Empowering future-ready talent through continuous learning

Work in an environment that values shared learning, diverse perspectives, and real-world collaboration, helping you grow through challenge, not routine.

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The Forum fosters adaptability and critical thinking, through a dedicated learning and leadership portfolio, equipping you to contribute meaningfully to shared solutions for complex global issues. In 2024–2025, we invested over CHF 2.5 million in staff development, reflecting our deep commitment to personal and professional growth.

Our organisational culture is grounded in a leadership model built on self-awareness and our collective ability to deliver results, strengthen collaboration, drive change, and inspire others.

At the Forum, every role contributes to global progress. We advance together by learning continuously, embracing diverse perspectives, and helping our partners shape solutions that make a lasting impact.

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Our culture and values

At the Forum, our values define who we are and how we work. They shape our culture of trusted cooperation, guide our decision-making, and ensure we deliver meaningful, lasting impact through collaboration with partners around the world. We are actively fostering these values, building on them every day as we work to strengthen our culture together.

Respect

We foster an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with dignity, valuing diverse perspectives and collaboration across all roles and backgrounds.

Integrity

We uphold honesty, transparency and accountability in everything we do, building trust-based relationships that strengthen our role as a trusted partner.

Impartiality

We provide an open, fact-based platform where diverse voices can engage constructively, ensuring decisions are guided by our mission rather than individual interests.

Independence

We operate on equal footing with all stakeholders, free from immediate pressures, enabling us to take a long-term view and maintain credibility.

Excellence

We set high standards in our work, driven by innovation, creativity and a focus on delivering meaningful results for our partners and communities.

Guiding principles

Our commitment to these values is embedded in the way we work every day and guided by our Leadership Model, a set of behaviours and capabilities that enable us to drive global, systems-level change.

Our commitment to you

Our holistic approach to compensation and employee support ensures you are looked after at every stage of your professional journey. We offer competitive financial packages, comprehensive benefits, and a state-of-the-art Employee Assistance Programme.

Competitive compensation

In addition to ensuring compliance with statutory benefits in all its offices, including pension plans, accident insurance, and coverage for loss of earnings due to illness, the Forum recognizes the importance of competitive compensation in attracting and retaining top talent. In all our offices, we offer market-tested salaries and cash allowances, including our Global Learning Award.

Flexible time-off policies

The Forum values work-life balance and provides generous time-off policies across all offices. This includes annual leave, public holidays, and other leave types to support your personal and family needs.

Health and lifestyle benefits

The Forum provides a variety of benefits, including our Global Wellbeing Allowance, access to Employee Assistance Programmes, ergonomic office equipment in all our workspaces, wellbeing programs and arrangements for healthy meals and snacks.