Your Career Has a Place in the Impact Sector

Your Career Has a Place in the Impact Sector

Are you an experienced professional who has never considered a career in the UN, NGOs, or international development?

Perhaps you’ve looked at international organisation job boards and thought, “That’s not really for someone like me.” Or maybe you’re unsure whether your skills and experience can translate into a role focused on creating positive change.

You may be surprised. International organisations need far more than the traditional roles you often see advertised. Beyond HR, finance, communications, and programme management, demand exists for specialists and professionals from a remarkably wide range of fields.

From pilots, logistics specialists, security professionals, police officers, nurses and laboratory technicians to mechanical engineers and automotive specialists, humanitarian and emergency operations rely on expertise from across the professional spectrum. In this webinar content, Impactpool Career Coach Anna Cope shares her experience and practical insights on how professionals can explore a transition into international organisations—and how to identify where their existing skills could make an impact.

We’ll explore:

• How meaningful work and career satisfaction can go hand in hand

• The differences between for-profit and non-profit careers

• UN organisations and NGOs: what’s similar and what’s different

• What development and humanitarian assistance actually mean

• Why international organisations need your expertise

• How to translate your job title and experience into the language used in international recruitment

• The different types of roles, contracts, rosters and short- and long-term opportunities

• How to identify your potential entry points into the sector

You don’t need to start your career again to make a difference. You may simply need to see where your current career can take you.