Sarah Degen-Heinemann
Fully Qualified Lawyer
Since 2018
Head, Team Human Resources, Operations
2016 to 2018
Deputy Head, Team International Capacity Development, Operations
2012 to 2016
Project Manager Training, ZIF Project “Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management” (ENTRi) and ZIF Project “Peace Operations in Fragile States”
2011 to 2012
Desk Officer, Human Resources
2008 to 2010
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Desk Officer, OSCE and Council of Europe Division
2008
German Bundestag, Berlin
Research Assistant to a Member of Parliament
2006 to 2008
Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD e.V.), Bonn
Regional Coordinator Western Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia
2004 to 2005
Pielsticker and Partners, Law Firm and Notary Office, Berlin
Attorney-at-law
2001 to 2003
Regional Higher Court Düsseldorf
Legal Clerkship (with postings at the Office of the High Representative and at the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Working Languages
German, English
Expertise | Responsibilities
- Team leader Human Resources
- General issues relating to recruiting and secondment
- General issues relating to Duty of Care
- Strategy and planning of personnel management
Other Activities
Short-term election observation for OSCE and EU