22 Hot Jobs, Consultancy and Internships Opportunities Currently Open – October 18 

The development, social impact, and innovation spaces are buzzing with new opportunities this October! Whether you’re a young changemaker eager to launch your career, a professional looking to scale your impact, or a consultant seeking your next challenge this curated list brings together 22 incredible openings across global and African organizations.

1. Dow Jones News Fund Internship Program 2026. 

The Dow Jones News Fund internship program has a legacy of excellence dating back to 1960. Each year DJNF arranges paid internships for nearly 100 college students across the country and provides them with advanced hands-on training, industry mentors and a robust peer and alumni network to tap into. Interns attend one-week training programs before reporting to work in paid internships at top media companies for 10 to 12 weeks.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Nov.5

2. Platforms for TOEFL Jobs 

The demand for qualified English teachers continues to grow as more schools, training centers, and online platforms seek skilled professionals to teach global learners. Getting TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certified is often the first and most important step in starting a teaching career abroad or online.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Varies 

3. Schools Triathlon Young Leaders Program 2025.

The Schools Triathlon is a fun, sporting event for 7-13 year olds. Its mission? To get more young people moving, having tun, and discovering the power of fundraising. In 2025, over 10,000 young people took part in 12 events, raising an incredible £1.5 million for Restless Development and local charities. Since it began, the Schools Triathlon has raised over £5 million-making it our flagship fundraising event every year.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Deadline: On Rolling Basis

4. Nordic Africa Institute Internship 2025. 

Research interns at NAl gain experience in an interdisciplinary environment, with opportunities to develop subject knowledge and learn how to work within a research institution.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Oct. 26, 2025

5. Verizon Public Policy Summer Internship 2026. 

As part of Verizon’s Public Policy Real Experience Program, VZ PREP, you’ll have the chance to work directly with Senior Policy Executives to grow your skills set. You’ll be front and center, hands-on and contributing your creative energy to high-impact projects from the moment you arrive through the course of this 10-week experience. You will take part in meaningful work and real-life projects within the Public Policy Organization that will help you grow both professionally and personally throughout the program. Verizon’s Public Policy,
Click here to apply | Deadline : Deadline: Oct. 31

6. UN FAO Internship Programme for Near East and North Africa 2026. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger and to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 195 Members, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. We believe that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Dec.31

7. Theoretical Physicist Position at CERN 

The CERN Theoretical Physics Department (CERN-TH) has launched a talent pool recruitment exercise for Limited Duration (LD) research staff positions. This pool aims at defining a list of pre-assessed and endorsed candidates that can be hired for future opportunities, determined by the needs of the organisation. They are looking for outstanding researchers in any of the areas of theoretical particle physics traditionally covered at CERN.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Dec. 31

8. West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) Next Generation Internship Programme 2026. 

The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) invites young graduates and early-career professionals from Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, and Sierra Leone to apply for its Next Generation Internship Programme (NGIP).
Click here to apply | Deadline: Oct.26

9. West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) Node Nigeria 2026. 

As part of its effort to deepen engagement with broader civil society organisation platforms in Nigeria, WACSI established a nodal office (WACSI Node) in Abuja in November 2022 to cater for the capacity strengthening needs of civil society groups and formations in the country.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Oct.26

10. African Forum and Network on Debt and Development Internship Program 2026.

AFRODAD’s Initiative to support Africa’s inclusive economic growth and sustainable development through influencing policy change on debt management and development finance anchored on rights-based approaches? Apply for the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development Internship Program 2026.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Oct. 31

11. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE

Forum For African Women Educationalists – Kenya Chapter is seeking a visionary and strategic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead our mission of advancing Gender Equity and Equality in Education. The CEO will provide leadership, drive organizational growth, strengthen partnerships, and champion impactful programme for Girls’ Education and Empowerment.
Click here to apply | Deadline : 

12. The Gender Hub – Technical Advisory Panel | PWL Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

The Gender Hub commenced in the fourth quarter of 2023 and will run through to January 2028 (in line with the PNGWL program). The primary purpose of the Gender Hub is to maximise Australian investments in PNG to progress gender equality outcomes including helping to achieve synergies across programs and investments.
Click here to apply | Deadline : March 4

13. Consultant / Consulting Team / Firm to Conduct the Endline Evaluation of ILGA Asia’s Strategic Plan and Theory of Change (2021–2025)

The 2021–2025 SPTOC guided ILGA Asia’s work through four strategic arenas: Solidarity and Effectiveness, Capacity Strengthening, Mobilising Movements and Activating Allyship, and Strategic Information and Knowledge Use.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Nov. 2

14. Senior Staff Attorney Legal – New York, New York (Hybrid)

The Senior Staff Attorney manages caseloads with significant complexity and is a highly experienced civil rights attorney, with deep impact and/or complex litigation experience at the trial and appellate levels.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Unspecified 

15. Request for Proposals: Womankind partner-informed advocacy calls refresh and policy brief for UK government

As a UK-based organisation, we want to increase our positionality with the UK government, something partners have fed back is very important to them about what we offer. As part of this, we want to extend and compliment the work we do in partnership with other UK-based NGOs to develop a brief of our key calls to action for the UK government.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Nov. 13

16. Senior Researcher

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) advances rights and opportunities for women and girls to ensure a more gender-equal world. For 49 years, ICRW has been the world’s leading non-profit building evidence and promoting solutions for how to improve the lives of women, girls, and other marginalized people.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Open Untill Filled 

17. Safeguarding Unit Manager

MSF’s mission is to alleviate suffering, promote health, and save lives. To achieve these goals, it is essential to uphold the highest standards of ethics and behavior. Staff, while providing aid to vulnerable populations, are expected to adhere to a common framework of value and Responsible Behavior: which is concerned with people’s actions on an individual level as per MSF Behavioral Commitments.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Oct. 23

18. Proposal Manager Plan International

Plan International Canada is the first non-profit organization to ever be inducted into Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures Hall of Fame by Waterstone Human Capital. Here’s why: together, we have created a climate of trust and inclusivity – where diversity in people, ideas and approaches is not only respected.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Oct. 28

19. Advocate – Bridges to Health

Women in Prison (WIP) is a national charity that delivers support for women affected by the criminal justice system in prisons, in the community and through our Women’s Centres. We campaign to end the harm caused to women, their families and our communities by imprisonment..
Click here to apply | Deadline : Oct. 28

20. Policy Recommendation Paper: Termination of Pregnancy Act & Evidence-based Policy Ask – WoMandla Consultancy 

Womandla Foundation Trust (Womandla) is a feminist, youth-centred civil society organisation working on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Zvishavane and beyond. Under the Ndiine Ruzivo – Ngilolwazi (PACCESS) initiative, Womandla is commissioning a policy recommendation paper to: (1) identify gaps and implementation bottlenecks in the Termination of Pregnancy (ToP) Act and related SRHR policies; (2) produce evidence-based, youth- and gender-sensitive policy asks to improve access to safe abortion and post-abortion care (PAC); and (3) map practical advocacy pathways across national, district, community, and parliamentary levels.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Oct. 26

21. RESEARCH CONSULTANT – STRENGTHENING THE FRONTLINES: GENDER, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND PACIFIC LEADERSHIP

Strengthening the Frontlines: Gender, Climate Resilience, and Pacific Leadership is a strategic research initiative led by the ResourceFULL Collective. It seeks to surface, document, and strategically share stories of Pacific feminist movement actors who are responding powerfully to the gendered impacts of the climate crisis — often with very limited support.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Oct. 31

22. GEDSI Adviser

Mekong-Australia Partnership Support Unit (MAP) The Mekong-Australia Partnership Phase 2 Support Unit (MAP SU), funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), aims to provide efficient and effective support and enabling services, and delivery of selected MAP activities as directed by the Mekong Hub at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand to ensure that Australia is a trusted and visible partner in supporting a resilient, inclusive and sustainable Mekong subregion.
Click here to apply | Deadline : Oct. 31

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