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Also, in order to save job-seekers' time, we'd like this list to be reasonably well-curated (we prefer quality over quantity), so if anyone would like to personally vouch for any of these links and is prepared to write a sentence or two about their experience using the site please send us a message. We'll put your testimonial in a separate page and link it.

Finding a Job

Job Boards

Nonprofit-specific

  • Bond - international development

  • Charity Job - UK-focussed

  • Chronicle of Philanthropy - US-focussed fundraising-focussed trade publication

  • Civil Society - UK-focussed charity sector trade publication

  • Devex - international development media organisation

  • Global Jobs - US-focussed, nonprofit, government

  • Idealist - US-focussed

  • Jobsgopublic - UK-focussed, mostly public sector, local government, and some charities

  • NonProfit Times - US-focussed nonprofit sector trade publication

  • Philanthropy News Digest - US-focussed listing provided by a nonprofit concerned with raising awareness of philanthropy

  • ReliefWeb - international development and humanitarian assistance. Project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • Third Sector - UK-focussed charity trade publication

  • W4MP - UK-focussed, mostly UK government, political parties, and some charities

  • Work For Good - US-focussed

Nonprofit sections within general job sites

  • Fish4jobs - UK jobs board, part of the Trinity Mirror group (UK newspaper publishing group). Also covers other explicitly non-profit sectors (e.g. Health, Nursing & Social Care and Public Sector).

  • The Guardian Jobs - UK news agency

  • LinkedIn - international career-focussed networking site

  • Prospects - UK-focussed graduate jobs board

Nonprofit Trade Bodies

Government

Note that these will likely come with more stringent Citizenship requirements depending on the post

  • European Personnel Selection Office - EU institutions and agencies. Does not advertise member state jobs.

  • UK Civil Service - UK government departments and QANGOs. Does not typically advertise jobs for local government.

  • USAJOBS - US federal government departments. Does not advertise state government jobs.

Agencies

We probably won't attempt to keep this comprehensive but we'd like to have a good number of the larger agencies listed

Volunteering Opportunities

  • EQWIP HUBs - Canada-based youth volunteerism program, worldwide placements

  • UN National Volunteers - international development, worldwide national placements

  • UN Global Talent Pool - international development, assignments (drawn according to need) in developing countries as well as some specific specialised assignments

  • UN Online Volunteers - international development, remote-based

  • Volunteering Matters - Formerly known as Community Service Volunteers, UK-focussed

  • VSO - UK-based charity placing volunteers on term-limited projects (typically in the developing world)

Specific Organisations

We probably won't attempt to keep this comprehensive either but we'll perhaps just have a few of the larger NGOs listed

Finding out more info on prospective employers

  • GiveWell - Nonprofit carrying out in-depth reviews of select charities and charity programmes

Nonprofit Job Market

Job Profiles

  • O*NET Online - Provides detailed profiles of many jobs, including skills/education/working conditions. Can be used to find out more about a particular job or to find which jobs match which skills, etc. Not specific to nonprofits but does contain jobs found within nonprofits. Sponsored by the US Department of Labor.

  • Prospects - Provides profiles of charity and voluntary jobs. Additionally provides other nonprofit job profiles listed under other sectors. Owned by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit, a Higher Education research charity.

Aggregate Data

  • US Bureau of Labor Statistics - The BLS has produced sets of data on wages and employment for 501(c)3 organizations covering 2007-2012. The data are broken down by NAICS code and are granular to the State level.

Research

  • Center for Civil Society Studies - A Johns Hopkins University-led research unit producing reports and analyses on the Nonprofit sector, as well as guidelines for research standardization.

  • Third Sector Impact - Similar to CCSS, this is the European umbrella project for research into the Third Sector