Inside the industry

We explore what a career in the aid industry looks like beyond your first job.

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From assistants and officers to managers and coordinators, we crack the code of humanitarian job titles and where they rank in the organigramme.

The sheer number of aid organisations can be overwhelming. So we made a list. This is the definitive roll call of every major international humanitarian NGO.

How much you earn as a humanitarian mostly depends on which organisation you work for and where.

From medical assistance and camp management to logistics and finance, your humanitarian career is shaped by your technical specialisation.

Some aid workers spend their career chasing the field. It’s an illusion that is always just over the horizon.

… And other real sentences from humanitarian emails.