Humanitarian Job Info
UPDATE: Michael Kleinman over at Change.org’s Humanitarian Relief blog has a great series on the best and worst of a number of aid organizations. He currently has reviews for CARE, IRC, Oxfam and the UN. Please check these out if you want a good, anonymous opinion of what it is like to work for each of these orgs.
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Whoa! I don’t have a job for you but there are a lot of organizations in need of qualified personnel. People from all walks of life become aid workers yet only a few stay the course. It is usually those folks that you don’t think will make it that do great and the ones that act like superheroes that don’t get off the plane. Give it a shot and see what happens.
Typically, most folks shop for jobs at:
ReliefWeb Vacancies & AlertNet Jobs
UPDATE: Definitely check out ReliefWeb’s new job map. It is a great way to find a humanitarian job! Here is my post on it.
UPDATE 2: Change.org has a good write-up on ‘Finding a Job Overseas‘.
UPDATE 3: I just put a SimplyHired widget on my front page which lists jobs. Check in to see if any recruiters have posted positions!
You can also go straight to an organization’s website and check the job listings. Here are a couple of the larger organizations:
Action Contre la Faim/Action Against Hunger (ACF)
Australian Aid International (AAI)
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
International Medical Corps (IMC)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
World Vision International (WVI)
Training:
Fritz Insititute – Certification courses in Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain
Check out this promo video for MSF so you know what you are getting yourself into:
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I am a physician , if I can help and treat some patient on telemedicne ,I am available and interested. please let me know.
thank you,
Please contact the Swinfen Charitable Trust directly. You can contact them by following the links in the post.
Many thanks!
Jon
Also of interest could be: “So you want to become an aidworker, hey?”, containing background info on ‘becoming an aidworker’.
P
For a versatile Humanitarian logistician mail atthabee@yahoo.com, arthur@econetmobile.co.zw
Arthur
PUT YOUR IDEALS INTO PRACTICE:
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS URGENTLY SEEKS ANESTHESIOLOGISTS/CRNAs, NURSE-MIDWIVES, OB/GYNs, HIV/AIDS and TB SPECIALISTS
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recruits medical and non-medical personnel and is in URGENT NEED of more anesthesiologists/CRNAs, nurse-midwives, OB/GYN, HIV/AIDS and TB specialists to provide aid in over 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.
Responsibilities: program management, training, direct patient care
Requirements: Minimum availability of 9 to 12 months, except anesthesiologists (minimum of 2 months)
For full details on requirements and the application process, visit http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/work/field
Life is so funny ,it leaves people like myself without anywhere to get a job of my dream and yet it fires me up inside with a passion to serve the world but ironically opportunities to do so are not given on a silver platter.I just want to serve this world and later when i look back celebrate life knowing i helped the downtrodden.
Please note that all applications must be submitted no later than October 31, 2009.
For more information:
http://www.fritzinstitute.org/CHL_Scholarship.htm
Fritz Institute announced 10fullltuitionscholarships for Certification in Humanitarian Logistics (FrenchandEnglish) course.
For more information:
http://www.fritzinstitute.org/CHL_Scholarship.htm
Please note that all applications must be submitted no later than October 31, 2009.