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Jobs

Andrea Herz Team Human Resources

At Welthungerhilfe you will find a wide variety of interesting positions in a professional environment in development cooperation and emergency assistance. Our employees work in Germany and 35 countries worldwide.

Find out, for example, on LinkedIn what it is like to work for Welthungerhilfe. Our employees report on what motivates them in their work with Welthungerhilfe and how varied their day-to-day work is in the different regions and fields.

We have received a very high number of 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 speculative applications and thank you for your understanding.

For staff positions contracted in Germany, you find our vacancies here:

Show vacancies

For local jobs in project countries, please find more information here:

List of local job portals

Our colleagues worldwide

Which is the right role for you?

Welthungerhilfe offers a wide variety of interesting positions, from national voluntary service to entry opportunities as a junior expert up to the leadership of projects or country offices. The right role for you, what you need to bring to it and how to apply are set out below:

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.