The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Delhi is looking for an

- Assistant Desk Officer in the Department for Economic and Global Affairs -

• from April 1st 2025
• Full time, at first limited to 1 year, then option of extension

The Federal Foreign Ministry supports women in their professional careers and explicitly invites female candidates to apply.

Job Description:
− Observation, research, analysis and reporting on economic, energy, and climate policy in India and Bhutan
− Coordination and maintaining contact and correspondence with related Indian Ministries and other relevant institutions, especially with regard to meetings for officials in the Economic Division
− Support to the Economic Division, handling business related queries from German and Indian companies
− Protocol tasks: preparing and handling of business travel of colleagues from the Economic Division at the Embassy and visits of high-ranking delegations from Germany as well as business events at the Embassy
− Preparing meeting and events of the Economic Division at the Embassy
− Participating in events and meetings in the above-mentioned fields and respective reporting
− Maintaining and updating of data base and contact lists

Candidate Profile:
The successful candidate should
− hold a Master’s degree and have work experience in Economics, Industry, Commerce, Energy, Climate, Business Administration, Management or a related field
− prove excellent competencies with previous professional experience in the above-mentioned fields
− sound knowledge of economic and energy policy issues as well as of the Indian administrative institutions and legal/political system
− have good knowledge of German (written and spoken) - minimum requirement Goethe Institute’s/Max Mueller Bhawan’s level B2 or equivalent
− have a very good command of English (written and spoken)
− have a very good command of Hindi
− have sound skills in computer applications (MS Word, Excel, Outlook)
− have good interpersonal skills
− be organized, flexible, adaptable, reliable and efficient

Applications with :
- a CV
- one recent photograph
- proof of qualifications
- proof of identity (e.g. passport copy)
- two reference letters
- Proof of German language skills (at least level B2)
- a brief motivation letter (in German), explaining eligibility for the position should be forwarded to the following address (not by e-mail!) by 28th February 2025:

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Mr. Rainer Schwarz, Deputy Head of Administration
“Application Economics Department”
6/50 G, Shanti Path, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi-110021

Further Points:
- Only complete applications that reach within the given deadline can be accepted
- Data protection rules according to Artikel 13 of EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) apply
- The interviews will be held in March 2025.
- Only short-listed candidates will be notified

Download this vacancy note as pdf.