Working student (all genders) Strategic Partnerships
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Job description
Berghof Foundation posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Berlin: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits.
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Description provided by Berghof Foundation
Your mission
For our Strategic Partnerships Team in Berlin, we are looking for a working student (all genders) to support daily partnerships operations, research and knowledge management, and communication and outreach.
Overview of the position:
Hours: up to 20 hours per week
Starting date: as soon as possible
Duration: one-year contract
Salary: 16 € per hour
Location: Berlin, Germany
Partnerships Operations
- Prepare briefing notes for the Strategic Partnerships team and support briefing notes for the executive management
- Support coordination of relevant in-house meetings, processes, administration and logistics
Research and Knowledge Management
- Research partnership opportunities and monitor calls for proposals
- Research funding modalities and background on specific donors
- Design or revise templates for tracking outreach and engagement
- Support migration to Sharepoint and streamline knowledge management structures in the Strategic Partnerships team
Communication and outreach
- Support the Strategic Partnerships teams on outreach to donors and external communication products
- Support the Strategic Partnerships team in proposal review
- Prepare internal communication products, analyses and knowledge sharing
Your knowledge, experience & skills
- Currently enrolled in a university programme focusing on Fundraising, Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, International Relations or related field
- Organised, reliable, and able to juggle multiple tasks independently
- Strong communication skills, comfortable with international/intercultural contacts
- Fluent in English, German desired
- Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams)
- Discreet in handling sensitive information
- Prior fundraising experience a plus
- Willingness and ability to work regularly from our Berlin office with remote options based on operational needs
What you can expect from us
- Highly experienced and engaged community of practice
- Cooperative and dynamic team
- Compensation 16 € per hour
- Highly insightful and challenging tasks
- Confidence-based flexible working hours
Application procedure
Please submit your CV and cover letter as well as diplomas, certificates and references (letters or contact information) by 15.10.2026.
We welcome diversity and are happy to receive applications from people regardless of their ethnic, social and national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and marital status.
About us
The Berghof Foundation is an independent, non-profit organisation supporting people in conflict in their efforts to achieve sustainable peace through conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Headquartered in Berlin, the organisation is run by a diverse team and works with local partners around the world.
Working student essentials
What this Operations working student role in Berlin means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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