Civil-Military Coordinator to support Humanitarian Operations
Introduction
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) recruits committed and skilled experts for our humanitarian, resilience and peace support operations worldwide on a daily basis. We have great experience on working together and strengthening other organizations for example the UN and the EU in crisis, conflicts or other disasters.
MSB is opening our roster for Civil Military Coordinators interested in working with us on Humanitarian Operations. When registered on the MSB roster you will continuously receive interesting international job opportunities and invitations to stimulating and valuable trainings and exercises.
A registration on our roster is initially for three years. After this period your registration will be evaluated and you may be offered an extended registration.
Deployed as a Civil Military Coordinator, your main objectives will be to facilitate the dialogue and interaction between civilian and military actors in humanitarian emergencies that is necessary to protect and promote humanitarian principles, avoid competition, minimize inconsistency, and when appropriate, pursue common goals.
The mission length normally is six months with a few weeks preparation prior to the mission. The MSB highly values the well-being of our staff and whilst on mission you will have access to health and safety support from the MSB 24 hours a day.
The MSB strives to apply gender equality in terms of recruitment to our roster.
MSB is opening our roster for Civil Military Coordinators interested in working with us on Humanitarian Operations. When registered on the MSB roster you will continuously receive interesting international job opportunities and invitations to stimulating and valuable trainings and exercises.
A registration on our roster is initially for three years. After this period your registration will be evaluated and you may be offered an extended registration.
Deployed as a Civil Military Coordinator, your main objectives will be to facilitate the dialogue and interaction between civilian and military actors in humanitarian emergencies that is necessary to protect and promote humanitarian principles, avoid competition, minimize inconsistency, and when appropriate, pursue common goals.
The mission length normally is six months with a few weeks preparation prior to the mission. The MSB highly values the well-being of our staff and whilst on mission you will have access to health and safety support from the MSB 24 hours a day.
The MSB strives to apply gender equality in terms of recruitment to our roster.
Introduction swedish
Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap (MSB) arbetar dagligen med att stödja andra aktörer genom olika insatser runt om i världen och även i Sverige. Vi har stor erfarenhet av att samarbeta och stärka andra organisationer som exempelvis FN och EU i katastrof- och konfliktsituationer.
MSB öppnar nu resursbasen för Civil Military Coordinator som är intresserade av att delta i internationella insatser inom humanitärt bistånd. En registrering i resursbasen löper initialt över tre år och som registrerad erbjuds du under denna period delta i förberedande utbildning samt förväntas vara tillgänglig för insatser. Som Civil Military Coordinator är det vanligt att insatserna varar i cirka sex månader och att avresa sker inom 3 - 4 veckor.
Att delta i en insats som Civil Military Coordinater innebär i huvudsak att sköta dialogen och interaktionen mellan humanitära organisationer och militära aktörer som deltar i operationen. Även skydda och främja humanitära principer i en konflikfylld miljö.
Vi värderar vår insatspersonals välbefinnande högt och du kommer att ha tillgång till stödfunktioner inom hälsa och säkerhet från MSB dygnet runt när du är på insats.
MSB strävar efter en jämn könsbalans bland profilerna i vår resursbas.
MSB öppnar nu resursbasen för Civil Military Coordinator som är intresserade av att delta i internationella insatser inom humanitärt bistånd. En registrering i resursbasen löper initialt över tre år och som registrerad erbjuds du under denna period delta i förberedande utbildning samt förväntas vara tillgänglig för insatser. Som Civil Military Coordinator är det vanligt att insatserna varar i cirka sex månader och att avresa sker inom 3 - 4 veckor.
Att delta i en insats som Civil Military Coordinater innebär i huvudsak att sköta dialogen och interaktionen mellan humanitära organisationer och militära aktörer som deltar i operationen. Även skydda och främja humanitära principer i en konflikfylld miljö.
Vi värderar vår insatspersonals välbefinnande högt och du kommer att ha tillgång till stödfunktioner inom hälsa och säkerhet från MSB dygnet runt när du är på insats.
MSB strävar efter en jämn könsbalans bland profilerna i vår resursbas.
Duties
As a Civil-Military Coordinator you are expected to:
• Serve as the primary focal point and advisor for civil-military coordination matters, advise on overall policy direction on specific issues and more generally review and provide advice on a diverse range of policy issues related to civil-military coordination and the safeguarding of humanitarian principles.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships and dialogue/coordination channels with the military and security forces. Ensure mutual exchange of information about ongoing humanitarian assistance issues as well as on each other's mandates, deployments and operations. Advise the military forces on international humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
• Establish and maintain contact with civilian humanitarian actors and serve as information channel and advocate for their issues with relevant military systems.
• Provide training/mentoring to international military/police liaison personnel.
• Assist and advice in the development of country-specific guidelines on civil-military relations.
• Monitor, analyze and report on any major accomplishments and progress.
• Serve as the primary focal point and advisor for civil-military coordination matters, advise on overall policy direction on specific issues and more generally review and provide advice on a diverse range of policy issues related to civil-military coordination and the safeguarding of humanitarian principles.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships and dialogue/coordination channels with the military and security forces. Ensure mutual exchange of information about ongoing humanitarian assistance issues as well as on each other's mandates, deployments and operations. Advise the military forces on international humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
• Establish and maintain contact with civilian humanitarian actors and serve as information channel and advocate for their issues with relevant military systems.
• Provide training/mentoring to international military/police liaison personnel.
• Assist and advice in the development of country-specific guidelines on civil-military relations.
• Monitor, analyze and report on any major accomplishments and progress.
Qualifications
Experience
• A minimum of 4 years´ of relevant professional experience within humanitarian assistance, civil military coordination or military experience is required.
• Experience from humanitarian organization interacting with internationally military force, or as a military officer with exposure to the humanitarian community through involvement in CIMIC is required.
• Experience in designing and delivering training to military, police and humanitarian personnel is desirable.
• International experience is required. Experience of working with the United Nations (UN) or non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is desirable.
• Experience from humanitarian organization interacting with internationally military force, or as a military officer with exposure to the humanitarian community through involvement in CIMIC is required.
• Experience in designing and delivering training to military, police and humanitarian personnel is desirable.
• International experience is required. Experience of working with the United Nations (UN) or non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is desirable.
Education
Education in international relations, political science, law, management or a similar specific field of study. A first level degree, or military academy degree with advanced training and qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of Master's degree.
Languages
Fluency in English is essential, both spoken and written.
Knowledge of French, Arabic or any other official UN languages is an asset.
Knowledge of French, Arabic or any other official UN languages is an asset.
Other requirements
• We are looking for persons with a strong commitment towards humanitarian relief and disaster operations. It is of utmost priority that you understand, respect and act in the spirit of the mandate and core values of the MSB.
• Before registration on MSB's roster, you need to fill in a self-assessed health declaration. If you are recruited for an international mission, a medical examination must be carried out and the results must be approved by the MSB prior to employment. Certain diseases and conditions can preclude international deployment. If you have any questions regarding the MSB:s health requirements, please contact our medical coordinators, medical.coordinator@msb.se
• You must inform your regular employer of your potential assignment with the MSB.
• MSB operations are based on the needs of populations affected by crisis, and human equality. Through my behavior and work as MSB field staff, I actively strive to prevent discrimination and harassment based on sex, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, political opinion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
• Before registration on MSB's roster, you need to fill in a self-assessed health declaration. If you are recruited for an international mission, a medical examination must be carried out and the results must be approved by the MSB prior to employment. Certain diseases and conditions can preclude international deployment. If you have any questions regarding the MSB:s health requirements, please contact our medical coordinators, medical.coordinator@msb.se
• You must inform your regular employer of your potential assignment with the MSB.
• MSB operations are based on the needs of populations affected by crisis, and human equality. Through my behavior and work as MSB field staff, I actively strive to prevent discrimination and harassment based on sex, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, political opinion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
Profile
• You must be able to interact with sensitivity and display respect for diversity and gender in multi-cultural environments.
• A capacity for working under pressure is essential, as work is often performed under difficult and demanding conditions, where the focus frequently shifts due to changes in priority.
• You must possess a high level of professional and personal maturity together with an ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers and external partners, such as UN organizations, NGOs, recipient governments and host populations.
•You are expected to have excellent analytical and communicative skills, show initiative and take both a hands-on and an analytical approach to tasks and problems.
• A capacity for working under pressure is essential, as work is often performed under difficult and demanding conditions, where the focus frequently shifts due to changes in priority.
• You must possess a high level of professional and personal maturity together with an ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers and external partners, such as UN organizations, NGOs, recipient governments and host populations.
•You are expected to have excellent analytical and communicative skills, show initiative and take both a hands-on and an analytical approach to tasks and problems.
Contractual conditions
The MSB applies a policy of equal opportunities to avoid any form of discrimination. We strive for gender balance and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
The MSB roster contains a variety of professions and competences. A registration on our roster is initially for three years. It is your responsibility that your information on Mypages always is up to date during this period. After this period your registration will be evaluated and you may be offered an extended registration.
Before being considered for an assignment or training, it is mandatory to complete the MSB induction course. The course is for one week and hosted by MSB a couple of times every year.
Working with MSB on international operations means that you are temporary employees of MSB. MSB pays salaries and other benefit packages depending on the mission, including free return travel and access to health and safety support functions from MSB 24/7 during your mission.
The basic salary for Civil-Military Coordinator is 64304 SEK/month. You may also receive a salary supplement, if you have experience from working in an international humanitarian organization with duties very similar to those of this position.
Persons resident abroad must pay special income tax for non-residents. The employer deducts 25% as tax and the employee avoids having to submit a tax return in Sweden.
How to apply:
If you wish to apply to the MSB roster you first need to create an account on MyPages. Please note; the information that you provide on MyPages will form the basis for your CV. When you have created you account and registered your CV-details on MyPages you submit your application by clicking on the "Apply" button in the add, and the follow the specified steps. If you already have an account on Mypages you can go directly to Apply-button. If you find any trouble with MyPages, please contact our mypagess support; mypages@msb.se
It is your responsibility as an applicant to document your skills in a way that allows an objective and qualitative assessment. As a government agency we are subject to the principle of public access to official records. This means that if someone requests copies of application documents, we are obliged to disclose them. If your identity is protected, you should contact the HR officer stated below, before registering any information on MyPages.
Please note that your application needs to be in English.
The MSB will process the applications on an ongoing basis during the application period, which means that we wish you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Welcome with your application!
The MSB roster contains a variety of professions and competences. A registration on our roster is initially for three years. It is your responsibility that your information on Mypages always is up to date during this period. After this period your registration will be evaluated and you may be offered an extended registration.
Before being considered for an assignment or training, it is mandatory to complete the MSB induction course. The course is for one week and hosted by MSB a couple of times every year.
Working with MSB on international operations means that you are temporary employees of MSB. MSB pays salaries and other benefit packages depending on the mission, including free return travel and access to health and safety support functions from MSB 24/7 during your mission.
The basic salary for Civil-Military Coordinator is 64304 SEK/month. You may also receive a salary supplement, if you have experience from working in an international humanitarian organization with duties very similar to those of this position.
Persons resident abroad must pay special income tax for non-residents. The employer deducts 25% as tax and the employee avoids having to submit a tax return in Sweden.
How to apply:
If you wish to apply to the MSB roster you first need to create an account on MyPages. Please note; the information that you provide on MyPages will form the basis for your CV. When you have created you account and registered your CV-details on MyPages you submit your application by clicking on the "Apply" button in the add, and the follow the specified steps. If you already have an account on Mypages you can go directly to Apply-button. If you find any trouble with MyPages, please contact our mypagess support; mypages@msb.se
It is your responsibility as an applicant to document your skills in a way that allows an objective and qualitative assessment. As a government agency we are subject to the principle of public access to official records. This means that if someone requests copies of application documents, we are obliged to disclose them. If your identity is protected, you should contact the HR officer stated below, before registering any information on MyPages.
Please note that your application needs to be in English.
The MSB will process the applications on an ongoing basis during the application period, which means that we wish you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Welcome with your application!
Application deadline
2025-03-25
Point of contact
Mire Krasniqi Eklöf
Mire.Krasniqieklof@msb.se
+46102405275
Mire.Krasniqieklof@msb.se
+46102405275