Volunteer Placements

In Romania, VSO is looking to recruit volunteers from among professionals in the following skill areas:

Health Care
Social Development: NGO & Social Welfare Workers
Organisational Development & Business Management
Communications / Marketing
Information Technology
Education
Social Research
Natural Resources
Miscellaneous (external link)

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Social Development: NGO & Social Welfare Workers

NGO Managers
Social Work Managers
Volunteer Coordinators
Youth/Community Workers
Advocacy & Campaigning specialists
Fundraising specialists
Monitoring and Evaluation specialists (M&E)
Gender Specialists
Health Educators
Speech Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Psychologists
HIV & AIDS professionals

NGO Managers

We need people with NGO background who have at least 3-5 years' experience in as many of the following areas: organisational development; staff management, leadership and training; change management; developing and implementing administrative strategies, policies, systems and procedures, monitoring and evaluation systems; writing grant proposals, elaborating reports, maintaining donor relations; communications, networking and partnership development. Some experience in budgets and financial aspects of running an NGO is also appreciated. If you have set up an NGO or are currently running one, your skills are valuable to us.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

Organisational Development Adviser - Kenya
Working with the Teenage Mother & Girls' Association of Kenya (TEMAK), you'll identify the current strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. Working together with TEMAK staff you'll develop a strategic direction and help to formulate policies on staff development, financial management and communications to allow them to carry out their vital work more effectively. See details here.

Management Adviser - Bangladesh
An experienced manager is needed to share best practise and improve management structures with an organisation supporting indigenous orphans and destitute children in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Read more here.

Social Work Managers

We’re looking for experienced Social Work Managers to help improve the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS or disabilities in developing countries in Africa and Asia. Working with community-based or non-governmental organisations, you’ll improve management structures, identify and evaluate social problems, train your colleagues and provide counselling. You could be working in countries such as Nigeria, Vietnam, Namibia or Malawi, etc.

For most placements you'll need to be a registered social worker with at least 3 years' recent post-qualification experience, preferably in areas such as capacity building and advocacy in the field of HIV&AIDS, gender, mental health or disability. Management, supervisory or training experience is required.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

Social Worker - Namibia
People in Need offers assistance to families and individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. As a social worker you work with your local colleagues to provide psychosocial services to the community and establish support groups and networks. Read the full job description here.

Mental Health Development Worker - Sri Lanka
As a mental health development worker with the Meedumpitiya Rehabilitation Centre for women, you'll improve and develop rehabilitation activities and introduce best practice in mental health care.
Find out more about our Mental Health Programme in Sri Lanka. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Mental Health Development Worker, Angoda - Sri Lanka
As a mental health development worker at the Angoda Mental Hospital, you'll develop and implement a comprehensive care plan, building the capacity of nurses, OTs, doctors and psychiatric social workers. Read the full job description here.

HIV and AIDS Counselling Adviser - Pakistan
DOST Foundation needs an experienced counsellor to help develop and implement counselling services for those at high risk from HIV and AIDS. The organisation provides treatment, counselling and education for intravenous drug users and homeless children and adults. Read the full job description here.

Memory Work Adviser - China
You'll use your experience of Memory Work to advise on a pilot project supporting HIV+ families in China. Find more details here.

Volunteer coordinators / Volunteer program managers

VSO supports the development of local volunteering initiatives in the countries we work in. We believe that people who work together out of community responsibility and shared commitment can make a major contribution to development in their own countries.

Right now we’re urgently looking for experienced volunteer managers to develop effective strategies for volunteer programmes, set up new volunteer centres and initiatives, and support local volunteer managers in countries like China, Mongolia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, etc.

You'll need a degree level qualification and at least 2 years’ experience in managing volunteers or volunteer programmes. Patience, flexibility and strong communication and networking skills are also essential as you’re likely to work in a cross-cultural team with different stakeholders.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

Volunteer Development Coordinator - Sierra Leone
Working with the National Commission for Social Action in Freetown you'll develop a youth volunteering programme, help to secure funding and promote volunteering as a tool for social development across Sierra Leone. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Volunteer Centre Development Adviser - China
The Huizeren Social Services Centre encourages professionals to share their skills with poorer communities in their country and promotes the sustainable development of volunteering in China. They are setting up a volunteer centre in Beijing and are looking for support and management advice from an experienced volunteer centre manager. Read the full job description here.

Youth Volunteer Developer - Uganda
The Buganda Youth Centre is looking for an experienced Volunteer Manager to support their strategic planning process. You'll develop effective strategies for placing young people in work placements in Uganda and overseas. Read the full job description here.

Youth / Community Workers

We're currently looking for experienced youth / community workers and volunteer managers to support community and volunteer development programmes in Africa and Asia. Working with community-based and non-governmental grass roots organisations, you’ll enable local people to become a driving force in their own development. You could work in countries like Uganda, PNG, Sri Lanka, India, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Namibia, Indonesia or Nigeria.

You'll need a relevant qualification plus at least 3 years' recent post-qualification community/youth development experience. Community mobilisation, participatory approaches and training experience are essential. Experience in community based rehabilitation (CBR), disability and working with minority groups, vulnerable children is very useful. Management/supervisory experience is desirable. Most roles will focus around HIV and AIDS, disability and/or gender equality, so experience in any of these areas would be useful.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

Community Health Coordinator - Malawi
Strengthening home-based care and health education work, you'll contribute to Common Visions' goal to increase services and reduce the stigma faced by people affected by HIV and AIDS. See job details here.

Organisation and Programme Management Adviser - Cambodia
Youth Star Cambodia gives young people the opportunity to volunteer in disadvantaged communities and play an active part in Cambodia's development. As an experienced volunteer manager you'll strengthen the organisation's capacity ensuring the sustainability of their programmes. See job description here.

Advocacy & Campaigning specialists

Developing communities need effective advocacy strategies to change attitudes to HIV & AIDS, education, gender and disability. We are looking for advocacy, policy and campaigning professionals to work with organisations in countries such as Ghana, Uganda, Indonesia, Cambodia, India and others.

You'll need a degree level qualification and at least 3 years’ experience in advocacy, policy research or campaigning. Depending on the type of placement, you’ll also need experience in policy analysis, advocacy strategies, research tools and methodologies, awareness raising and media campaigns.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

Advocacy Adviser - Malawi
As an Advocacy Adviser with the Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) in Lilongwe you’ll help the organization to develop an effective advocacy strategy and train staff in advocacy and campaigning techniques. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Advocacy Adviser - Sri Lanka
As an experienced campaigner or advocacy worker, you could help the Association of Women with Disabilities find the leaders of tomorrow and empower women with disabilities to realise their rights. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Advocacy Officer - Nepal
As an education advocacy volunteer, you'll work with the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), a coalition of non governmental organisations to campaign for inclusive primary education for children from all sections of society.

Fundraising professionals

We urgently need people with fundraising experience and skills for placements in Nigeria, Zambia, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya or Cameroon .

You’ll help community-based organisations to be more effective and efficient by mobilising resources that will ensure increased service delivery. You’ll need a degree in any subject and at least 2 years’ relevant professional experience. Knowledge of developing fundraising strategies, writing proposals, donor identification donor management are essential. Your ability to train and capacity build in these areas is also vital.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

Fundraiser - Mozambique
Ahitipaluxeni is a small community-based organisation in Maputo, established by a group of women living with HIV and AIDS. They are looking for a VSO volunteer with fundraising and strategic planning experience to build organisational capacity and help to ensure their financial sustainability. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Fundraising and Partnerships Adviser - Thailand
This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in VSO's Thai-Burma Border Project. You'll help to raise funds for Karenni, a women's rights NGO that aims to empower women living in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma Border. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Fundraising and Publicity Officer - Kenya
Working with the rapidly growing Kenya Union for the Blind, you'll strengthen the organisation's funding and increase public awareness of the needs and aspirations of the visually impaired. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Fundraising Adviser - Zambia
As a fundraising adviser with Nyimba District Farmers Association, you'll help the organisation to develop a long-term fundraising strategy to ensure the sustainability of their vital work: to protect the interests of women farmer groups. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Project Management and Fundraising Adviser - Ghana
You'll be working with the regional office managers to improve basic management skills and develop a fundraising strategy for an organisation providing business training and support to disadvantaged farming communities. Read the full volunteer placement description here.

Fundraiser and Project Coordinator - Zambia
A confident fundraiser is needed to develop project proposals and train staff in fundraising at the Dzithandizani Nutrition Group, which focuses its work on providing food security to disadvantaged communities.
Read the full volunteer job description here.

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists (M&E)

We are looking for people with a relevant degree and at least 2 years' experience in developing monitoring and evaluation systems for programs, project planning, information management, data analysis and reporting. You could be volunteering in countries like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Zambia.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser - Zambia
Harvest Help is a non-governmental organisation working to improve the livelihoods of people in rural communities in Zambia. They are looking for a volunteer with strong monitoring and evaluation experience to put an M&E plan and systems in place that will allow them to move forward sustainably. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Support Officer - Nigeria
You will use your excellent knowledge of Management Information and Evaluation Systems (MIES) to review and develop the MIES of EVA, a youth-led organisation that works through schools to combat AIDS in Nigeria. You will train your colleagues in the use of MIES. Read more here.

Gender Specialists

We urgently need diversity and gender specialists to help us challenge inequalities in the developing world.

Gender inequality is a crucial development issue and poses a major obstacle to achieving development goals. As a VSO volunteer you’ll reduce inequalities faced by both women and men by breaking down some of the socially and culturally defined distributions of power, resources and labour. You’ll make a tangible contribution to promoting equality in the developing world.

As a diversity specialist you’ll have a social science degree and transferable skills that will enable you work as a gender adviser with VSO. You’ll have a minimum of 3 year's recent experience in diversity policy development (possibly in disability and ethnicity), integrating policies into day-to-day work and conducting culture and equality audits. You’ll also have experience of training others. Ideally you’ll have some understanding of gender issues in developing countries.

Exampes of VSO placements in this field:

Gender Specialist - Ethiopia
The Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations aims to promote equal participation and opportunities for women. It urgently needs a gender expert to help it develop its strategic plan. Read the full job description here.

Gender Adviser in Pakistan
The Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad needs a gender adviser to support a team in developing gender sensitive programmes, policies and research. Read the full job description here.

Gender researcher - South Africa
With sound research skills and experience of gender issues, you will ensure that women’s issues are brought to the forefront of resources and information committed to tackling HIV and AIDS. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Health Educators

Volunteer Health Educators help improve community health and awareness in disadvantaged communities. You could be working in countries such as Indonesia or Namibia.

You could be a qualified health professional from any discipline with experience in health promotion. Or you might have a degree/diploma in Health Education or a Msc in Health Promotion, Primary Health Care, Mother and Child Health or a community nursing qualification. In either case, 2 years’ experience in a health promotion role is required.

Most volunteers work with community-based organisations or government departments. You could be involved in developing a community-based health project, or have a national or regional project planning and coordination role. Health educators are frequently involved in mother and child health, training of village health workers, drug awareness, water sanitation or community programmes. Many jobs require health educators with experience of working with HIV and AIDS.

Examples of placements in this field:

Public Health Educator - Mongolia
Working with the Darkhan Health Department, you'll develop a health promotion campaign focusing on illness prevention at community level. You'll also encourage health professionals to adopt client-centred approaches. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Health Promotion Specialist - Indonesia
As health promotion specialist with the National Family Planning Board, you’ll empower women and their families to plan pregnancies and safely space births. You’ll help ensure that rural women have access to accurate reproductive health information and champion safer choices. Read the full volunteer job description here.

Maternal and Child Health Educator - Indonesia
As a Maternal and Child Health Educator at the Belu District Health Office, you’ll help health workers in the field to improve maternal and child healthcare services in their communities. Read the full job description here.

Speech Therapists

We urgently need qualified speech and language specialists to help develop rehabilitation programmes and improve the technical ability of local professionals in Africa and Asia. Most placements have a strong emphasis on mentoring, coaching and providing on-the-job training. You may be working for the Ministry of Health or a regional hospital to support rehabilitation programmes or for the speech and language department at a university.

You’ll be a qualified speech therapist or pathologist with at least 2 years’ experience working with children or adults with communication disorders. Experience of working with children with autism is desirable.

You could be working in countries such as Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, Guyana or Vietnam.

Occupational Therapists

Due to a distinct lack of programmes catering for the needs of mental healthcare for children, adults and those living with disabilities, our partners require occupational therapists to help develop and strengthen rehabilitation programmes. Most placements will have a strong emphasis on training local professionals and improving their technical capacity.You could be working in countries such as Sri Lanka, Malawi or Guyana.

You’ll be a qualified occupational therapist with at least 2 years' experience of working with children or adults with mental health issues or disabilities. You’ll need excellent management and organisational skills and training experience is desirable.

Psychologists / Therapists

We are looking for qualified psychologists with at least 5 years' post-qualification experience in treatment of the mind or in counselling people in need. Training experience is essential for the available placements.

Sample placement in this field:

HIV and AIDS Counselling Adviser - Pakistan
DOST Foundation works with some of Pakistan’s most vulnerable people and those at high risk from HIV, providing treatment, counselling and education services for intravenous drug users, homeless children and adults, and prisoners. They are looking for an experienced counsellor to help review, develop and implement its strategy for counselling services. Read more.

HIV/AIDS Professionals

The HIV & AIDS pandemic affects the lives of millions of people, devastating families and economies, and reversing hard-won development gains. We're urgently looking for volunteers from a health or social development background as well as advocacy, fundraising and management professionals. You could be working in prevention, treatment or care, or help local non governmental organisations to combat stigma, raise funds and awareness within affected communities.

We need programme and project managers to design and implement projects to ensure access to homecare and delivery of HIV services, such as testing, counselling and to provide training to national healthcare workers. You’ll monitor and evaluate these projects to ensure they increase quality and scope of services provided to the community.You could be working in countries such as Bangladesh, Namibia, Kenya, Cameroon or Nigeria.

You’ll have a degree and 3 to 5 years’ management and/or project management experience, combined with experience of developing programmes to promote and exercise the rights of people living with HIV and AIDS.

Examples of VSO placements in this field:

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Important notes:

There is constant change in the volunteer demand and requirements, so please check www.vso.org.uk for the latest information! There may be other type of volunteer placements suitable for you, which are not currently listed on this web page.

You will not be applying for any of these jobs specifically, they have been listed here for sample purposes only.

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