How to find a job in International Development

When I was still at university and terrified of impending unemployment I came up with an incredibly long list from various sources of organisations and opportunities at which I might possibly be able to find a way into the international development sector. I just stumbled across that list, and thought it might be useful to someone, so here it is.

(Bearing in mind it is fairly heavy on economics, politics, and London-based positions, most of it is more than 5 years old so fairly out of date, and was written from a relative position of ignorance, absolutely no endorsement or any other kind of judgement or is being passed here on the quality of any of these organisations (there are over 200, I haven't even heard of some of them, doubtless chunks of the list were just copied wholesale from somewhere else). Obviously if you were masochistic enough to take lots of economics and statistics at school, your best bet for getting into development as an economist is the ODI fellowship scheme, an IPA field position, or an OPM assistant consultant position.

Advice

Dave Algoso's advice roundup
Chris Blattman's advice
Alanna Shaikh's job list
Alanna Shaikh's advice
Duncan Green's advice
Rachel Strohm's advice
Lucy Kellaway's advice about advice (a health-warning)
Resources from WhyDev about starting out in development
Careers articles in the DevPolicy blog
Penelope Trunk's careers advice (not specific to development, but great writing)

Entry-level schemes
Peace Corps
DFID International Citizen Service

Job Listings Sites

Bond
Dev Studies Association
Development Ex
Dev Jobs Mail
Dev Net Jobs
Directory of Development Organizations
Economist Jobs
Eldis
Ethical Careers
Humanitarian jobs
Idealist.org (US Jobs)
IDS Yellow Monday
International Affairs Resources
International Agencies and Information
Internationaljobs.org
One World
Wadzanai Katsande's jobs list
Work for MPs 

General jobs websites

Books on Int. affairs Jobs
European Job Search
Graduate Recruitment Bureau
Guardian Jobs
Hobsons
Independent Jobs
Real World Magazine
Times Jobs

NGOs 

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Accountability Lab
Action Aid
African Governance Initiative
Aga Khan
Building Markets

Business Monitor
CGD
Commonwealth Secretariat
Development Finance
Development Gateway
Fiscal Transparency
Global Integrity
Global Witness
Government Spending Watch
HIVOS
GiveDirectly
GiveWell
GOAL
IDS
IFPRI
IFS
Innovations for Poverty Action

Integrity Action
International Budget Partnership
NIESR
Omidyar Network (and investees)
Open Government Partnership
Open Knowledge Foundation
OSF (and Fellowship)
Oxfam
Pratham (GiveWell's top tanked education charity)
Seva Mandir
Small Enterprises Finance Centre (Chennai)

Social Science Research Network (New York)
The Reboot
Transparency International
UKCDS

Donors and International Organisations

African Development Bank
BMGF
DFID
MCC
OECD
World Bank

WTO

Further study opportunities

Fulbright (Scholarship for study in US)
Frank Knox Fellowship (Harvard scholarship)
International Affairs Schools
Jobs.ac.uk (Research funding)

Kennedy trust (Scholarship for Harvard/MIT)
Leverhulme.ac.uk (research funding)
Prospects.ac.uk (Postgrad study abroad funding)
Sloan Fellows (MIT - MBA)

Environmental job listings

Allen and York
Environment Careers
Environment Job

Environmental firms and NGOs

Carbon Trust
Ecotricity
Encraft
Environmental resources management
Enviros Consulting
Ethical Investment Service
GoodCorporation
International Institute for Environment and Development
Natural Resources Institute
Vestas (wind turbines)

Internships

Article13.com  (5 months min)
Asia Foundation (Washington DC)
Centre for Microfinance (Chennai – internships)
Charities Advisory Trust
Chatham House
Do it (Volunteering)

ESRF (Tanzania)
Finca International (Fellowship Scheme)
Foreign Policy Centre
Hill Zoo (Capitol Hill Internships)
Kenya Human Rights Commission
Mekong Economics (Vietnam – Apply June)
Mountbatten
Red Cross
Saferworld (Research internships)
Transparency International
UNDP
UNICEF  (French or Spanish needed)
World Food Programme
World Service Enquiry
WTO (paid - 6 months - Geneva, need French)

Young Professional Programs

African Development Bank (YPP - 2 years Exp - Tunisia - some French needed)
Asian development Bank (YPP - 3 year program - Manila)
Bangladesh CLP (YPP)
Development Bank of Southern Africa (YPP - South Africa)
EU Junior Experts in the Commission (Need French)
IMF (Research Assistant - 2 year program)
Standard Chartered (Graduate Scheme)
UNHCR (JPO)
UNIDO (JPO - 2yr programme - Need Second UN Language)
World Bank (JPO/JPA - 2 year Program)
World Food Program (JPO)

Consultancies and private sector

Agulhas Consulting (London)
Arup (Manchester)
Asbiss consulting
Ashmore Group Limited
Atos Consulting
Business Action for Africa
CAG Consultants (Tunbridge Wells)
Capital International Research Inc.
CDC Capital Partners
CEPA
Chemonics (US)
Coffey
Commodities Research Unit
Crown Agents
Dalberg Global Development Advisors (Geneva)
Deloitte
DEPFA Bank
Development Finance Consultants
Dun & Bradstreet (High Wycombe)
Economic Policy Research Centre (Uganda)
Emerging Africa Advisers (London)
Emerging Market Economics
Emerging Markets Group
Enterplan (Reading)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (Maastricht)
Frontier economics
Genesis Analytics (Johannesburg)
Grameen Bank
GRM
HLSP Institute
ICICI Bank India
IDL
Information Technology & Agriculture Development Ltd (Hassocks)
Inspiris Ltd
ITAD Ltd (Brighton)
LECG
Lenton
LMC International (Oxford/USA)
London Economics
Maxwell Stamp
Metroeconomica Ltd (Bath)
Mokoro Ltd (Oxford)
MRAG Ltd (London)
National Foreign Trade Council
NERA
Nomura International
Oliver Wyman
Oxford Analytica
Oxford Economic Forecasting
Oxford Policy Management
PA Consulting
PKF International Projects (London/Chingford)
Portcullis Public Affairs
PWC
Sba Research
Whitehouse and Associates (South Africa)
SQW (Stranraer, UK)
Valid International (Oxford)