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Jobs
and Internships
The
following sites are good resources for seeking
internships or employment in fields related
to peace studies. Most post announcements
of openings, and some offer email notification
of new postings.
- Chemonics
International, Inc.
offers positions spanning five continents
and all sectors of international development.
- ConflictJobs,
run by the Alliance for Conflict Transformation,
is an announcement forum available to paid
subscribers, but if you are looking for jobs
in the area of conflict and overseas development,
there is no better source.
- CRInfo
lists some individual job openings and links
to useful career resources
(click on "jobs and careers").
- DevNetJobs
posts international development jobs and consultancies,
including opportunities in International NGOs,
UN, funding, bilateral and multilateral agencies,
foundations, non-profits, charities, consultancies,
and government institutions.
- Dev-Zone
has an extensive development-related jobs
site with free email updates.
- Human
Rights Internet
lists current job and internship opportunities
related to human rights
throughout the world.
- Idealist.org,
a project of Action Without Borders, offers
an extensive list of internships and job opportunities
in the non-profit sector around the world.
Free daily emails available.
- The
International
Studies Association (ISA) lists primarily
academic positions in their employment opportunities.
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Intjobs.org
is a non-commercial website that lists vacancies
in UN agencies and international organizations,
categorized by country, organization and type
of job.
- Conflict
Resolution Employment and Career Information
is provided
by the Northern Virginia Mediation Service,
hosted by the Institute for Conflict Analysis
and Resolution at
George Mason University.
- OneWorld
Jobs lists job opportunities around the
world in human rights, environment, and sustainable
development.
- Philanthropy
Careers is the job section of The Chronicle
of Philanthropy, listing opportunities in
fund raising, grant making and nonprofit management.
Early Career Opportunities, a special section
of the site, lists jobs that require less
than three years of experience. Example
of valuable resources:
- ReliefWeb,
published by the United Nations Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
lists hundreds of current humanitarian vacancies
around the world.
- Restorative
justice, mediation and peacebuilding jobs
are posted by Fresno Pacific University's
Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies.
- Scoville
Peace Fellowships provides funding
for college graduates to intern at non-profit,
public interest organizations addressing peace
and security issues in Washington, D.C.
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The
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,
University of Notre Dame