Most nonprofit and public sector leaders in Curitiba work for government or for philanthropic institutions: the Prefeitura and the Paraná state government on one side, hospitals such as Pequeno Príncipe and conservation foundations on the other. The Controladoria-Geral do Estado runs Paraná’s integrity and compliance program. Curitiba is the capital of Paraná and, with 1,773,718 people in the 2022 Census, the largest city in Brazil’s South.
Checked November 2026, updated November 10, 2026
By F. Jay Hall, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ExecSearches.comThe short version
Who hires nonprofit and public sector leaders in Curitiba?
Government first: the Prefeitura de Curitiba and the Paraná state government fill permanent posts by concurso público. Then the philanthropic employers. Hospital Pequeno Príncipe has been a philanthropic children’s hospital since 1919, the Fundação Grupo Boticário is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in the Batel neighborhood, and UFPR is the federal university.
Are there compliance jobs in Curitiba?
Yes. The state controller’s office, CGE-PR, runs Paraná’s integrity and compliance program under state law 19.857 of 2019. The water company Sanepar and the power company Copel both list Curitiba headquarters and publish integrity programs. On November 10, 2026, the payments company EBANX had an Information Security Governance Manager role open in the city.
Is a concurso open in Curitiba right now?
Not at the city or state level. On November 10, 2026, every current listing on the Prefeitura’s concursos portal showed inscriptions closed, and the Paraná administration page said no concurso had open inscriptions. UFPR had one: a Computer Science teaching post under Edital 303/2026, open until November 26, 2026.
Who hires in Curitiba
- Prefeitura de Curitiba, concursos portal: the city posts its concursos públicos and processos seletivos on one site, with registration for candidates.
- Controladoria-Geral do Estado do Paraná: the state’s Programa Estadual de Integridade e Compliance became state policy with Lei Estadual 19.857 of May 29, 2019.
- UFPR: the Universidade Federal do Paraná dates itself to December 19, 1912, and calls itself the oldest university in Brazil.
- Hospital Pequeno Príncipe: a philanthropic children’s hospital, maintained since 1919 by the Associação Hospitalar de Proteção à Infância Dr. Raul Carneiro.
- Hospital Erasto Gaertner: a cancer hospital inaugurated on December 8, 1972, with its own compliance program page.
- Fundação Grupo Boticário, 2025 audited statements: a nonprofit with its headquarters at Rua Gonçalves Dias, 225, in Batel. Its own history dates the foundation to 1990.
- SPVS: the Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem e Educação Ambiental, founded in 1984, runs the Observatório Climático do Alto Iguaçu, which works on the climate agenda of Curitiba and Araucária.
- Sanepar and Copel: the Paraná water company and the power company both give Curitiba addresses and publish integrity programs, which means compliance teams.
Curitiba in numbers
- IBGE, 2022 Census, SIDRA table 4709: Curitiba has 1,773,718 people. That ranks eighth in Brazil and first in the South Region.
- IBGE, same table: the city added 21,811 people between 2010 and 2022, growth of 0.10 percent a year. Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina, grew 2.05 percent a year.
- IBGE, PIB dos Municípios 2023, SIDRA table 5938: Curitiba produced 17.90 percent of Paraná’s GDP and 1.10 percent of Brazil’s.
- IBGE, PIB dos Municípios 2021, the latest year with sector detail: services outside government made up 66.47 percent of gross value added, industry 22.08 percent, and public administration, including public health, education and social security, 11.43 percent.
That public share is almost the same as in Porto Alegre, where it was 11.40 percent in 2021.
How public hiring works in Curitiba
The rules for each exam sit in its official notice, the edital. Curitiba’s city government runs its own concursos, the Paraná state government runs others, and the federal university hires separately.
- Federal Constitution, article 37: a permanent public post depends on passing a concurso público. The exception is the cargo em comissão, an appointed position.
- Prefeitura de Curitiba, checked November 10, 2026: every current listing showed inscriptions closed.
- Governo do Paraná, Secretaria da Administração e da Previdência, checked November 10, 2026: no concurso had open inscriptions.
- UFPR, Edital 303/2026: one Computer Science teaching post in the Setor de Educação Profissional e Tecnológica, with applications taken by email from October 27 to November 26, 2026.
Open roles checked November 10, 2026
Each of these was open on the employer’s own careers page today. Postings close without notice, so check the link before you apply.
- EBANX, a payments company whose careers page links to its job board, had two openings. The Information Security Governance Manager works on site in Curitiba and leads a team on information security risk and governance. The Compliance Data, Operations & Solutions Junior Analyst can sit in either Curitiba or São Paulo.
- Sebrae/PR, Consultor, Unidade de Gestão Estratégica, Curitiba, posted November 6, 2026: monitors strategic and budget indicators and writes management reports for decision makers.
For third-sector openings across Brazil, GIFE Vagas is the free board run by GIFE, the association of private social investors. Compliance and data protection roles in Portuguese are listed on the GRC Careers page for compliance jobs in Brazil.
The LGPD, and an AI bill that is still a bill
- LGPD, Lei 13.709/2018, article 1: the law’s general rules bind the União, the states, the Distrito Federal and the municipalities, so the Prefeitura and the state are covered along with private employers.
- LGPD, article 41: every controller names an encarregado, the person in charge of personal data, and publishes that person’s identity and contact, preferably on its website.
- Prefeitura de Curitiba, LGPD page: Decreto 31/2026 sets how the city applies the LGPD and makes the Prefeitura the controller. Decreto 44/2026 designates the city’s Encarregada-Geral de Proteção de Dados.
- LGPD, article 55-J: the ANPD supervises the law and applies its sanctions. Its own site now gives its name as Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados.
- Agência Senado, December 10, 2024: the Senate passed PL 2338/2023, the AI bill also called the Marco Legal da IA.
- Câmara dos Deputados, checked November 10, 2026: the bill arrived on March 17, 2025, and its status reads Aguardando Parecer, waiting for a committee report.
Brazil has no AI law in force. AI governance work in Curitiba runs on the LGPD and sector rules until the Chamber acts. The Brazil guide sets out the other laws behind compliance jobs nationwide, including the MROSC for nonprofits.
Polish, German, Italian and Ukrainian Curitiba
- Curitiba tourism office, city history: Poles arrived in 1871 and founded colonies such as Tomás Coelho, now in Araucária, and Santa Cândida.
- Same source: by 1872 the German presence in the city center was already notable. The Bosque Alemão, opened in 1996, celebrates German traditions.
- Same source: Italians came to Curitiba in 1872 and founded the Santa Felicidade colony in 1878.
- Same source: Ukrainians came in 1895 and settled in the Campo da Galícia.
- Bosque do Papa: the memorial to Polish immigration opened on December 13, 1980, after Pope John Paul II visited Curitiba that July. Parque Tingui holds the Memorial Ucraniano, a replica of an Orthodox church.
Rio Grande do Sul has its own German and Italian story, told in the Porto Alegre guide.
Em português: vagas no terceiro setor, no setor público e em compliance em Curitiba
Em Curitiba, quem mais contrata líderes do terceiro setor e do setor público são a Prefeitura e o Governo do Paraná, por concurso público. Depois vêm o hospital filantrópico Pequeno Príncipe, o Hospital Erasto Gaertner, a Fundação Grupo Boticário, a SPVS e a UFPR. Em compliance, contratam a CGE-PR, que coordena o Programa Estadual de Integridade e Compliance, a Sanepar e a Copel.
- IBGE, Censo 2022: Curitiba tem 1.773.718 habitantes, a oitava maior população entre os municípios do Brasil e a maior da Região Sul.
- IBGE, PIB dos Municípios 2023: a cidade gerou 17,90% do PIB do Paraná. Em 2021, a administração pública respondeu por 11,43% do valor adicionado.
- CGE-PR: o programa de integridade virou política de Estado com a Lei Estadual 19.857, de 29 de maio de 2019.
- Prefeitura de Curitiba: o Decreto 31/2026 regulamenta a LGPD no município, e o Decreto 44/2026 designa a encarregada-geral de proteção de dados.
- Agência Senado, 10 de dezembro de 2024: o Senado aprovou o PL 2338/2023, o Marco Legal da IA. Na Câmara dos Deputados, o projeto aguarda parecer. O Brasil ainda não tem lei de IA em vigor.
- Concursos, em 10 de novembro de 2026: a Prefeitura de Curitiba e o Governo do Paraná não tinham inscrições abertas. A UFPR recebe inscrições até 26 de novembro de 2026 no Edital 303/2026.
- Prefeitura de Curitiba, turismo: os poloneses chegaram em 1871, os italianos em 1872, com a colônia Santa Felicidade em 1878, e os ucranianos em 1895.
Os outros guias da série: o guia do Brasil, Porto Alegre, São Paulo e Florianópolis.
Related guides
- Who hires across Brazil, the country guide
- Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina
- Porto Alegre and Rio Grande do Sul
- São Paulo
- Free job alerts on ExecSearches.com
Sources
- IBGE, Censo 2022, SIDRA table 4709
- IBGE, PIB dos Municípios, SIDRA table 5938 (2023 GDP; 2021 sector detail)
- Constituição Federal, article 37
- Lei 13.709/2018, the LGPD, articles 1, 41 and 55-J
- Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD)
- Agência Senado, Senado aprova regulamentação da inteligência artificial, December 10, 2024
- Câmara dos Deputados, PL 2338/2023, procedural record
- Prefeitura de Curitiba, Turismo, História
- Bosque do Papa, Turismo Curitiba
- Parque Tingui, Turismo Curitiba
- Bosque Alemão, Turismo Curitiba
- Prefeitura de Curitiba, Concursos
- LGPD page of the Prefeitura de Curitiba
- Decreto municipal 44/2026, Curitiba
- Governo do Paraná, SEAP, Inscrições abertas
- CGE-PR, Programa Estadual de Integridade e Compliance
- UFPR, A mais antiga do Brasil
- UFPR, Edital 303/2026 (PDF)
- Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Quem somos
- Fundação Grupo Boticário, Quem somos
- Hospital Erasto Gaertner, Sobre
- Fundação Grupo Boticário, demonstrações financeiras 2025 (PDF)
- Compliance page, Hospital Erasto Gaertner
- SPVS, Sobre a SPVS
- Sanepar, Programa de Integridade
- Copel, Programa de Integridade
- EBANX, Information Security Governance Manager
- Sebrae/PR, Consultor, Unidade de Gestão Estratégica
- EBANX, Compliance Data, Operations & Solutions Junior Analyst
- GIFE Vagas