Graduate Tookit
Charities and international aid
General information sources
- Working in a Charity, NGO (Non- Governmental Organisation) or social enterprise sector
- How to get a job at a charity
- Getting a graduate charity job
- Prospects: Charity sector jobs
- Bright Network charity and NGO
- Target Jobs graduate schemes and internships in the charity and not for profit sector
- Target Jobs: How do I get a graduate job in a charity?
- Target Jobs: Look outside the box
- Defining charity and decoding jargon
- Setting up your own charity
Top UK graduate employers
- Age UK
- Alzheimer's Society
- Barnardo's
- British Heart Foundation
- Childline
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières)
- RSPCA
- The Princes Trust
- The Salvation Army
- UNICEF
- Wellcome Trust
- Amnesty International
- British Red Cross
- Cancer Research UK
- Mind
- National Trust
- NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)
- Oxfam
- Save the Children
- WaterAid
- WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature)
Organisations who run internship programmes
Graduate schemes
- Cancer Research UK Graduate Scheme. There are 6 graduate streams that are available, including: Fundraising and Marketing, Finance, Policy/Information and Communications, Scientific Strategy and Funding, Technology and HR
- CharityWorks graduate programme
- Frontline Leadership Development programme into university graduate scheme
- Teach First 2 year training programme in teaching
- Wellcome Graduate Development Scheme (2 year programme). This is a research charity that supports scientific research and development.
- Worthwhile
Employment opportunities
- Charity People
- Bright Network Charity Jobs
- CharityJob
- Institute of Fundraising (IoF)
- Jobs in Charities
- GraduateJobs.com - filter under 'Charities'
- Cancer Research UK
- Elevator
- The Big Issue
- AMRC - Association of Medical Research Charities includes members' directory
- Think Tanks
- Policy Jobs
- Civil Service Jobs
- Charity Job
- Colab Exeter
- OXFAM
- Volunteering Matters (CSV)
- VSO
- AFS
- Recruit 3
- Charityworks
- People Unlimited – Specialist recruitment agency in this sector
- Prospect us - Specialist recruitment agency in this sector
- Third Sector - Specialist recruitment agency in this sector
- TPP Recruitment - Specialist recruitment agency in this sector
- UK Charity Jobs - Specialist recruitment agency in this sector
- Civil Society - Specialist recruitment agency in this sector