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Welcome to Welthungerhilfe (WHH)! We are an international non-governmental organization committed to ending hunger and malnutrition worldwide. We believe every person deserves the chance to live a self-determined life in dignity and justice, free from hunger and poverty. Through our work, we want to make this vision a reality.
We offer a variety of exciting and rewarding job and career opportunities for individuals who share our values and commitment to sustainable and innovative approaches to development cooperation and emergency aid. Whether you are just starting your career or looking for a new challenge, we have a range of jobs available worldwide that can help you grow professionally, develop your career, and make a difference in the lives of people in need.
Benefits for Employees of Welthungerhilfe:
At WHH, we value diversity, collaboration, and inclusivity. We encourage our employees to embrace new ideas and perspectives and provide a supportive and empowering work environment that fosters creativity, learning, and growth on and off the job.
Join our team of dedicated professionals from diverse backgrounds and cultures, driven by a passion for positively impacting the world. We look forward to receiving your application.
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Core values
At WHH, we believe in six fundamental values that guide us wherever we work.
Respect: We stand for equal rights and show genuine respect to all human beings.
Accountability: We are accountable to the people we work with, our supporters and partners, and we stand by our actions and results.
Transparency: We strive for utmost transparency in all our actions, processes, and decisions.
Commitment: We are passionately committed to zero hunger. The world can count on us.
Curiosity: We foster outside-the-box thinking to face challenges in a rapidly changing environment.
Courage: We encourage taking initiative and calculated risks to make change happen.
For WHH, trust is of utmost importance. It is essential to achieve our common goals and to maintain our organization’s credibility.
However, we cannot generate trust out of thin air. It is built on integrity, which means consistently following a clear set of rules, even if nobody watches. This set of rules is our Code of Conduct. Our Code of Conduct enables us to work across enormous ethnic and cultural differences and meet high professional standards.
Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct addresses grievances like corruption, fraud, violence, and discrimination – which are major reasons for the existence and entrenchment of hunger and poverty. Thus, neglecting or even violating the Code of Conduct contradicts the core of our mission. Accordingly, we do not take violations lightly. We prevent them wherever we can and report, investigate, and stop them when necessary. Only by doing so can we ensure that we truly live up to our mission to help the most vulnerable lead self-determined, dignified lives.
Our colleagues worldwide
Our business network profiles
By visiting WHH’s LinkedIn page, you will get a glimpse into our work and find inspiring stories of how our programs and initiatives have transformed people’s lives. You can connect with professionals dedicated to eliminating hunger, including experts in various fields such as agriculture, nutrition, humanitarian aid, and project management. The page allows you to exchange ideas and stay updated on current topics and job opportunities in development cooperation and humanitarian aid.
Glassdoor
Exploring WHH’s Glassdoor page will give you valuable insights into our culture, work environment, and employee experiences. Glassdoor provides a platform for current and former employees to share their perspectives, reviews, and ratings of their experiences working with WHH. You gain a deeper understanding of our commitment, professionalism, and the job opportunities we offer for personal and career growth.
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FAQ
Welthungerhilfe (WHH) offers a wide variety of interesting positions, including the Federal Volunteer Service in Germany, entry-level opportunities as a Junior Expert, or managing projects in international country offices. We have put together a list of which position could be right for you, what experience and skills are necessary, and how you can apply:
International / Local Vacancies
WHH country offices publish their local jobs on the following job portals:
- Afghanistan: www.acbar.org/jobs
- Bangladesh: www.bdjobs.com
- Burundi: www.intercontactservices.com
- Ethiopia: https://www.ethiojobs.net/
- India: www.devnetjobsindia.org
- Iraq: ncciraqjobs.com, ngosjobs-bids.com
- Kenya: https://www.brightermonday.co.ke
- Lebanon: https://daleel-madani.org/jobs
- Madagascar: Facebook page Asa/Emploi/Job by Solofoharimanana Nantenaina Juvence
- Malawi: https://careersmw.com
- Mali: https://baarasugu.com/contactez-nous, https://www.anpe-mali.org/all-offre-emploie
- Myanmar: http://www.themimu.info/jobs-for-myanmar-nationals
- Nepal: www.jobsnepal.com, www.merojob.com, https://people2people.com.np
- Pakistan: www.rozee.pk
- Sierra Leone: https://careers.sl
- Sudan: https://sudanjob.net/
- Syria: https://reliefweb.int/jobs
- Turkey: www.gelbasla.com
- Zimbabwe: vacancymail.co.zw
Working abroad
Basic requirements for a posting abroad are a fitness for the tropics, very good language skills and an interest in foreign cultures and ways of thinking: A posting abroad means leaving behind your familiar environment and diving into countries with different values and social norms. Working abroad will give you many new and interesting impressions and also requires you to have a high level of sensitivity and understanding of foreign living conditions and cultural particularities.
Typical positions offered by Welthungerhilfe abroad include, for example: Experts in agriculture, water, nutrition, logistics or emergency assistance, project manager, experts in advising our local partner organisations or in the financial-administrative management in a project country.
You can find more information about working for Welthungerhilfe in this overview of entry opportunities.
Here you will find an overview of all vacant positions contracted in Germany. Country Offices are advertising their local jobs by themselves. Here you find more information about local job announcements.
Jobs in Germany
Welthungerhilfe internships at our Bonn and Berlin offices offer a first contact with the development cooperation sector.
As an intern you have the opportunity to get to know the various fields we work in and gain an insight into likely everyday work in an international aid organization.
Voluntary internships can have a maximum duration of three months with a weekly working time of 20 hours, so we can ensure that your education is not disturbed. Duration and scope of work for compulsory internships are based on the respective study regulations and are therefore possible in full and part-time.
As an intern, we will provide you with a supervisor and, depending on the amount of work, you are paid an expense allowance. You will receive an internship certificate.
If you would like to make an speculative application for an internship, you can do this through our Online Recruiting System. All internship vacancies will be published. We would therefore appreciate it if you could refrain from sending speculative applications and thank you for your understanding. We invite you to continue visiting the jobs section on our website and apply for any positions that meet your qualifications and interests.
Entry position: Junior Expert Germany/Abroad
To enable young talent without years of experience to begin a career in development cooperation, we have created the job profile ‘Junior Expert’ Germany and Abroad. These positions will be advertised when available on our Online Recruiting System.
Internship in Germany
If you would like to apply for an internship, you can do this through our Online Recruiting System. All internship vacancies will be published. Feel free to continue visiting the jobs section on our website and apply for any positions that meet your qualifications and interests. Please do not send unsolicited applications, as we are not able to reply to them.
Welthungerhilfe internships at our Bonn and Berlin offices offer a first contact with the development cooperation sector.
As an intern you have the opportunity to get to know the various fields we work in and gain an insight into likely everyday work in an international aid organization.
Voluntary internships can have a maximum duration of three months with a weekly working time of 20 hours, so we can ensure that your education is not disturbed.
Voluntary internships are limited to a maximum of three months with a scope of 20 working hours/week to enable further qualification as part of the ongoing education. Duration and scope of work for compulsory internships are based on the respective study regulations and are therefore possible in full and part-time.
As an intern, we will provide you with a supervisor and, depending on the amount of work, you are paid an expense allowance.
As an intern you will receive an internship certificate.
Internship abroad
An internship with one of our overseas projects offers you the opportunity to gain up to six months' practical experience in development cooperation and find out what working in the field on a daily basis in another country is really like. Our internships in country offices last for a maximum of six months.
If you want to apply for an internship abroad, please check our current vacancies and apply if you are interested in one of the positions.
Over the past few years, we have received a very high number of unsolicited applications. We have been very pleased about the great interest shown in our organisation – and the willingness to actively support our work. However, we do not have a database to store applications and can therefore only consider applications submitted for a particular job posting.
We would therefore appreciate it if you could refrain from sending speculative applications and thank you for your understanding. We invite you to continue visiting the jobs section on our website and apply for any positions that meet your qualifications and interests.
Voluntary service with Welthungerhilfe
FSJ (Voluntary Social Year) Politics and the Bundesfreiwilligendienst (Federal Voluntary Service - BFD) with Welthungerhilfe
Within the framework of the FSJ Politics and the Federal Voluntary Service at Welthungerhilfe, you will experience day-to-day working life in our organisation.
Are you at the start of your career and want to see whether international development cooperation is the right field for you? Do you want to take on responsibility and gain an insight into the work of a large German development organisation? Then carry out a Voluntary Social Year in political life/Federal Voluntary Service (duration 12 months) with Welthungerhilfe.
We offer voluntary service in various departments in our organisation, for example, in the departments of Policy & External Relations, Marketing, Press & Communications, Online Editing, Regional Management, Purchasing/Internal Services,…
You can find comprehensive information about conditions on the International Youth Services (IJGD) website.
Current FSJ/BFD advertisements can be found in our listing of vacant positions. Our volunteers usually begin their role in August/September. Roles are advertised in spring.
We look forward to receiving your application via our Online Recruiting System.
Speculative applications
We have received many unsolicited applications over the past few years and thus experienced a great interest in working in our organisation - and a strong willingness to support our work. We have been very pleased about that. Due to the large number of enquiries we are unfortunately only able to process applications that are received via our job portal. We would therefore appreciate it if you could refrain from sending unsolicited applications and hope for your understanding.
We invite you to continue visiting the jobs section on our jobs page and apply for a specific position.
Jobs board
Other advertisements for development cooperation positions can be found on these websites:
www.epojobs.de
www.cinfo.ch
www.entwicklungsdienst.de
www.reliefweb.int
www.devnetjobs.org
www.developmentaid.org