About the Position

As a Development Worker in GIZ’s Development Service, you will help build a tolerant and open-minded society while working directly for our partner organizations.

As a development worker, your employment status will be governed by the German Development Workers Act (EhfG). Development workers are deployed for a fixed term to help actively shape cooperation through partnerships between people and organizations worldwide and to work towards global sustainability and a better quality of life.

As a development worker, you will be involved in development policy issues, gain new insights, and help build a tolerant and open-minded society.

Through your commitment and solidarity, you will promote ongoing development in our partner countries and help to improve the living conditions of people locally.

Responsibilities

Use your specialist expertise and your ‘outsider’s view’ to support our partners in devising innovative solutions and tackling barriers to development.
Work directly with partner organizations, often outside central locations in a country, to illustrate how solutions developed jointly with the partner are likely to be received.
Have an important bridging function within GIZ when it comes to implementing German development cooperation programmes.
Gain a fresh perspective and contribute your newly acquired knowledge to your own society upon returning to your home country.

Requirements

Be a citizen of Germany or another European Union member state.
Have an appropriate vocational qualification for a role abroad, gained either through formal vocational training in a craft or trade or in a technical area or through academic training.
Have at least two years’ relevant work experience, including an instructor’s licence in the case of vocational training.
Have good foreign language skills and/or be willing to expand existing skills and acquire new ones.
Have good social skills and be open to different cultures, sensitive to intercultural, gender, and conflict-related issues, and willing to live and work in a new and unfamiliar environment.
Be flexible and resilient and keen to gain valuable experience that will benefit your future professional development.
Have a desire to use your skills in an advisory, planning, or management role.
The requirements vary from job to job, and you can find the detailed job specification in individual job advertisements.

Nice to Have

Fluency in English and/or other foreign languages.
Experience in international development projects.

We Offer

Internationality: Work with diverse teams and partners worldwide.
Basic benefits package: Comprehensive benefits tailored for international assignments.
Supply trips and mobility allowance: Support for travel and relocation.
Support services, safety, and security: Comprehensive support to ensure your well-being.

About the Company

GIZ is a global actor for sustainable development with a comprehensive portfolio of services. We work towards global sustainability and a better quality of life by promoting international cooperation for development.

Interested?

Are you interested in being a development worker abroad? Then we look forward to receiving your application.

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