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Sometimes we look for people with very specialist skills. For example, a civil engineer for Swaziland, and a football coach for South Africa.

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, marketing, project management, and supporting good governance - often in health programmes.
Working on gender equality in Nepal

If you can't see the right placement for you, please come back again soon because we regularly advertise new vacancies here.


Vacancies - April 2010

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

All information will be removed after the closing date.

Recently filled placements

We have recently recruited development workers for the following placements:

  • Music Coach for a youth performing arts project in Tanzania (March 2010)
  • Advocacy & Research Officer for a peace building organisation in Kenya (March 2010)
  • Occupational Therapist for a Ministry of Health in Lesotho (March 2010)
  • Medical Doctor for an International Health NGO (March 2010)
  • Clinical Psychologist for a mental Hospital in Tanzania (February 2010)
  • Resource Mobilisation Advisor for a women's and children's charity in Uganda (January 2010)
  • Programme Management Advisor for an environmental charity, Tanzania (January 2010)
  • Technical & Marketing Advisor, Non-Timber Forest Produce programme, India (January 2010)
  • Project Officer for a HIV and AIDS network, Swaziland (Dec 2009)
  • Fundraising Advisor for a community development charity, Tanzania (Dec 2009)
  • Organisational Development Advisor for a media organisation, Lesotho (Nov 2009)
  • Capacity Building Officer for a tobacco awareness programme, Kenya (November 2009)
  • Programme Officer for an organic agriculture organisation, Tanzania (October 2009)
  • Information and Communications Officer for a rainwater harvesting network, Kenya (July 2009)
  • Appropriate Technology Specialist for a community development organisation, Kenya (July 2009)
  • Programme Facilitator for a sports development charity, South Africa (June 2009)

Useful information

We provide flights, a living allowance and accommodation during your placement. There is no cost for the opportunity to become a Development Worker with Skillshare International. However, we do ask that you raise a minimum of £500.00 or the equivalent towards our work.

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

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 email you.

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.