Volunteer & Internships
The following sites offer excellent internship and volunteer opporunities. Also listed are internships available at UN and other international agencies, study and scholarship opportunities in Australia, and search engines and online tools.
AusAID funded: positions that provide airfares, accomodation, living expenses, and have several intakes per year.
- Australian Volunteers International (AVI)
- Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD)
- Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID)
- Volunteering for International Development from Australia (VIDA)
Graduate placements
NGOs (not faith-based)
- ActionAid
- Amnesty International Australia
- Australian Afghan Hassanian Youth Association
- Australian Business Volunteers
- Australian Institute of International Affairs
- Bridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation
- CARE Australia
- Centre for Refugee Research
- ChildFund Australia
- European Association of Development Research and Trainining Institutes
- Indigenous Community Volunteers
- International Nepal Fellowship – Australia
- International Rescue Committee
- Oaktree Foundation
- Oxfam Australia volutneer database
- Peace Dividend Trust
- Red Cross Australia
- Refugee Council of Australia
- Save the Children Australia
- STARTTS
- Sydney Community College
- Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
- WWF
- World Youth International
NGOs (faith-based)
- Anglicare
- Caritas
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- Interserve
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- MercyCare
- Mission Australia
- Palms Australia
- St. Vincent de Paul Society – SPARK
- World Vision Australia
UN and other agency internships
- International Organization for Migration
- ILO
- IMF
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- UN HQ New York
- UNDP
- UNEP
- UNESCAP
- UNESCO
- UNFCCC
- Unicef
- UNIFEM
- UN Jobs – not affiliated with UN, but lists all available jobs within
- UN Job List: the site to find all the latest jobs and vacanies across the UN system. Follow @unjoblist
- United Nations Volunteers
- World Bank
- World Health Organization
- World Food Programme
- World Trade Organization
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Some others you might want to add to your list of NGOs (faith based):
TEAR Australia
CBM (was Christian Blind Mission)
Compassion Australia