familiarize existing and potential partners with the concepts, instruments, resources and quality requirements of Misereor and the Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid (KZE).
- You will contribute to Misereor's lobbying and public relations work, taking into account voices in and from the region.
Your profile
- You have a university degree, e.g. in political science, social sciences, economics or a comparable field.
- You have several years of professional experience in development cooperation and partner consulting, ideally in West Africa. Experience in Mali is an advantage.
- You have sound knowledge of organizational development and impact-oriented project work.
- You have diplomatic skills, intercultural communication skills for dealing with stakeholders in a spirit of partnership and can act appropriately in a church environment.
- You are sufficiently resilient for intensive travel activities under mostly difficult conditions within the West African region, have a resilient personality structure and can also work effectively in challenging and difficult environments.
- Your written and spoken French is very good and your German is at least good.
- You are an EU citizen or Swiss national and belong to a Christian church.
Your work at Misereor
Misereor is committed to helping people worldwide who are denied a life of dignity and freedom, regardless of skin color, origin, gender or religion. Together with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Misereor helps people to improve their lives sustainably. In Germany and Europe, the organization draws attention to the causes of injustice, poverty and climate change and calls for political change.
In 2018, Misereor set up a Dialogue and Liaison Office (DVS) in Bamako to strengthen cooperation in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The DVS promotes dialog, supports development projects and is in close contact with local and international partners.
Your contact person
Mrs. Jacqueline Kallmeyer
Contact us
AGIAMONDO e.V.
Ripuarenstrasse 8
50679 Köln
