Development worker vacancies

We recruit skilled professionals to support our partner organisations in Africa and Asia. Placements cover a range of sectors and professions, but commonly demand skills in fundraising and resource mobilisation, advocacy, marketing, project management, and supporting good governance - often in health programmes.

If there isn't the right placement for you, please come back again soon because we will be advertising more vacancies here regularly.

Sometimes we look for people with very specialist skills. For example, we recently advertised for a fisheries adviser to work with small-scale fishing communities to improve their catches.

Fundraising is a big issue for many of our partners and they often look for support in identifying donors, and knowledge and experience of how to approach them effectively.

Many organisations want to collect and organise information about their work, and use it to develop campaigns, educate others and influence policy. These organisations require development workers with communications and advocacy skills.

If you have these skills, like a challenge and want to contribute to social change, please visit our website regularly to find out more about our current vacancies.

Vacancies - January 2009

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You can also find development worker vacancies with Skillshare International Ireland at www.skillshare.ie

All information will be removed after the closing date.

We will be advertising development worker vacancies here shortly.

Useful information

Where the job description does not specify, the job requires someone with a degree or professional qualification plus a minimum of two years' work experience.

Please do not send us your CV. We only accept fully completed Skillshare International application forms.

Skillshare International is an equal opportunities employer. The aim of our equal opportunities policy is to ensure that no applicant, employee or client group is discriminated against, either directly or indirectly, on the grounds of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, colour, ethnic or national origins, religion or by any conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be relevant.

Working with vulnerable people in the majority world, Skillshare International is particularly committed to the protection of children. We use strict screening procedures for development workers, and we have a Child Protection Policy and a guiding Code of Conduct which applies to all development workers.

General Recruitment

Requests for development workers come from our partner organisations in Southern Africa, East Africa and Asia. Requests vary so it's a good idea to visit our website regularly.

If there are no specific placements that are suitable for you at this stage but you want to apply to be a development worker, you can apply under our general recruitment programme.

We will register your general application for six months. If a suitable role becomes available during that time, we will notify you by email.

If you are unable to download or complete the form online, please contact us at recruitment@skillshare.org, on + 44 (0) 116 257 6616 (automated enquiry service line) or at Skillshare International, 126 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7JA, UK.