Humanitarian job category

Human Resources & People jobs

Human resources, people and culture, staff development and training. Browse every relevant role currently listed on AidWorkers.com.

About this humanitarian sector

What is Human Resources work in humanitarian aid?

Human resources and people teams recruit, support and develop the workforce behind a humanitarian response. They balance rapid staffing needs with fair employment practices, staff wellbeing, organisational policy and local labour requirements.

Recruitment and onboarding

Finding suitable staff, managing contracts and helping new colleagues become effective quickly.

Performance and learning

Supporting managers, staff development, training and constructive performance processes.

Policy and wellbeing

Managing employee relations, safeguarding, duty of care, benefits and workplace standards.

Current Human Resources opportunities

Every role has a dedicated detail page with its published employer, location, posting date, closing date and a link to the original application route.

- Human ResourcesCloses 5 Aug 2026

HR Officer

Alight

Uganda

Human Resources Officer Full time Kampala On-Site 40% field travel About Alight Alight is a proximity-driven humanitarian organization that restores power and agency to people experiencing displacement. For nearly 50 years, we’ve walked alongside our customers – displaced communities – in some of the most challenging and complex places in the world. Regardless of role...

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Human ResourcesCloses 31 Jul 2026

Senior Manager, People & Culture

Helen Keller International

Dhaka, Bangladesh

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES General Responsibilities: Develop proposals and program initiatives independently, recommending priorities and approaches based on professional analysis and assessment of operational effectiveness. Set priorities across initiatives and manage tradeoffs, sequencing work to ensure effective and efficient delivery against organizational objectives. Coordinate across stakeholders with differing priorities, building alignment through the quality of independent professional...

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- Human ResourcesCloses 2 Aug 2026

HR and Admin Assistant

REACH

Syrian Arab Republic

ABOUT IMPACT\ REACH IMPACT/ REACH provides humanitarian actors with much needed analysis for use in planning and prioritisation. Evidence-based planning and programming is paramount to ensuring that the needs of the most vulnerable are met and that humanitarian/early recovery response is tailored to the realities facing communities. As a global leader in humanitarian research, REACH...

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- Human ResourcesCloses 31 Jul 2026

Pasante de Recursos Humanos (Practica Profesional)- Países andinos

IFRC

Peru

La Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja (la “Federación”) está conformada por 191 Sociedades Nacionales individuales dedicadas a los Principios Fundamentales de Humanidad, Neutralidad, Imparcialidad, Independencia, Servicio Voluntario, Unidad y Universalidad. La Oficina CCD para los Países andinos de Lima abarca tres (3) países de América del...

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- Human ResourcesCloses 31 Jul 2026

ToR - Consultancy: Safeguarding

RTP

occupied Palestinian territory

Terms of Reference (ToR) Consultancy: Safeguarding 1. Background Right To Play is a global organization that protects, educates and empowers children to rise above adversity through the power of play. We work with children in some of the most difficult and dangerous places on earth, helping them to stay in school and graduate, to resist...

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Human ResourcesCloses 11 Aug 2026

HEAD OF UNIT RECRUITMENT & POOL MANAGEMENT

MSF

Côte d'Ivoire

Médecins Sans Frontières, founded in 1971, is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of medical professionals, logistics, administrative and various other professions, all guided by our medical ethics and our...

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Human ResourcesCloses 26 Jul 2026

HR International Payroll and Benefits Assistant

MCC

United States of America

The HR International Payroll and Benefits Assistant has a central role in ensuring MCC’s U.S. payroll, benefits, and onboarding functions run smoothly and accurately for international staff. This positions sets up records and benefits to help onboard international staff, updates and administers benefits throughout the employee life cycle, and runs international payroll ensuring compliance across...

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Human ResourcesCloses 16 Oct 2026

Human resources coordinator (F/M) - Yemen

MDM

Sanaa, Yemen

For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde (MdM), a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations here and abroad. It has continued to bear witness to obstacles that exist in accessing healthcare and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation...

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Human ResourcesCloses 3 Aug 2026

Programmes HR Manager

MAG

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Programmes HR Manager Remote UK Starting salary for this position is £41,628 per annum (plus contributory pension) About MAG: MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is an international humanitarian organisation based in Manchester, UK, and working in 32 countries. We remove landmines and unexploded ordnance to release safe and productive land for communities, and work to reduce...

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Human ResourcesCloses 30 Jul 2026

Senior People & Culture Manager

IRC

Jordan

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in...

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Operations & AdminCloses 29 Jul 2026

Finance and HR Coordinator - Sudan - M/F

ALIMA

Sudan

THE ALIMA ASSOCIATION ALIMA’S SPIRIT: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and provide care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organisations and individuals. We act with humanity and impartiality, in accordance with universal medical ethics. To gain...

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Human ResourcesCloses 27 Jul 2026

People and Culture Manager

Chemonics

Syrian Arab Republic

Background**:** The Syria Education Programme II (SEP II), funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and running until September 2027, provides primary school children access to quality, inclusive and sustainable education in conflict-affected areas of Northwest Syria. The project provides comprehensive support to schools and teachers, including pedagogical supervision, learning assessments, psychosocial...

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