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The Sponsoring and Partnerships team is dedicated to securing financial support and building strategic alliances for the organization. They focus on both short-term event sponsorships and long-term partnerships, ensuring financial stability and expanding the organization’s reach. This team plays a crucial role in maintaining sponsor relationships and seeking new opportunities for sustainable growth and influence.

The Community and Logistics Team ensures the smooth organization of events such as summits, challenges, and community activities. Their responsibilities include venue selection, coordinating food, beverages, and technical equipment. They also organize Circle Days and Socials to foster team spirit and connections. Volunteers in this team gain valuable skills in event planning and logistics while contributing to impactful humanitarian efforts.

The Marketing and Communications team is the voice of the CYH, promoting our events and amplifying our message. The team manages the social media channels, keeps the website updated, crafts engaging email newsletters, produces the Young Humanitarian Podcast, and collaborates with journalists. The team thrives on creativity, with expertise in written and oral communication, graphic design, photography, and filming, complemented by technical, organizational, and networking skills. Alongside their daily tasks, they are always on the lookout for innovative ways to extend our reach. As the CYH’s megaphone, the team's role is vital for building a bridge between the humanitarian world and the next generation.

The Programming team is responsible for developing and executing engaging content for CYH events. They work to create inspiring, thought-provoking experiences that reflect the voice of young people and address critical issues within the humanitarian sector. In the long term, the team aims to build the organization’s strategy and explore underrepresented topics in the field.

The Think Tank analyses and develops ideas into applied learning formats that equip participants with practical skills and insights. It uses research, educational design, and practice-based innovation to make humanitarian principles actionable, deepening critical thinking, leadership, and self-reflection.

It operates through sub-groups, each responsible for specific formats and partnerships. The team leads the CYH Lab, a hackathon-style workshop bringing together participants from multiple sectors to tackle real-world challenges using collaborative and solution-oriented methods.

Another sub-group works with academic and professional institutions, co-developing a course with the University of St. Gallen and the CEMS Global Alliance to integrate humanitarian principles into management education. This work is complemented by recurring sessions such as Unlock Your Inner Humanitarian and self-reflection workshops at Circle Days.

Across all formats, the Think Tank builds in reflection and feedback to measure impact and improve its approaches, supporting CYH’s mission through education and skills development.

The People and Culture team helps shape the future of the Circle of Young Humanitarians by building a strong and motivated team. This team focuses on recruiting new team members, strengthening collaboration, and improving internal processes so that our engagement remains meaningful and sustainable. Working closely with the board, People and Culture helps turn commitment into ideas and impact. This team is ideal for people who want to actively shape a growing organisation and live humanitarian values through collective action.

The newly established Brand Team will develop the CYH’s very own clothing brand, establishing a line of items that can be worn by people who live by humanitarian values in their everyday lives.

Supports the Circle of Young Humanitarians in strengthening our digital infrastructure. You will help improve our collaboration tools, CRM usage, and website, making sure our growing community can work efficiently and securely. You ought to have experience with M365 collaboration and Swiss data protection.