A List of Useful Websites for Working in International Development

Brighton Based Development Institutes and NGOs

Brighton Peace and Environment Centre  http://www.bpec.org/ HIV and AIDS Alliance
http://www.aidsalliance.org/
Target Tuberculosis  http://www.targettb.org.uk/ Sight Savers  http://www.sightsavers.org/
Overseas Development Institute http://www.odi.org.uk/
Mott MacDonald  http://www.mottmac.com/ ITAD http://www.itad.com/
Maternity Worldwide  http://www.maternityworldwide.org/


Volunteering in Brighton

Impetus, a database of voluntary work in Brighton http://bh- impetus.org/volunteer_centre/
Volunteer Centre Brighton and Hove http://ivo.org/volunteering-brighton-hove/opportunities
http://www.facebook.com/volunteeringBH
Vinspired  http://vinspired.com/
Directory of charities in Brighton  http://www.ieastsussex.co.uk/local/charities-and-
voluntary-organisations/Brighton/4/
Brighton job search portal  http://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/)/brighton
Work for MP  http://www.w4mp.org/
Jobs go Public  http://www.jobsgopublic.com/
DFID
DFID Graduate Scheme http://www.dfid.gov.uk/work-with-us/working-for-dfid/graduate-
scheme1/
Civil Service Fast Stream  http://faststream.civilservice.gov.uk/

UK and International NGOs

Save the Children http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6226565/k.BA72/Careers.htm
The Challenge  http://www.the-challenge.org/
Oxfam http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/working-at-oxfam
Merlin  http://www.merlin.org.uk/jobs
Doctors without Borders http://www.msf.org.uk/work.aspx
Action Aid  http://www.actionaid.org.uk/835/vacancies.html

Voluntary Services Overseas  http://www.vso.org.uk/ Red Cross http://www.redcross.org.uk/
Amnesty International  http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10100
British Council  http://www.britishcouncil.org/about/job-vacancies
Human Rights Watch  http://hrw.org
CARE International UK www.careinternational.org.uk
Plan UK http://www.plan-uk.org/
Water Aid  www.wateraid.org/international World Vision UK  www.worldvision.org.uk Comic Relief
http://www.comicrelief.com/jobs

Research Institutes

Brookes World Poverty Institute http://www.bwpi.manchester.ac.uk/ Centre for Global Development
www.cgdev.org
Global Development Network (GDN)  www.gdnet.org
International Development Research Centre  www.idrc.ca
International Centre for Trade & Sustainable Development (ICTSD) http://ictsd.net/ International
Food Policy Research Institute  www.ifpri.org
INTRAC (International NGO Training & Research Centre)  www.intrac.org
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)  www.odi.org.uk
Panos London www.panos.org.uk
Poverty Action Lab  http://www.povertyactionlab.org/ World Press.org
www.worldpress.org/library/ngo.cfm

Specialised
Communications
Mobilising Knowledge for Change  http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/knowledge-services/mk4d infoDev
www.infodev.org/ict4d
BBC Media Action  http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/

Finance
African Development Bank Group  www.afdb.org
Asian Development Bank  www.adb.org
Crown Agents www.crownagents.com
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) www.fao.org
OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development)  www.oecd.org/home
Inter-American Development Bank  www.iadb.org
International Finance Corporation  www.ifc.org
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)  www.ifad.org


Environmental
International Rivers  http://www.internationalrivers.org/


Trade
Fairtrade Foundation www.fairtrade.org.uk
World Trade Organisation (WTO)  www.wto.org
Job Search Portals
Yellow Monday www.ids.ac.uk/go/our-media/yellow-monday
Guardian – International Development
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/jobs/environment/international-development/
Guardian – Graduate  http://careers.guardian.co.uk/graduate-jobs
Development Studies Association (DSA)  www.devstud.org.uk
Devex  www.devex.com
BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development)  www.bond.org.uk/jobs-all
Stopdodo – Portal for Environmental Jobs  www.stopdodo.com
Third Sector Jobs  http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/
World Service Enquiry (WSE)  www.wse.org.uk/work/job.htm
ELDIS www.eldis.org/
Escape the City http://www.escapethecity.org/opportunities


Jobs within the UN
UN Careers Portal http://careers.un.org
Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme  www.jposc.org
United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme  www.unvolunteers.org
Maggie Black, The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations (available at BLDS)
http://bldscat.ids.ac.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=191994
Useful Books:
International Development
             Working in Development (Available from BLDS)  http://bldscat.ids.ac.uk/cgi-
bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=185413
             Getting into International Development (Available from BLDS)
http://bldscat.ids.ac.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=157607
             The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development
             Volunteer for Development

Other Useful Websites www.careers.lon.ac.uk/development
http://careers.guardian.co.uk/best-of-international-development
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/international_aid_development_worker_job_description.htm
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/industries_charity_overview.htm


Blogs
Getting into Development Blog from the University of London Careers Group
www.careers.lon.ac.uk/blog/development
Guardian – International Development Careers Blog
http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/international-development-careers1

Events http://www.careers.lon.ac.uk/output/page118.asp?id=729
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/newsandevents/events
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/series/student-resources
http://www.progressio.org.uk/jobs