Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH

Working for GIZ

Around 70 per cent of GIZ´s worldwide workforce of 18,260 people are national personnel, while 643 development workers are currently carrying out assignments for GIZ. In 2016, CIM, a joint operation of GIZ and the Federal Employment Agency, placed around 850 local and returning experts with local employers abroad while providing them with financial support and advisory services.

Sought profiles

GIZ is always looking for new staff from a wide range of sectors, including finance, taxation, agriculture, environmental policy, climate change, energy, social protection, governance and democracy, and (vocational) education and training.

Opportunities for students and junior professionals

Graduates and young professionals with up to two years of work experience can apply for junior positions in GIZ’s offices in Germany or partner countries across the globe. These are fixed-term employment contracts that help enhance career prospects with a range of employers – GIZ, international and non-governmental organisations, as well as the German private sector, public administration and academic institutions.

GIZ also offers programmes that foster young talent: apprenticeships, internships and the Development Cooperation Trainee Programme.
More information

Portraits of employees

• What GIZ’s staff say
• What development workers say about the Development Service