Coaches & Psychological Counselors for Coaching of Development Aid Workers (Honorary basis)

DÜ is looking for psychological counselors/coaches who will accompany development workers (professionals) working with Brot für die Welt’s partner organizations worldwide.

The Department for International Development Workers seconds professionals to partner organizations of Brot für die Welt (usually on a 3-year-term). Psychological support for these professionals in particularly stressful situations (e.g. stressful environments, crisis areas) is part of our support services.

Coaches support professionals with the aim of preventing stressful situations in the professional’s environment by mobilizing the resources and methods of the professional themselves. You will find further information in the attached Infoflyer.

Job Scope

The accompaniment of the professional includes a personal preparation (stress prevention) before the service as a professional, digital support with calls during the three-year assignment abroad as well as a debriefing in person at the end of the contract.

In personal preparation you mobilize the resources and methods of the professional to develop and strengthen coping strategies for dealing with stress peaks. The effective preparation (stress prevention for the specialist) in Germany is of great importance for your three-year digital working relationship with the professional.

During the assignment with the partner organization, you will be accompanying the professional, preventing stress and crisis situations, and support clarification of roles.

At the end of the contract, you can offer the professional a debriefing. It supports closing his*her personal commitment in an appreciative manner and in actively tackling the challenge of professional and social integration in their home country.

The average workload is 20 hours per year per professional.

Profiles of the Professionals

Professionals serve for a period of usually three years at civil society organizations in the Global South. The profiles of the professionals as well as the accompanying family members (partners/children) are international and intercultural, with a wide range of language and competence profiles. Their development policy stance and reflection on roles, privileges and post-colonial dependencies are important to DÜ. For the year 2025 the opening of the personnel programs for professionals from outside of Europe is planned (as this has legally not been possible before). Local coordinators of peace programs (Civil Peace Service) should also be given the opportunity to receive such support.