VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that uses volunteers to fight poverty and reduce inequality.
Our vision is simple: a world without poverty. Our approach is unique: sending skilled volunteers from sectors such as health, education and business to work with p... read moreartners who have requested our help. VSO enables a two-way exchange that benefits the volunteer and the community they serve far beyond the life of the placement.
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) began in 1958 when Alec and Mora Dickson recruited and sent 16 British volunteers overseas in response to a letter from the Bishop of Portsmouth asking for people to teach English in Borneo.
Much has changed since then. VSO has engaged over 43,000 volunteers to work on international development programmes in more than 120 countries. We’ve gone from being a UK charity to an international one, with recruitment bases in seven countries.
In 2013/2014 alone, our volunteers trained over 174,000 people, and delivered services that had an impact on the lives of 2 million.
Today, VSO is a truly global organisation. We recruit skilled volunteers from all over the world, and from all sectors of society, including business leaders, parliamentarians and young people. Currently, over 30% of our people come from within the country of their placement. We also send increasing numbers of people from one developing country to another.
We're always looking for new ways to turn human energy and ingenuity into lasting change. We still send professionals to share their skills with their local counterparts, but we’ve embraced a range of methods that allow us to provide whatever kind of help is needed most, including promoting international understanding and action, knowledge sharing and youth exchanges.
Watch the video above to learn more about our journey to the forefront of international development.
Type of Role: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Duration: 36 Weeks (Starting July 20th, 2021)
Start Date: 20th July, 2021
Mode of Delivery: Working From Home and at Project Location
Role Overvie
Type of Role: Advocacy policy and research
Duration: 9 Months (Possibly Starting July 2021)
Start Date: 26th July, 2021
Mode of Delivery: Working From Home and at Project Location
Role Overview
Location: Kano (with frequent travel to other states)
Type of role: Agriculture and natural resources
Duration: 1st April -December, 2021
Start Date: 22 March, 2021
Mode of delivery: Workin
Location: Abuja (with frequent travel to Northern States)
Type of role: Agriculture and natural resources
Duration: 15 April - December, 2021
Start Date: 22 March, 2021
Mode of delivery: Work
Type of role: Advocacy Policy and Research
Contract type: Consultant Agreement
Contract length: 8 day
Working hours per week: 40 hours per week
Start date: 17/03/21
Role Overview
The cons
Locations: Kafur and Kankara, Katsina
Employment Type: Volunteer
Duration: 7 months
Start Date: 12 / 02 / 21
Job Purpose
The role holder will serve to provide support for a UNICEF fun
Location: Abuja (with frequent travel to project location or based on business needs)
Type of role: Advocacy policy and research
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Contract length: 12 months
Full Time
Type of role: Advocacy policy and research
Start date: 15th April, 2021.
Role Overview
The Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) https://fundforyouthemployment.nl/, initiated by the Dut
Type of role: Advocacy policy and research
Start date: 15th April, 2021.
Role Overview
Programme Information:
The Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) https://fundforyouthemployment.n
Type of role: Advocacy policy and research
Start date: 15th April, 2021.
Role Overview
Job Purpose: Support Challenge Fund Implementing partners to develop and implement appropriate strategic a
Locations: Kano, Enugu, FCT and Field Project
Employment Type: Contract
Role Overview
VSON intervention in the Practice area of Inclusive Education started in July 2019 in the states of Enug
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Employment Type: Volunteer
Introduction
As a VSO volunteer you’ll live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities
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Duration: At least 12 weeks
Start date: 4th January 2021
Role: Advocacy Policy and Research
Job Purpose
This national volunteer role will facilitate the conduct of vulnerability context ana
Location: Abuja (Project locations)
Type of Role: Advocacy Policy and Research
Duration: 15 weeks (starting 15 September)
Start Date: 15th September, 2020
Description
This National Vo
Duration: 3 years (Renewable)
Type of Role: Advocacy policy and research
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Start Date: 15th June, 2020
Job Purpose
To be responsible f
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Contract length: 3 (Three) years
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Start Date: 1st June, 2020
Job Purpose
To grow VSO's ability to deliver impact & influence i
Location: Nigeria
Contract type: Fixed Term
Contract length: 10 months
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Start date: 1st May, 2020
Type of role: Advocacy policy and research
Responsibilities
Location: Abuja with possible travels to States
Type of Role: Advocacy policy and research
Responsible to: Head of Programs
Duration: 13 months: March, 2020 to March,