Porto Alegre is the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, and it reads differently from Rio or São Paulo. The state carries German and Italian roots. The first 39 German-speaking immigrants reached São Leopoldo on July 25, 1824 (state government). The first Italians reached Nova Milano, now part of Farroupilha, on May 20, 1875, and about 84,000 people came from Lombardy, Veneto and Tyrol between 1875 and 1914 (state government).
Updated November 8, 2026
By F. Jay Hall, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ExecSearches.com
The short version
Who hires nonprofit and public leaders in Porto Alegre?
Universities, hospitals and government: PUCRS, the Catholic university on Avenida Ipiranga; the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, which hires through a public selection process; Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, a group of hospitals that treats SUS patients; and the city and state governments.
Is Porto Alegre growing?
No. The city had 1,332,845 people in 2022, 76,506 fewer than in 2010 (IBGE). Public administration produced 11.40 percent of gross value added in 2021 (IBGE).
Who hires
- PUCRS, the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, which fills jobs through a public selection process, the processo seletivo público
- Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, whose hospitals include the Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio and Hospital Santa Rita
- Prefeitura de Porto Alegre, the city government, Rua João Manoel, 157
- The Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, at the Palácio Piratini
The numbers
- 1,332,845 people in 2022, down 76,506 since 2010 (IBGE, SIDRA 4709)
- Public administration 11.40 percent and industry 9.49 percent of gross value added in 2021 (IBGE, SIDRA 5938)
Third-sector openings in the state show up on GIFE Vagas, which can be filtered to RS.
Em português: Porto Alegre é a capital do Rio Grande do Sul. Os primeiros 39 imigrantes de língua alemã chegaram a São Leopoldo em 25 de julho de 1824, e os primeiros italianos chegaram a Nova Milano, hoje distrito de Farroupilha, em 20 de maio de 1875. Quem contrata: universidades como a PUCRS, hospitais como o Hospital de Clínicas e a Santa Casa, e os governos da cidade e do estado.
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