Consultancy as a doorway into the UN: opportunity or trap?
A UN consultancy can open doors and build credible experience. It can also leave you underpaid and cycling through short contracts. Read the terms, the fee and think about the...
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Leaner peace operations, health workforce plans and project pipelines: this week's hiring watch
UN reform proposals are putting leaner field operations on the agenda, while new health and investment commitments point to future demand across Africa, Latin America and Central...
Health investment, a country office and a local entry route: this week's hiring watch
This week's strongest developments centre on longer-run delivery: a large ADB provincial-health investment in Mongolia, a new UN-Habitat base serving South Africa and SADC, and...
Health data, green assets and rural delivery: this week's hiring watch
Major institutions released few growth-oriented decisions in this mid-August week, leaving three relatively minor signals to watch. Each puts durable funding behind health data,...
Welcome to our new Ambassador, Lena Moral Waldmeier
Joining the space of international development is overwhelming and daunting for the majority of people, and even more so for youth. We deserve these opportunities and have a huge...
Cuts, contractors and an Ebola funding pledge: this week's hiring watch
A new IOM report documents a smaller humanitarian footprint. A conditional Ebola funding pledge and targeted investment point to narrower routes, with this week's strongest leads...
Welcome to our new Ambassador, Olga Arnaiz
International careers should not depend on insider knowledge or privileged networks, but on helping people recognise, communicate and connect their experience with the...
Caribbean deployments, blended finance and a paid early-career route: this week's hiring watch
This week offered a clearer view of how a tight international market is being staffed: specialist deployments, pooled-finance expertise and large project ecosystems. There is...
Health financing, recovery delivery and digital public services: this week's hiring watch
This week brought a mixed set of signals: tighter health financing sits alongside demanding work to make prevention, recovery and public systems function in difficult settings....
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