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Nonprofit, Public and Compliance Jobs in Joinville: 2026 Guide

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Joinville is the largest city in Santa Catarina, with 616,317 people in the 2022 Census, and the state’s largest economy: it produced 9.70 percent of Santa Catarina’s GDP in 2023 (IBGE). Industry made up 35.46 percent of the city’s gross value added in 2021, nearly four times the 9.49 percent in Porto Alegre (IBGE). For compliance leaders, that means industrial employers such as Tupy. Univille, a community university, is one nonprofit employer; the Bolshoi ballet school is another. The city government has written its own rule for artificial intelligence.

Updated November 10, 2026. Facts and open roles checked November 2026.

By , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ExecSearches.com

The short version

Is Joinville the largest city in Santa Catarina?

Yes. The 2022 Census counted 616,317 people in Joinville, ahead of Florianópolis, the state capital, with 537,211. Joinville also had the largest GDP in the state in 2023, 9.70 percent of the total (IBGE).

Who hires mission-driven and compliance leaders in Joinville?

The Prefeitura de Joinville, which also staffs the Hospital Municipal São José through public exams; Univille, a nonprofit community university; the Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil, a nonprofit ballet school; Hospital Dona Helena, in the city since 1916; and industrial groups such as Tupy.

Is there an open leadership role in Joinville right now?

Not one we could verify on November 10, 2026. The one open city selection we found was its legal residency program, which is a training post. The Bolshoi school listed no openings, and the open posts at Univille and Tupy were for staff and interns.

Does Joinville have rules for artificial intelligence?

Yes, for its own staff. The city’s 2026 data protection guide says Instrução Normativa SEI 228/2025 sets the rules for AI use in city government, in line with the LGPD. Brazil has no national AI law: PL 2338/2023 passed the Senate on December 10, 2024, and on November 10, 2026 it was awaiting the rapporteur’s report in a Chamber of Deputies special committee.

Who hires in Joinville

  • The Prefeitura de Joinville hires through concurso público. Its 2024 exam, Edital 001/2024-SGP, covered posts in city government and at the Hospital Municipal São José, and the city was still publishing classification lists from it on November 6, 2026.
  • Univille, community university page: community universities have no profit motive and reinvest their results in the university. Univille says Santa Catarina’s community institutions were created by municipal governments in the 1960s to take higher education beyond the capital. Its legal name is Fundação Educacional da Região de Joinville.
  • Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil, about page: the Bolshoi Theater’s only branch in Brazil, open in Joinville since March 15, 2000. A private nonprofit, it gives every student a full scholarship.
  • Hospital Dona Helena: in Joinville since 1916, with 172 operating beds, 34 of them in intensive care. Its website files the privacy policy under an Integridade section.
  • Tupy: founded in 1938 by German immigrants. Its first plant and its headquarters are in Joinville. It employs more than 20,000 people and runs an ethics and integrity channel.
  • Udesc Joinville: the Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas of the Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina.

Open roles, checked November 10, 2026

For compliance and risk roles in Brazil and the rest of Latin America, see the international GRC jobs on GRC Careers. Third-sector openings across Brazil appear on GIFE Vagas.

The numbers

  • IBGE, 2022 Census, SIDRA 4709: 616,317 people, up 101,029 since 2010, an average growth of 1.50 percent a year. First in Santa Catarina; Florianópolis has 537,211.
  • IBGE, PIB dos Municípios 2023, SIDRA 5938: 9.70 percent of Santa Catarina’s GDP, first in the state, and 0.46 percent of Brazil’s.
  • IBGE, latest sector breakdown, 2021: services outside government 54.00 percent of gross value added, industry 35.46 percent, public administration 10.06 percent, farming 0.48 percent. Industry in Porto Alegre was 9.49 percent the same year.

How public hiring works in Joinville

Article 37 of Brazil’s Constitution says a permanent public post depends on passing a concurso público, a competitive public exam. Joinville runs its hiring through the Secretaria de Gestão de Pessoas and hands the exams to outside examiners: Ibade ran the 2024 exam and the Instituto Avalia runs the 2026 temporary selection. For its temporary teacher selection, the city ranked candidates on the Prova Nacional Docente, a national teacher exam, plus a review of degrees and titles (Edital 006/2026-SGP).

Data protection and AI in Joinville

  • LGPD, article 1: the law’s general rules bind every level of government, municipalities included.
  • LGPD, article 41: every controller names an encarregado, the person in charge of data protection, and publishes that person’s contact details.
  • Joinville, Comitê Municipal de Proteção de Dados Pessoais, 2026 guide: Instrução Normativa SEI 228/2025 governs AI use in city government. The guide warns city staff that data typed into free, unofficial AI tools can be kept and used to train the vendor’s models, and it says every decision an AI system makes must carry the right to appeal to a person.
  • Same guide: Decreto 55.380 of June 2, 2023 sets the rules for sharing personal data among city bodies.
  • ANPD: the Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados is Brazil’s national data protection agency.

How Joinville began

  • IBGE: the land was part of the 25 square leagues that Emperor Pedro II gave in 1843 to his sister, Princess Francisca Carolina, when she married the Prince of Joinville, third son of King Louis Philippe of France.
  • Prefeitura de Joinville: in 1849 the prince and princess signed a contract with the Sociedade Colonizadora de Hamburgo, led by Senator Christian Matthias Schroeder, ceding 8 square leagues for settlement.
  • IBGE: on March 9, 1851, the first immigrants landed, 118 Germans and Swiss brought by the barque Colón, while two smaller boats brought 74 Norwegians. In 1852 the settlement took the name Joinville, after the prince.
  • Prefeitura de Joinville: about 17,000 people came to the Colônia Dona Francisca between 1850 and 1888, and the Swiss were the majority at first. Hunter-gatherers lived in the region about 6,000 years ago, and between 6,000 and 2,000 years ago people there built shell mounds, the sambaquis. From 1938, the Vargas government’s nationalization campaign banned the German language and closed German associations.

Blumenau was settled a year before Joinville, in 1850; the Blumenau guide covers its employers and its open roles. The older German settlement in Rio Grande do Sul, which began at São Leopoldo in 1824, is in our guide to Porto Alegre. For the country as a whole, read nonprofit, government and compliance jobs in Brazil.

Em português

Joinville é a maior cidade de Santa Catarina, com 616.317 habitantes no Censo 2022 do IBGE, e a maior economia do estado: gerou 9,70% do PIB catarinense em 2023 (IBGE). A indústria respondeu por 35,46% do valor adicionado em 2021 (IBGE).

Quem contrata

  • Prefeitura de Joinville: contrata por concurso público, inclusive para o Hospital Municipal São José.
  • Univille: universidade comunitária, sem fins lucrativos, mantida pela Fundação Educacional da Região de Joinville.
  • Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil: instituição sem fins lucrativos, em Joinville desde 15 de março de 2000, com bolsa integral para todos os alunos.
  • Hospital Dona Helena: em Joinville desde 1916.
  • Tupy: fundada em 1938 por imigrantes alemães, com sede em Joinville e mais de 20 mil empregados.

Vagas abertas

Em 10 de novembro de 2026, não encontramos vaga de liderança aberta em Joinville. Não achamos concurso da Prefeitura com inscrições abertas; o processo aberto que encontramos foi o Programa de Residência Jurídica da Procuradoria-Geral do Município, com inscrições até 8 de junho de 2027. As vagas da Univille e da Tupy eram para cargos técnicos, administrativos e de estágio.

LGPD e inteligência artificial

A LGPD vale para os municípios, e todo controlador precisa indicar um encarregado (art. 41). Joinville foi além: o guia de conformidade da LGPD do Comitê Municipal de Proteção de Dados Pessoais, de 2026, explica a Instrução Normativa SEI nº 228/2025, que regula o uso de inteligência artificial na prefeitura. O Brasil ainda não tem lei nacional de IA: o PL 2338/2023 passou pelo Senado em 10 de dezembro de 2024 e aguardava, em 10 de novembro de 2026, o parecer do relator na comissão especial da Câmara dos Deputados.

A origem da cidade

As terras eram parte do dote da princesa Francisca Carolina, irmã de Dom Pedro II, que se casou com o príncipe de Joinville. Em 9 de março de 1851 desembarcaram os primeiros imigrantes, 118 alemães e suíços trazidos pela barca Colón, segundo o IBGE. A Prefeitura registra cerca de 17 mil imigrantes na Colônia Dona Francisca entre 1850 e 1888.

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Sources

  1. IBGE, Censo 2022, SIDRA table 4709
  2. IBGE, PIB dos Municípios, SIDRA table 5938 (GDP 2023; sector shares 2021)
  3. IBGE, Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Monografia nº 324, 1966
  4. Prefeitura de Joinville, Joinville Cidade em Dados 2024, Gestão Institucional (PDF)
  5. Prefeitura de Joinville, Concurso Público, Edital nº 001-2024-SGP
  6. Prefeitura de Joinville, Processo Seletivo Simplificado, Edital nº 007-2026-SGP
  7. Prefeitura de Joinville, Processo Seletivo Simplificado, Edital nº 006-2026-SGP
  8. Prefeitura de Joinville, Programa de Residência Jurídica, Edital nº 005-2026-SGP
  9. Prefeitura de Joinville, Guia de Conformidade da LGPD para Servidores Públicos, 2026 (PDF)
  10. Univille, Universidade Comunitária
  11. Univille, career portal
  12. Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil, Sobre
  13. Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil, career portal
  14. Hospital Dona Helena, Institucional
  15. Tupy, home page
  16. Tupy, career portal
  17. Udesc, Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas
  18. Constituição Federal de 1988, art. 37
  19. Lei nº 13.709/2018 (LGPD), Planalto
  20. Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados
  21. Agência Senado, December 10, 2024
  22. Câmara dos Deputados, PL 2338/2023, ficha de tramitação
  23. GIFE Vagas