Team

Internship

The Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) periodically offers students the possibility of an internship with a duration between 3 and 6 months in our office in Berlin.
To be eligible, you must be enrolled at a university or university of applied sciences and provide evidence of a compulsory work placement as required by the course regulations.
The internship is full-time, but there is room for flexibility. The allowance rate is 500 € per month.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Support in the preparation and running of the CHA26 conference, particularly in the areas of organisation, invitation management and communication
• Media monitoring and crisis updates to keep the 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 and event management
• Fluency in English and a minimum of B1 in German
• Enrolled at university (or university of applied sciences)
• specified as a mandatory internship in the study regulations.

The next internship will start in September 2026.
Applications (including a cover letter, CV and any relevant certificates; all in a single PDF file) can be submitted to applications@chaberlin.org  by 31 May 2026.

We will contact you after the application deadline has closed in case of a possible interview. These interviews are expected to take place during the week of 15–19 June.
For any questions, please feel free to contact us at applications@chaberlin.org