International employment resources

Most federal agencies and many state agencies have international departments within them. There are also numerous NGOs and nonprofits that seek public policy students. The majority of these organizations use the job boards compiled below; however, many of the larger intergovernmental organizations (UN organizations, World Bank, IMF, WIPO, etc.) use their own hiring systems. Additionally, the private sector is a major employer of international policy students. Most major companies (consulting, business, marketing, law, etc.) have departments focusing on international relations and regulations.

General resources

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Top job boards

  • Byron (General employment listings specific to Australia and the UK)
  • Devex (A leading global development job board)
  • DevNetJobs (Job and internship listings for international development and consulting work)
  • Global Corps (Personal Services Contract (PSC) positions with the U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Transition Initiatives)
  • GlobalJobs (Job and Internship listings for global professionals)
  • Goinglobal (Country profiles for working abroad and job boards. Log in through Handshake for free access to all resources)
  • Graduateland (Europe’s largest career portal for students and graduates)
  • Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship (The next application deadline is October 2021 for the spring 2022 semester that will begin between January and April 2022)
  • Idealist (The leading source for nonprofit employment listings around the world)
  • Interaction NGO Job Board (Jobs around the world in development)
  • International Jobs (Public sector employment listings around the world)
  • NextBillion (Employment listings for enterprise development work)
  • OverseasJobs (General employment listings around the world)
  • ReliefWeb (Employment listings for humanitarian and development work)
  • SkollWorldForum (Employment listings for social-sector work around the world)
  • UNJobs (Employment listings within the UN system compiled by an outside source)
  • Work for Good (Employment listings for nonprofit professionals around the world)
  • YPFP (Employment listings for young professionals interested in foreign policy)

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More international employment resources

Sample employers

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Business and consulting

Development and education

Education and research

Finance and funding

Humanitarian and relief

European Union

United Nations