Active volunteer work
In addition to financial support for our work, there is also the opportunity to support I.S.A.R. Germany in a very practical way by actively participating as a volunteer.
Our team is divided into several components that work together on an interdisciplinary basis. These include
The Search and Rescue component, consisting of rescue specialists and rescue dogs. This team is deployed as an emergency aid unit following natural disasters abroad.
The medical component, which can either form a team together with the search-and-rescue component or provide immediate assistance worldwide on its own.
Members from both components can be called upon for a humanitarian mission.
The Information and Situation Centre team supports and coordinates operations abroad.
We are involved in the emergency services of the district of Kleve and the city of Duisburg, where we provide our biological and technical localisation services as well as our many years of experience in the field of search and rescue. In addition, I.S.A.R. Germany also frequently provides free administrative assistance in other cities and municipalities. Our search and rescue team has rescue and personal detection dogs (mantrailing and water search dogs) as well as the necessary technical equipment for locating missing persons and is alerted for various types of missions in Germany.
Our specially trained drone pilots are also active in Germany.
This variety of tasks naturally means that the requirements for active membership of the I.S.A.R. Germany team are also diverse.
However, the basic requirement for all applications is that you already have demonstrable basic knowledge in at least one of the above-mentioned areas of responsibility, which we can then build on in our internal basic training course. You should also be in very good health and physically fit (your state of health will be checked by a doctor if you are accepted), between 18 and 49 years old, have no criminal record, be able to work in a team and be flexible in terms of time.
If you fulfil these requirements and are seriously interested in joining us, please send us your application by Mail to the contact person named below. All application documents will be carefully checked. If your application meets our requirements, you will be invited to an initial introductory training course. Here you will be given a 2-day introduction to the requirements of I.S.A.R. Germany and any questions you may have will be answered individually. A few months later, you will take part in an exercise lasting several days to familiarise yourself with the company and to test your skills, workload and team spirit. At the end of the application process, a personal interview takes place in which the results are communicated.
Such a selection process, which is essential for a successful civil protection mission and is followed by 120 hours of basic training and 90 hours of specialised training, takes a lot of time and is therefore only carried out once a year.
Internship, Voluntary Social Year (FSJ), Federal Voluntary Service (BFD)
We are happy to offer young people the opportunity to complete a student internship and to gain an insight into the work of an international aid organisation as part of a course-related internship.
However, we would like to point out that due to our organisational structure, we can only offer unpaid internships for a maximum period of three months. We must also refrain from actively involving interns in assignments for logistical and, above all, safety reasons.
What we would like to offer you is the opportunity to look over our shoulders as we work in our office in Kleve (NRW). This is where we coordinate national and international projects and exercises as well as public relations work, administrative activities and much more. - In short, everything that is directly or indirectly related to maintaining our operational capability.
If you are seriously interested in an active co-operation or an internship at I.S.A.R. Germany, please contact us!
Your contact person:
Frederike Henze
Human Resources
E-Mail: frederike.henze@isar-germany.de
Tel: +49 203 986 300 14
Fax: +49 203 986 300 80