Working with GOAL
GOAL is continually in need of finance, engineering, nutritional and other professionals to help us fight poverty in the developing world. Take a look at our vacancies below, or email applications@goal.ie for more information.
GOAL Recruitment Evening - Accountants
Are you a qualified or soon to be qualified accountant? Are you up for a challenge in the developing world? If so, then we would like to meet you.
GOAL currently employs more than 100 GOALies across 13 countries in the developing world. We regularly have openings for accountants to work as Financial Controllers, Internal Auditors and Donor Compliance Officers.
From 6-7.30pm on Wednesday, February 8th, we are holding a finance recruitment information evening in The Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, O'Connell Street, Dublin, where you can find out more about our opportunities, and talk to those with experience of working overseas.
To book your place, email your name and a brief summary of your qualifications to makeadifference@goal.ie, or call GOAL on 01-2809 779.
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| GOALie Colin Price helping to repair a bridge in Kenya |
GOALies come from all walks of life and from all parts of the world. By visiting our Meet the GOALies page, you can find out what working for an international aid agency entails, and discover the stories behind just some of the many people who continue to help us to deliver aid in the developing world.
What kind of jobs does GOAL usually recruit for?
Typical vacancies include, but are not limited to:
• Support Staff (accountants, logisticians etc.)
• Senior Managers (programme managers, emergency co-ordinators, country directors etc.)
• Technical Staff (nutritionists, engineers, doctors,
nurses, midwives, and livelihoods specialists)
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GOALie Sinead O'Reilly introducing a new GOAL
programme to village elders in Zinder, Niger |
• A minimum of two years post qualification work experience.
• Prior experience with a humanitarian organisation is preferred, but not essential for all posts.
• You need to be a team player with a 'can do attitude'
• You must be willing to cope with demanding conditions, and be resourceful and adaptable.
What does GOAL offer?
• One year contracts, with the possibility for extension in many cases.
• Annual return air fares, suitable accommodation (normally shared), in-country food/living allowance and travel insurance.
• A resettlement grant for first-time volunteers
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| Brian Healy supervises a stockpiling of food in a warehouse 5,000 feet up in the Himalayas, Kashmir, in early 2006 |
• A salary commensurate with the level of responsibility of the post, and level of experience, for experienced personnel
How to apply:
• Check out our current vacancy list (on the left-hand menu) and apply for any vacancy by sending your CV and cover letter to applications@goal.ie
• If there isn’t a job currently advertised which suits you, but you would like to make a general application to GOAL, you can send a CV and cover letter explaining the type of role you are interested in to applications@goal.ie