Work Opportunities
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Updated 17/3/08
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Recruitment web sites for voluntary and charity sector jobs, where there are vacancies displayed online, are listed below.
Elsewhere
- Vacancy listings. These are currently listed by Closing Date (rather than grouped into categories).
- Info on how to advertise your vacancy on VolResource- it's free for voluntary organisations.
- Job pages from voluntary organisations.
- Volunteering opportunities: Listings, agencies, advice.
- Contacts for Recruitment Agencies specialising in the voluntary sector.
- Some thoughts on working in the voluntary sector, particularly in relation to getting a job.
Charity and Voluntary Online Recruitment
See Job Links page for vacancy sections on web sites from individual voluntary organisations.
Specialist agency sites
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Charity People online job search has been revamped, March 07. They are also connected with forum3, an annual not-for-profit recruitment event which now also had a job site.
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Charity & Fundraising Appointments also lists current jobs (mainly senior positions), and candidates can apply online.
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CR Search and Selection (incorporates charityopps.com).
Sector recruitment portals
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Northern Ireland jobs now on CommunityNI.
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RAISE - South East sector.
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SCVO/Workwithus (Scotland) carries vacancies from GoodMoves, which is a 'careers hub' for the sector in Scotland and Wales.
Virtual agencies
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CharityJob is run by Popcorn Promotions, with charity sector input.
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Charity Sector Jobs, set up by various fundraising consultants, has wider base than that.
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JobsinCharities Open to all charities, and carries volunteer vacancies too.
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NFP Jobs is an offshoot of Conference House/NFP Techno - an email newsletter. Contact jobs@conferencehouse.co.uk - ads cost £50 a shot.
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Voluntary Sector Jobs includes the wider non-profit sector and is associated with Abbey Solutions.
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Charity Careers, part of JobDirectory.co.uk
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Try JobsGoPublic - mainly Public Sector but a few large charities too (such as NCH Action for Children). Or the charity jobs section of PublicJobsDirect, or Public Sector Careers.
Specialisms
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Voluntary Arts Network - Voluntary/Community Arts jobs.
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Environment Job. Has volunteering opportunities too.
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MANGO 'Provides financial management services to the aid sector in the field'. They place people with good financial skills (part-qualified or equivalent).
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Electronic Immigration Network. Immigration law related jobs, both paid and voluntary.
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Oneworld has a good recruitment page for international related vacancies in the UK.
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Professional Associations Research Network for jobs in professional boides.
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For Fundraising jobs, try UK Fundraising.
Printed publications
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The Guardian Society pages every Wednesday have the widest range of sector jobs.
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Third Sector (weekly magazine) has imrpoved its online jobs section - ThirdSectorJobs.
Other Web Sites Worth Checking
Local Government vacancies: try LGJobs or Opportunities.
Higher Education: www.jobs.ac.uk.
Countryside/Environmental Jobs..
Regeneration posts: New Start.
See our Job Links page for voluntary organisations with their own vacancy pages.
