{"id":4189,"date":"2017-05-23T19:20:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T17:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/sec-experten\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T09:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:41:27","slug":"sec-experten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/en\/sec-experten\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming an SEC Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-1771923556\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-large slider-nav-light slider-style-normal\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": false,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : true,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": false,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n            \"pageDots\": false,\n            \"rightToLeft\": false,\n            \"draggable\": true,\n            \"selectedAttraction\": 0.1,\n            \"parallax\" : 4,\n            \"friction\": 0.6        }'\n        >\n        \n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover has-parallax\" id=\"banner-1043603063\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" data-parallax=\"-4\" data-parallax-container=\".banner\" data-parallax-background>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/SEC_Hilfiker_Food_2016.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-orginal size-orginal\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1043603063 {\n  padding-top: 270px;\n}\n#banner-1043603063 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 49% 19%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n     <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"loading-spin dark large centered\"><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Becoming an SEC Expert<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-926816026\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-135221410\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-size: 90%\">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 countries and Eastern Europe. We recruit only experienced professionals for between 2 and 12 weeks. The assignment is voluntary and there is no financial compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>To be accepted as an SEC expert, you should meet the following criteria:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Extensive professional experience<\/li>\n<li>Specialised know-how<\/li>\n<li>Foreign language skills<\/li>\n<li>Good health<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility<\/li>\n<li>Openness to different cultures and people<\/li>\n<li>Participation in SEC information and training events<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to prepare and follow up on assignments<\/li>\n<li>Age limit is 80 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Registration<\/h3>\n<p>If you are interested in an assignment, you can participate in an online info session as a first step: <a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/en\/news\/events\/registration-info-session-sec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration info session SEC<\/a>. Or contact us directly so that we can send you detailed documentation.<\/p>\n<p>If, after reading these documents, you would like to register with the SEC, please fill out the <strong>Personalfile on the right in your mother tongue and the Curriculum Vitae in all your working languages<\/strong> (D, F, E 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.<\/p>\n<p>Several times a year, we invite newly appointed Senior Experts to an <a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/en\/news\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction course\/Training SEC<\/a>. The introduction course is taking place in Zurich on-site (in German) or virtual (in English) and must be attended by all experts before conducting a first SEC assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Please send us the form only if you are interested in conducting a<strong> voluntary unpaid<\/strong> assignment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sec@swisscontact.org\">Write an e-mail<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1106744382\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-356930647\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Infosession SEC<\/h3>\n<p>Do you want to take the first step in getting to know SEC?<br \/>\nThen sign up today for our next online info session!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/en\/news\/events\/registration-info-session-sec\/\" class=\"button primary\" style=\"border-radius:5px;\">\n\t\t<span>Open registration form<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-58895958\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_840109808\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"font-size:90%;\">Downloads<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-equal\"  id=\"row-1606361476\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1045417783\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><b>Curriculum Vitae:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PH0_Curriculum_Vitae_DE.dotx\">Curriculum Vitae Deutsch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PH0_Curriculum_Vitae_FR.dotx\">Curriculum Vitae Fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PH0_Curriculum_Vitae_EN.dotx\">Curriculum Vitae English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PH0_Curriculum_Vitae_SP.dotx\">Curriculum Vitae Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1725638833\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><b>Personalfile:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PH0_Expert_Personnel_File_DE.dotx\">Personalfile Deutsch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PH0_Expert_Personnel_File_EN.dotx\">Personalfile English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PH0_Expert_Personnel_File_FR.dotx\">Personalfile Fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_840109808 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: #00338D;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_786586269\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"font-size:90%;\">Current expert search<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<p>We are always looking for retired experts <strong>from all professions<\/strong>. The following sectors are currently in high demand:<strong> online marketing and social media, business consultancy, food (food technology, dairy industry, meat processing, bakery products) <\/strong>as well as experts from all industries with <strong>knowledge of Spanish.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00338d\">Currently we are searching:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Currently no search request open<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong><strong>ny questions? <a href=\"https:\/\/seniorexpertcontact.org\/en\/about-us\/team-kontakt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #00338d\">Click here<\/span><\/a> and<\/strong><br \/><strong>contact us! 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