New York, Rio, Togo? You are interested in an internationally oriented career and the desire for regularly changing working places and areas of responsibility? An attractive job is waiting for you, because you 

• accomplish demanding tasks in the broad field of German foreign and European policy.
• work together with interesting people and discover at the same time the world.
• are actively involved in shaping German foreign policy. 

There is a high expectation of you:...

• excellent intellectual qualifications
• outstanding foreign language skills
• strong social and intercultural competence and a robust constitution
• lifelong flexibility, adaptability and willingness to learn
• usually relocation all three to four years (when necessary also with family or partner) -at any time anywhere in the world.
• maybe one day your place of work will be in New York and Rio. But you also have to expect to be sent to a crisis area or a place that may seem less attractive to you right away.

More information:

• Working in the Foreign Office - General applications
• The higher foreign service presents itself as job profile
• FAQs about the Higher Foreign Service

Applications are exclusively online:

• Application procedure for the Higher Foreign Service
• Application procedure for the upper level Foreign Service

Successful applicants for the higher foreign service will be intensively prepared for future tasks in a 14-month training program. Afterwards, the first assignment will take place at one of the 230 representations abroad or in the headquarters in Berlin.

Information materials and information days nationwide:

• Weltweit wir: Informationsbroschüre über die Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten im Auswärtigen Dienst (PDF, 2 MB)-- auch im Inforaum (R.24) des Careers Service einsehbar
• Literaturhinweise für die Vorbereitung auf das Auswahlverfahren für den höheren Auswärtigen Dienst (PDF, 70 KB)
• Der Auswärtige Dienst - Einblicke in ein Berufsfeld
• Berufenet der Bundesagentur für Arbeit
• Tatsachen über Deutschland