The international development sector offers a myriad of opportunities for career advancement. Many accomplished professionals choose to move to a consultancy career at some point in their lives, to widen their impact and to augment their professional skills. However, this sector is also known for its strict boundaries and rigorous selection procedures.
DevelopmentAid, as the largest hub for jobs and individual assignments in the development sector, invites professionals at all levels to join a thematic webinar on “How to secure jobs and assignments in the development sector: Tips from top recruiters” to learn how to identify suitable opportunities, tailor their professional profile and avoid the most common pitfalls.
Key Takeaways
- Learn how to monitor, apply and land rewarding jobs and assignments
- Discover what recruiters take into account when evaluating CVs
- Find out the importance of CV tailoring to match the donor’s format and requirements
- Learn how to avoid the most common pitfalls
Partners:
Naxta
– an Italian consulting company with over 20 years of experience in European integration, international cooperation, and internationalization. It provides qualified technical assistance for institution building and strengthening, regional development and local governance, and in programming EU integration funds.
DevelopmentAid Recruitment Solutions (DRS
) – provides talent acquisition support for roles within the international humanitarian and development aid sectors. DRS is known as a source of cost-effective recruitment solutions for a wide variety of organizations in the not-for-profit sector that includes international and community-based NGOs and companies that work with donor-funded projects, charities, and foundations.
Speakers:
Giulia Pilia is a Business Developer at NAXTA. Giulia is an expert in EU integration and EU energy policy. In the past, she has collaborated with the EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine and the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. Giulia is in charge of Naxta’s business development, entailing the monitoring and follow-up of funding opportunities, donor relations management, and the preparation of expressions of interest and technical and financial offers to different clients as well as for the short-term and long-term sourcing and recruitment of experts.
Valeria Bobeica is a Senior Recruiter for International Projects at DRS. Valeria has broad experience in the international development sector sourcing, screening, and selecting candidates for the implementation of donor-funded short-term and long-term projects funded by the EU, WB, USAID, EBRD, ADB, or AfDB. She has a valuable track record of developing and sustaining relationships with representatives from international organizations and non-profit organizations as well as individual experts, assisting them in tailoring CVs and applications in compliance with the best international practices.
Host:
Ion Ilasco, External Relations & Events at DevelopmentAid.
