Team

Open Position

The Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) currently has the following open positions:

• Student Assistant (m/f/d) starting 05 May 2025 (10–12 hours per week), to support our research and outreach activities at our office in Berlin-Mitte. (More information in German)
• Internship position available from mid/end August 2025 at the CHA office in Berlin-Mitte.

Internship

The Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) periodically offers students the possibility of an internship with a duration between 3 and 6 months. Interns must be enrolled at a university (or university of applied sciences). The internship is full-time, but deviations are possible. The allowance rate is 500 € per month.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Media monitoring and crisis updates to keep CHA team in the loop about latest humanitarian developments
• Researching CHA relevant topics, such as humanitarian policy developments, in academic, as well as practice-oriented debates
• Researching and composing texts for CHA publication formats, social media and website
• Administrative tasks, e.g. updating team calendar, event management
• Possibility of representing CHA at related events in Berlin

Profile

• Sound understanding of humanitarian topics, currently policy developments and debates
• Strong researching and writing skills, independent and structured working methods
• Ideally practical experience in humanitarian action
• Fluency in English and German
• Enrolled at university (or university of applied sciences)
• Internships with a duration of 3 months can also be voluntary internships; however, interns must still be enrolled
• Internships extending beyond a period of 3 months: only possible if specified as a mandatory internship in the study regulations.

The Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) is currently offering an internship position starting in mid to late August. Applications, including all required documents such as a cover letter and CV, are welcome from now until the application deadline on May 11, 2025. Please submit your application documents as one PDF file to applications@chaberlin.org. Feedback on applications will be provided after the application deadline. Interviews are expected to take place during the week of May 19–23, 2025.
For any further questions, please feel free to contact us at applications@chaberlin.org.