Job Types

The NGO sector has a wide range of finance roles. These include senior management jobs responsible for overseeing NGO financial processes to entry-level positions working on ensuring the NGOs programmes get the financial support they need. Many people working in finance jobs wish to join the NGO sector and use their skills in an organization that helps others. If you’re interested in working for an NGO in a finance role, we’ve put together this overview of the main types of …

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The NGO sector has a wide range of management roles. These senior level jobs oversee projects at country, regional and HQ level.  They are ultimately responsible for ensuring NGO programmes deliver results. Managers within NGOs oversee large teams and are responsible for many key decisions. If you’re interested in working for an NGO in a management role, we’ve put together this breakdown of some of the most common senior-level roles in the sector. We’ve also given details of what you …

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When conflicts, crises and disasters hit communities, people require urgent medical assistance. Humanitarian crises also destroy healthcare infrastructure limiting people’s access to quality medical care. Humanitarian organisations respond by setting up health facilities, deploying medical teams and working to increase the capacities of local health NGOs and government clinics. If you are interested in working in humanitarian aid in a health role, we have put together this guide of the main jobs as well as some of the top NGO …

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Humanitarian logistics covers the purchasing, transporting and warehousing of supplies as part of a response to disaster or conflict. A specialised area within the wider logistics field, humanitarian logistics coordinates the complex supply chains needed to deliver aid in crises contexts. Working in humanitarian logistics is fantastic career. If you’re looking to enter the aid sector, or transition across to humanitarian logistics from the private sector, read on because we’ve broken down the main logistics job in humanitarian aid as …

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Humanitarian responses require many different types of jobs. Humanitarian NGO’s need technical staff to manage their programmes, such as in water and sanitation, education or shelter construction. Aid agencies also need staff in support type roles such as logistics, finance and HR that assist with the effective running of aid programmes. The humanitarian aid sector also has additional job types specific to the industry, such as cluster coordinators and camp managers, alongside crossover roles such as in project management and …

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Midwives play a vital role in humanitarian responses. When communities are affected by disasters, crises and conflicts health services become disrupted and access to maternal services and places for safe child-birth becomes difficult for women. Humanitarian NGO’s run a range of programmes to assist pregnant women and new mothers in times of crises and work to protect new-born infants during emergencies.  Trained midwives can be deployed internationally by humanitarian NGO’s, as well as recruited from the affected communities into a …

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The international development sector can be hard to break-into. However, there are actually a wide range of entry-level jobs in international development. These jobs are ideal for those graduating from university and wanting to start a career in development work. These entry-level positions in international development are also good for those wanting to transition from a career in the public or private sector to work in the development industry. Project Assistant The Project Assistant works to support the implementation of …

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As part of an emergency response, humanitarian NGOs regularly recruit paramedics in their teams. Trained paramedics can bring a range of vital experiences as well as technical knowledge to humanitarian responses. There are several types of job that paramedics can work in as part of a humanitarian response. These include working directly as paramedics assisting those affected by disasters and conflicts and needing emergency care, as well as managerial, logistical and training roles. Medical Coordinator Trained paramedics working in humanitarian …

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