Organisations Hiring in Brussels

Renew Europe

Political Parties & Movements

Renew Europe, Liberals, Centrists, Democrats and Reformists, are fighting for a Europe united around its founding values of freedom and democracy, that places citizens at the center, that provides equal opportunities for everyone. A Europe that champions new methods and bold ideas. A Europe of solutions. Renew Europe stands for fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law, a green transition and sustainable growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, sovereignty and open strategic autonomy. Renew Europe holds the balance of power between the left and the right.

Cancer Patients Europe

NGOs & Nonprofits

Cancer Patients Europe Vision is to reduce the burden of cancer on patients and survivors, their careers, the health care systems, and the society as a whole. Cancer Patients Europe represents and empowers the voices of cancer patients and survivors.

Greens/EFA

Political Parties & Movements

The Greens/European Free Alliance is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green and regionalist political parties.

Médecins du Monde

NGOs & Nonprofits

Médecins du Monde, association médicale militante de solidarité internationale, s'engage depuis plus de 30 ans à soigner les populations les plus vulnérables ici et là-bas, à témoigner des entraves constatées quant à l’accès aux soins, à obtenir des améliorations durables des politiques de santé pour tous. Association indépendante nous agissons au-delà du soin en dénonçant les atteintes à la dignité et aux droits humains et en nous battant pour améliorer la situation des populations précaires. For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations. MdM currently works in 40 countries across all continents where it focuses on 4 priority areas: caring for the health of migrants and displaced persons, promoting sexual and reproductive health, combating HIV and reducing the harm and risks associated with drug use, crises and conflicts.

ClientEarth

NGOs & Nonprofits

ClientEarth is a non-profit using the power of the law to bring about end-to-end systemic change: informing, implementing and enforcing the law, drafting and advising decision-makers on policy, building legal expertise, and ensuring citizens' access to the laws that defend them. ClientEarth takes governments to court – and wins. ClientEarth forces polluting industries to shut down. ClientEarth protects irreplaceable forests and vulnerable species. ClientEarth empowers people and NGOs with the legal rights to bring forward environmental battles of their own. Using the law means that the organisation creates real, long-lasting and embedded change. ClientEarth is working to secure a lasting civilisation in which people and nature thrive together. ClientEarth works in partnership across borders, systems and sectors, ingeniously using the law to protect life on Earth.

Good Food Institute Europe

NGOs & Nonprofits

The Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) is an international NGO helping to build a more sustainable, secure and just food system by transforming meat production. Good Food Institute Europe works with scientists, businesses and policymakers to advance plant-based and cultivated meat – making them delicious, affordable and accessible across Europe. By making meat from plants and cultivating it from cells, Good Food Institute Europe can reduce the environmental impact of its food system, decrease the risk of zoonotic disease, and feed more people with fewer resources. GFI Europe is powered by philanthropy.

WeMove Europe

NGOs & Nonprofits

WeMove Europe is an independent and values-based organisation that seeks to build people power to transform Europe in the name of community, future generations and the planet.

Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

NGOs & Nonprofits

Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum is a multi-layered regional civil society platform that promotes European values and agenda in the Eastern Partnership countries. The Forum brings together Civil Society Organisations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine and EU.

World Customs Organization

International Organisation

The World Customs Organization (WCO) is the only intergovernmental organisation exclusively focused on Customs matters. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is now recognised as the voice of the global Customs community. It is particularly noted for its work in areas covering the development of global standards, the simplification and harmonisation of Customs procedures, trade supply chain security, the facilitation of international trade, the enhancement of Customs enforcement and compliance activities, anti-counterfeiting and piracy initiatives, public-private partnerships, integrity promotion, and sustainable global Customs capacity building programmes. The WCO also maintains the international Harmonized System goods nomenclature, and administers the technical aspects of the WTO Agreements on Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin.

Deutsche Welle

International Organisation

Strengthening the human right to freedom of expression. Deutsche Welle believes that independent media and responsible journalism are essential worldwide. Given Germany's history, Deutsche Welle believes that people should be able to freely express their views and have access to independent sources of information. The organisation considers this to be an important prerequisite for peace and democracy. Deutsche Welle supports the development of independent, transparent media systems, quality journalism, and media expertise. The organisation helps rebuild media in post-crisis and post-conflict environments and contributes internationally to the professional training of media workers. The organisation respects the cultural identity of its partners and works closely together in designing its projects. It is important for the organisation that these projects are always practice-oriented, interactive, and innovative. The organisation considers its work to be successful when its partners seek change and are able to follow through with reforms.

European Institute of Peace

Think Tanks & Research Institutes

The European Institute of Peace (EIP) is an initiative at the heart of Europe with a global scope. The EIP contributes to and complements the global peace agenda of the European Union, mainly through mediation and informal dialogue. The Institute pursues multi-track diplomacy and acts as a flexible, external tool in support of EU mediation efforts where the EU has limited freedom to act. It also serves as an operational hub, and connects existing expertise and shares knowledge and lessons on European mediation.

Conciliation Resources

NGOs & Nonprofits

Conciliation Resources is an international peacebuilding organisation, founded in 1994 and headquartered in London, that works to stop violent conflict and create more peaceful societies. It works alongside people affected by war in the South Caucasus, East and Central Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Pacific, South and Southeast Asia and West Africa on mediation support, dialogue, engaging armed groups, dealing with the past, inclusion and gender, and connects those community perspectives with political processes and international peacebuilding policy.

Climate Catalyst

NGOs & Nonprofits

Climate Catalyst is an international nonprofit that builds coalitions and mobilises collective action to accelerate climate progress, with a focus on decarbonising heavy industry. Working in Europe and Asia, it brings together civil society, workers' groups, businesses and investors on steel decarbonisation, aviation emissions, sustainable chemicals and clean air, and supports partners with strategy, advocacy, communications and small grants.

E3G

Think Tanks & Research Institutes

E3G is an independent climate change think tank with a global outlook. E3G works on the frontier of the climate landscape tackling the barriers and advancing the solutions to a safe climate. The organisation's goal is to translate climate politics, economics and policies into action. E3G is consistently ranked as one of the top-ten most influential environmental think tanks in the world by the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index.

Groen

Political Parties & Movements

Sociaal, ecologisch, progressief. De Vlaamse Groenen. De partij Groen is een huis met vele kamers, en bestaat uit de volgende onderdelen: partijbestuur, politieke raad, nationaal secretariaat & arbitragecollege. Vacatures vind je op Flemish Green Party, Belgium

Institute for European Environmental Policy

Think Tanks & Research Institutes

The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is an independent, not-for-profit sustainability think tank with offices in Brussels and London. For over 40 years, IEEP has been at the forefront of environmental policy in Europe and beyond. The organisation works with stakeholders to develop innovative policy solutions for a sustainable future, focusing on areas including biodiversity, climate change, agriculture and resource efficiency.

LRE Foundation

NGOs & Nonprofits

LRE Foundation aims to build connections between WWII stories and places, and to transmit the war memory and heritage.

Socialistisk Folkeparti

Political Parties & Movements

SF er et dansk venstreorienteret politisk parti dannet i 1959. Partiet har siddet i Folketinget siden 1960. Der findes omkring 100 lokale partiforeninger af SF rundt om i Danmark og partiet har politikere valgt ind i de fleste kommuner og alle regionsråd i landet. Det ideologiske fundament er folkesocialisme, inspireret af demokratisk socialisme og grøn politik. SF er medlem af Den Grønne Gruppe (G/EFA) i Europaparlamentet.

European Schoolnet

EU Institutions & Intergovernmental Bodies

European Schoolnet is the network of 34 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels. As a non-profit international organisation, European Schoolnet aims to bring innovation in teaching and learning to its key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners.

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation

NGOs & Nonprofits

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation is a Swiss organisation for development cooperation and humanitarian response, working with local teams in some 35 partner countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Politically independent and denominationally neutral, it works on water, food and climate, skills and jobs, and governance and peace, and campaigns in Switzerland and internationally for policies that serve people in low- and middle-income countries.

Search for Common Ground

NGOs & Nonprofits

Search for Common Ground is the world's largest dedicated peacebuilding organization. Founded in 1982 and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. Search for Common Ground works with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to strengthen societies' capacity to deal with conflicts constructively: to understand the differences and act on the commonalities. Its mission is to transform the way the world deals with conflict: away from adversarial approaches, toward cooperative solutions. Search for Common Ground has developed a broad array of operational methods, which it calls collectively its "toolbox." These include well-known conflict resolution techniques, such as mediation and facilitation, and less traditional ones, like TV productions, radio soap opera, and community organising. Search for Common Ground has found that employing several tools at the same time increases their overall effectiveness.

Goethe-Institut

International Organisation

The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. The organisation promotes knowledge of the German language abroad and fosters international cultural cooperation. Goethe-Institut conveys a comprehensive image of Germany by providing information about cultural, social and political life in the nation. Its cultural and educational programmes encourage intercultural dialogue and enable cultural involvement. These programmes strengthen the development of structures in civil society and foster worldwide mobility. With its network of Goethe-Instituts, Goethe Centres, cultural societies, reading rooms and exam and language learning centres, Goethe-Institut has been the first point of contact for many with Germany for almost seventy years. Its long-lasting partnerships with leading institutions and individuals in over ninety countries create enduring trust in Germany. Goethe-Institut is a partner for all who actively engage with Germany and its culture, working independently and without political ties.

Agora Energiewende

Think Tanks & Research Institutes

Agora Energiewende develops scientifically sound and politically feasible strategies for a successful pathway to climate neutrality – in Germany, Europe and internationally. The organisation which is part of the Agora Think Tanks works independently of economic and partisan interests. Its only commitment is to climate action.

European Youth Forum

NGOs & Nonprofits

The European Youth Forum is the platform organisation advocating for youth rights in Europe. It is made up of over 100 National Youth Councils and international youth NGOs from across Europe. The European Youth Forum works to empower young people to participate actively in society and improve their lives by representing their interests towards the European Institutions, the Council of Europe, the United Nations and other partners active in the youth field.

Zero Waste Europe

NGOs & Nonprofits

Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) is the European network of communities, organisations, local leaders, experts, and change agents working towards the elimination of waste in society. The organisation advocates for sustainable systems and the redesign of the relationship with resources, to accelerate a just transition towards zero waste for the benefit of people and the planet.

Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking

EU Institutions & Intergovernmental Bodies

Clean Aviation is the EU’s leading research and innovation programme for transforming aviation towards a sustainable, climate-neutral future!

ILGA-Europe

NGOs & Nonprofits

ILGA-Europe is an independent, international non-governmental umbrella organisation bringing together over 700 organisations from 54 European and Central Asian countries. We are a driving force for political, legal and social change in the region.

IGLYO - The International LGBTQI Youth & Student Organisation

NGOs & Nonprofits

IGLYO is the world's largest LGBTQI youth and student network, representing over 135 member organisations across 40+ countries. Based in Brussels, it advocates for the rights, empowerment, and inclusion of LGBTQI young people at European and international levels.

ONE

NGOs & Nonprofits

ONE is a global movement campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030, so that everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity and opportunity. Whether lobbying political leaders in world capitals or running cutting-edge grassroots campaigns, ONE pressures governments to do more to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, and empowers citizens to hold their governments to account.

S&D Group

Political Parties & Movements

The S&D Group is the leading centre-left political group in the European Parliament and the second largest, with 145 members from 26 EU countries. The group works for social justice, sustainability and equality for all European citizens.

Environmental Justice Foundation

NGOs & Nonprofits

Dynamic, agile and effective, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is working to secure a world where the natural world can sustain, and be sustained by, the communities that depend upon it for their fundamental human rights.

European Cyclists' Federation

Trade Associations

Founded in 1983, the European Cyclists’ Federation is a Brussels-based independent non-profit association dedicated to achieving more and better cycling for all in Europe.

European Climate Foundation

NGOs & Nonprofits

The European Climate Foundation (ECF) is a leading philanthropic initiative dedicated to fostering the net-zero transition and ensuring a healthy, thriving planet for current and future generations. The organisation supports over 700 partner organisations to drive progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, promote practical policymaking in response to the climate crisis, and broaden political and public support for climate action. ECF strives for a positive, people-centred, and socially responsible climate transition in Europe and around the world.

International Union for Conservation of Nature

NGOs & Nonprofits

IUCN is the world's oldest and largest global environmental network - a democratic membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organisations and almost 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries. IUCN's work is supported by more than 1,000 professional staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors worldwide. Its headquarters are based in Gland, Switzerland. IUCN's work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects worldwide, and brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practices.

CIEE

NGOs & Nonprofits

CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1947 that runs international exchange, study abroad and work abroad programmes, serving more than 12,000 study abroad students and 35,000 international exchange visitors each year. It operates study centres worldwide and is a designated U.S. State Department sponsor of J-1 visa exchange programmes such as Work & Travel USA and the J-1 Trainee category.

European Health Management Association

NGOs & Nonprofits

Active since 1982, the European Health Management Association (EHMA) is a non-profit membership organisation open to all those committed to improving health and healthcare. Its focus is on health management capacity and capabilities and on supporting the successful implementation of health policy and practice, so as to make a real difference to the lives of Europe's 500 million citizens. EHMA is the only membership organisation in Europe to bring together health managers, health professionals, policy makers, researchers and educators. The organisation provides an environment where evidence, challenge and experience are valued and complex debates on current topics take place. With a secretariat located in the heart of Europe, EHMA maximises its impact by placing its membership of over 130 members in 38 countries at the heart of all that it does.

RREUSE

NGOs & Nonprofits

RREUSE is currently searching for a new Director to lead the Brussels-based secretariat! This is an incredible opportunity to serve an impact driven network at the highest political level whose members are delivering significant good for people and environment.

Centre for European Policy Studies

Think Tanks & Research Institutes

Founded in Brussels in 1983, the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is among the most experienced and authoritative think tanks operating in the European Union today. CEPS serves as a leading forum for debate on EU affairs, but its most distinguishing feature lies in its strong in-house research capacity, complemented by an extensive network of partner institutes throughout the world. CEPS’ funding is obtained from a variety of sources, including membership fees, project research, foundation grants, conferences fees and publication sales. Assets: - Complete independence to set its own research priorities and freedom from any outside influence. - Quality research by an international staff of more than 50 people drawn from eighteen different countries. - Formation of nine different research networks, comprising research institutes from throughout Europe and beyond, to complement and consolidate CEPS research expertise and to greatly extend its outreach. - An extensive membership base of some 120 Corporate Members and 130 Institutional Members, which provide expertise and practical experience and act as a sounding board for CEPS policy proposals.

Pesticide Action Network

NGOs & Nonprofits

PAN Europe is a network of NGOs working to minimise negative effects of pesticides and replace the use of hazardous chemicals with ecologically sound alternatives. Pesticide Action Network works to eliminate dependency on chemical pesticides and to support safe sustainable pest control methods. Its network brings together 34 consumer, public health, and environmental organisations, and women's groups from across Europe. PAN Europe is one of the regional centres of PAN International, founded in 1982, a network of over 600 nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 90 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.

Missing Children Europe

NGOs & Nonprofits

Missing Children Europe is the European federation for missing and sexually exploited children, representing 33 organisations in 27 countries. Its mission is to protect children from any kind of violence, abuse or neglect that is caused by or results from them going missing. Every two minutes, a child is reported missing in the EU. The cause as well as the effect of the disappearance may include situations of violence and abuse, including sexual exploitation. Missing Children Europe’s vision is that all children should be able to rely on effective and holistic systems of child protection, where all measures are taken to empower and protect them from any situation of harm.

BELLONA

NGOs & Nonprofits

The Bellona Foundation was founded in 1986. BELLONA currently has 57 employees, working at the main office in Oslo and international offices in Brussels (Belgium / EU), Berlin (Germany), Murmansk (Russia), and St. Petersburg (Russia). BELLONA has websites in Norwegian, English, and Russian. The organisation's area of expertise is broad, and the staff is comprised of individuals with extensive professional backgrounds. With 35 years of experience, BELLONA has established a unique network both nationally and internationally. The organisation's work has gained international attention within several disciplines, and Bellona's advisors are frequently sources and experts on climate change issues both in national and international press.

European Trade Union Institute

Trade Associations

The European Trade Union Institute is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which itself affiliates European trade unions into a single European umbrella organisation. The ETUI places its expertise – acquired in particular in the context of its links with universities, academic and expert networks – in the service of workers’ interests at European level and of the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union.

International Organization for Migration

EU Institutions & Intergovernmental Bodies

Established in 1951, the International Organization for Migration is the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration and is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. IOM works with its partners in the international community to assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration and uphold the well-being and human rights of migrants. More people are on the move today than at any other time in recorded history: 1 billion people – comprising a seventh of humanity. A variety of elements – not least the information and communications revolutions – contribute to the movement of people on such a large scale. The forces driving migration as a priority issue are: climate change, natural and manmade catastrophes, conflict, the demographic trends of an ageing industrialized population, an exponentially expanding jobless youth population in the developing world and widening North–South social and economic disparities.

TRAFFIC

NGOs & Nonprofits

TRAFFIC is a leading non-governmental organisation working globally to ensure that trade in wild species is legal and sustainable, for the benefit of the planet and people. Founded in 1976 as a joint programme of WWF and IUCN and headquartered in Cambridge, it runs a network of regional offices across Africa, Asia and Europe, combining wildlife trade research with policy engagement, law enforcement support and sustainable sourcing work.

U.S. Embassy in Brussels

EU Institutions & Intergovernmental Bodies

The U.S. Embassy in Brussels serves as the direct link between the U.S. Government and Belgium, representing American interests and strengthening the transatlantic relationship as fellow founding members of NATO.

European Environmental Bureau

NGOs & Nonprofits

European Environmental Bureau is the largest and most inclusive European network of environmental citizens’ groups. European Environmental Bureau advocates for progressive policies to create a better environment in the European Union and beyond.

European Federation of Building and Woodworkers

Trade Associations

The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) defends the rights of workers of the building, woodworking, forestry sectors and allied industries on issues related to construction, woodworking, forestry and cross-sectoral matters affecting these sectors.