Global health jobs
There are many job opportunities within the field of Global Health, however the job market can still be a very competitive and complex jungle to navigate. At this site we aim to guide you towards relevant employers and job listings.
A general advice is to know what you aspire to work with in the future, but not to be too picky in the initial phase of your employment career. You should keep working towards your dream job and the majority of jobs will provide you with experience, skills and knowledge that can help you land that job in the future.
Listed below are suggested job listing sites, recommended by School of Global Health, to inspire you in finding information concerning job and internship opportunities within the field of global health.
Job Portals
- Bond - the UK network for organisations working in international development
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark - positions in the ministry and international organisations
- DEVEX - International Development Jobs
- DEVNET - International Development Jobs and Consulting opportunities
- DevelopmentAid
- Emory University's Public Health Employment Connection
- epojobs (in German)
- Globalnyt (in Danish)
- Graduateland
- JPO - Junior Professional Programme
- Pay it Forward Jobs
- ReliefWeb Jobs
- Jobs European Public Health and Global health (Facebook group)
Job Sites
Below is a list of organisations that offers jobs, intern positions and volunteers opportunities. Some of the Danish organisations also have international postings.
- BlueEnergy Group
- CARE
- Concern Worldwide
- Copenhagenize
- DanChurchAid (Folkekirkens Nødhjælp)
- Danish Refugee Council
- DIGNITY
- Doctors Without Borders
- Family Health International
- Foundation for International Medical Relief - Volunteer Program
- Game Denmark
- Health Action International
- International Federation of Red Cross
- International Medical Volunteers Association
- Medair International - Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation
- Mission East
- Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke - ActionAid Denmark
- Oxfam IBIS
- Save the Children International
- Sex og Samfund (The Danish Family Planning Association)
- Ungdommens Røde Kors (Danish Youth Red Cross)
- Womena
- ILO - International Labour Organization
- NOHA - Network on Humanitarian Action
- NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
- The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- The Population Council
- The World Bank
- UN Careers
- UNAIDS
- UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- UNDP United Nations Development Programme
- UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNFCC United Nations Conventions of Climate Change
- UNFPA
- UNICEF
- UN Women
- UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (East Asia & Pacific)
- UNU The United Nations University (Tokyo)
- WFPHA World Federation of Public Health Associations
- WFUNA World Federation of United Nations Associations
- World Food Programme
- World Health Organization (WHO)
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