Become an SEC expert

Would you like to support companies abroad voluntarily as an expert? The Senior Expert Contact (SEC) is a voluntary program which undertakes short-term assignments in developing and emerging countries. We recruit only experienced professionals for between 2 and 12 weeks. The assignment is voluntary and there is no financial compensation.

Travel and accommodation expenses during the consultancy assignment will be covered by the SEC and the client.

Criteria

To be accepted as an SEC expert, you should meet the following criteria:

  • Extensive professional experience
  • Specialised know-how
  • Foreign language skills
  • Good health
  • Flexibility
  • Openness to different cultures and people
  • Participation in SEC information and training events
  • Willingness to prepare and follow up on assignments
  • Age limit is 80 years

Registration

If you are interested in an assignment, you can participate in an online info session as a first step: Registration info session. Or contact us directly so that we can send you detailed documentation.

If, after reading these documents, you would like to register with the SEC, please fill out the Personnel File in your mother tongue and the Curriculum Vitae in all your working languages (DE, EN, FR and SP) and send them back to us by e-mail. Complete your application with a recent passport picture and send it to us by e-mail or ordinary mail.

We invite newly appointed Senior Experts to an Introduction course/Training. This training is taking place in Zurich (in German) or virtual (in English) and must be attended before conducting a first assignment.

Please send us the form only if you are interested in conducting a voluntary unpaid assignment.

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Info session SEC

Do you want to take the first step in getting to know the SEC?
Then sign up today for our next online infosession!

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