Principal Adviser, Parliamentary Strengthening
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
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- Grade
- Not specified
- Contract
- Fixed term
- Published salary
- €7,258/mo
- Deadline
- October 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM · Europe/Brussels
- Location
- Brussels, Belgium
Radar brief
The Principal Adviser, Parliamentary Strengthening serves as International IDEA's most senior expert in this field, providing intellectual leadership, setting strategic direction and safeguarding the quality of the organisation's parliamentary strengthening work. The strongest stated requirement is a minimum 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in democracy support, governance, political participation and representation, parliamentary strengthening, or a closely related
This role matters because it provides intellectual leadership and strategic direction to strengthen parliamentary capacity and independence, promoting more effective, representative and accountable parliamentary institutions.
What you would do
- Provides expert substantive guidance for the Inter Pares portfolio as its senior adviser, keeping the work substantively strong and coherent.
- Identifies and develops new opportunities for International IDEA to engage meaningfully on parliamentary strengthening, including where it connects with the organization's other areas of work.
- Leads and supports resource mobilization efforts by identifying funding opportunities, engaging with existing and prospective donors, and contributing to fundraising strategies.
- Sets and safeguards the quality standard for parliamentary strengthening work across GP and provides substantive guidance in the design and development of new project proposals.
- Supports International IDEA's regional and country teams with expertise on parliamentary strengthening.
- Maintains and strengthens International IDEA's network of parliamentary partners, practitioners, and expert institutions.
- Contributes to shared decisions and direction across International IDEA's Global Programmes as a member of the Global Programmes Leadership Team.
- Intellectual leadership for Inter Pares.
Eligibility snapshot
Must have
- Advanced university degree in political science, international relations, law, development studies, or a related field.
- A minimum 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in democracy support, governance, political participation and representation, parliamentary strengthening, or a closely related field, including substantial experience working on parliamentary development and democratic institutions.
- Demonstrated experience providing senior-level substantive advice and technical expertise on parliamentary strengthening, democratic governance, political representation, or related areas, preferably in an international or multi-country context.
- Proven experience cultivating and managing relationships with bilateral and multilateral donors, foundations, development partners, parliamentary institutions and other key stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in the design, development and implementation of complex programmes or projects, including experience working across countries, regions and institutional contexts.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across organizational units and thematic areas, including providing advice and expertise to Regional and Country Programmes and identifying connections between parliamentary strengthening and other areas of democratic governance.
- Excellent command of English.
- Willing to travel, approximately 25% of the time.
Advantageous
- Knowledge of another International IDEA working language (French, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese or Russian) is an asset.
Application toolkit
Selection steps
- Evaluation of qualified candidates will include an assessment and up to two (2) interviews.
- Candidates selected to proceed to the next stage of the process will be contacted once all applications have been carefully reviewed.
- All candidates will be notified of the status of their application via email once the process has been finalized.
- International IDEA places strong emphasis on human input in recruitment.
- Candidates must disclose any use of AI tools.
- All application materials, written assessments, and interview responses (as applicable) must be entirely human-generated and reflect the candidate’s own knowledge, skills, and experience.
Source notice
€ 7 258 per month net Context The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to promoting sustainable democracy worldwide. Its mission is to strengthen democratic institutions and processes. The Institute serves as a catalyst for…
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