Are you aiming to work for an organization where it is worthwhile investing your personality, your skills and your time? Are you looking for a job that is exciting and has clear goals? Welcome to Welthungerhilfe!

We are one of the largest and most respected private organizations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. As a politically and confessionally independent organization, our value-oriented actions are always based on ethical principles. Our vision is clear: “Zero Hunger by 2030” – If you want to become part of our global community to end hunger around the world, we look forward to receiving your application as:

You can start your internship with us as soon as possible. Employment location will be Bonn, Germany. Working from home is occasionally possible in coordination with your Team Lead. The duration and scope of work for your mandatory internship depend on the respective study regulations and is accordingly possible in full- and part-time. However, full-time employment as well as a six month period are highly desirable.

The overall goal of the Sector Strategy, Knowledge & Learning (SEC) Unit is the continuous quality improvement of the program work in the project countries of Welthungerhilfe (WHH). The strategic project “Systematizing Climate Resilience in WHH” (CR@WHH) defines the goal of systematically integrating climate resilience into WHH’s global portfolio. To achieve this goal, the necessary steps must be taken at all organizational levels and support must be provided to both WHH country offices and partner organizations. As Intern Climate Resilience, you will assist our team in this area and simultaneously gain a comprehensive, cross-departmental insight into the activities of our organization as an internationally operating NGO.

Your responsibilities

• Overall assistance to the coordinator of the strategic project on systematizing climate resilience at WHH 

• Compile key resources for the intranet CR page and manage/add vetted content (e.g. list of key existing training on Climate Resilience)

• Support the development and delivery of a short training (online onboarding module)

• Develop briefing papers that would complement the key concepts note on either of the two themes: WASH, Nutrition and/or Anticipatory Action (Disaster Risk Reduction – Climate Change Adaptation) summarising key linkages and potentials that we can leverage for our programming

• Support the development of either a scoping study or an update of the climate risk assessment tool, depending on the start date 

Your profile

• You are enrolled as a student at university/college and have to accomplish a mandatory internship in the course of your current studies.

• Ideally, you were already in touch with topics such as Climate Resilience, Disaster Risk Management and International Development.

• Ideally, you have already gained some (work) experience in the field of development cooperation and/or humanitarian action.

• You are a routined user of Office 365 software (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel).

• You have experience in working with MS Sharepoint (for intranet content).

• You enjoy working in an intercultural environment, are a good communicator and have an open-minded personality.

• You have an excellent command of spoken and written English; French and/or German language skills would be an asset.

Our offer

We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees and the balance of their work and private life. This includes flexible working hours. Remuneration is based on our gender-independent salary scale. In addition, Welthungerhilfe offers numerous other benefits, which are listed under “Our benefits”.