Managing Editor (Part-Time: 75%)*

The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with a one year contract as a parental leave cover. Employment location will be Bonn, Germany. 

Welthungerhilfe coordinates and manages its communications through a central newsroom. This transparent organizational model ensures that we communicate our topics in an integrated and consistent way across all channels — thereby implementing our strategic goals in day-to-day operations. The agile and flexible newsroom structure enables a high level of responsiveness, particularly in humanitarian crises. Our way of working is characterized by short coordination processes, open dialogue, and clear, flat hierarchies.

For our newsroom, we are seeking a Managing Editor as parental leave cover, who together with a second Managing Editor will form a strong tandem and lead the newsroom with experience and enthusiasm.

Your responsibilities

• As Managing Editor, you provide professional leadership to the newsroom and orchestrate our internal and external communications.

• You ensure integrated messaging across all channels and support consistent branding.

• In your interface role, you take on both process management and editorial responsibilities.

• You translate strategic topics into day-to-day operations, prioritize content, and lead editorial meetings.

• As a central interface, you ensure smooth workflows between the teams involved and the efficient use of our resources.

• You are responsible for fast and coordinated communication in humanitarian crises and natural disasters.

• You safeguard the quality and tone of our content, ensuring it meets Welthungerhilfe’s high standards and branding requirements.

• In addition, you use data and analytics to measure the success of our communication activities and continuously develop and improve them.

Your profile

• Completed training in journalism (degree and/or traineeship/volontariat) and/or a degree in communications.

• Extensive journalistic experience as well as practical experience in leading editorial teams and coordinating content processes.

• Experience in marketing communications and a strong sense for effectively promoting relevant content to specific target audiences.

• Strategic thinking and a strong understanding of channels, target groups, and cross-media communication.

• A high level of oversight and decision-making ability — even under time pressure.

• Strong organizational and communication skills, confident writing style, and a good eye for visual language.

• Ability to collaborate in a solution-oriented manner with diverse stakeholders and to consistently advocate for communication goals.

• Willingness to work flexibly, particularly in crisis situations.

• You recognize the growing value of data in your field and are eager to build your awareness and skills to incorporate data-informed approaches into your work.

• Very good written and spoken German and English skills.

Our offer

We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees and the balance of their work and private life. This includes flexible working hours as well as working from home. Remuneration is based on our gender-independent salary scale. In addition, Welthungerhilfe offers numerous other benefits, which are listed under "Our benefits" .

Please send your application via our online recruiting system by March 3, 2026.  Your contact person is Sarah Liem-Hartmann. Welthungerhilfe is committed to fighting terrorism in all its activities. Accordingly, any applicant who is offered employment will be screened against lists of known and suspected terrorists.