Listservs
CivilSoc is
CSI's listserv which carries a variety of information on conferences, organizations and programs revolving around the third sector in the
NIS. You can always find past CivilSoc postings at the list
archives, but if you are already subscribed to the list--you'll
see them first!
Craig Zelizer, a
Ph.D. candidate at George Mason University, maintains two lists NIS
jobs and Central
and Eastern Europe jobs. The lists in April 2002 had approximately
4,300 and 3,500
subscribers, respectively.
The Network of East-West Women
list "circulates announcements about jobs, internships, fellowships,
grants, scholarships and other information about possible sources of funding
for women's NGOs and individuals. Although it is preferable that these
announcements have either a topical focus on women or a regional focus on CEE
and NIS, general announcements of funding opportunities that might be of
potential use to our subscribers are also appropriate for posting on this
list."
Following are links to employment pages at organizations that frequently have openings. All links will not necessarily have jobs
available at the present time, but these are among the principal sites you should become acquainted with if you want a job that is located in or related to the former Soviet Union or Central/Eastern Europe.
American
Councils, formerly ACTR/ACCELS, manages a number of US-Eurasia
educational exhanges which offers a variety of employment opportunities in
the region.
Central
and East European Law Initiative (CEELI) of the American Bar
Association keeps a permanent page of their "Volunteer Positions."
This includes information on requests for experienced law professionals,
office interships, research fellows and more. Most positions include travel
and living expenses, and sometimes a general living stipend, but no salary.
Counterpart
International is a non-profit international human development
organization founded in 1965 as the Foundation for the Peoples of the South
Pacific. It is headquartered in Washington D.C. and work in more than 60
countries. Much of its work in the NIS has centered on strenthening the
nonprofit sector there.
Eurasia
Foundation is a privately managed grantmaking organization dedicated
to funding programs that build democratic and free market institutions in
the twelve New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Positions vary
from highly skilled to entry-level. Jobs include technical positions for
Eurasia's NIS based programs, and frequent entry-level positions in
Washington DC offices.
Careers
at IREX Current openings at IREX, one of the principal organizers of
academic exchanges and other programs with the NIS region and other
countries.
ISAR
is an information
clearinghouse and source of small grant support to grassroots environmental and civil
society organizations in the former Soviet Union.
Network of East-West Women
frequently seeks interns and volunteers.
USAID
A listing of jobs that USAID is currently hiring for. All jobs are PSC (personal
services contractor) which means a fixed term position without civil service
protection.
Other Good Job Search Resources
DevNetJobs.org
Maintains a current list of international development jobs, fellowship
postings, and a listing of international NGOs with employment opportunities.
Internship Index from American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. Internships for people with a background in Russian or other East European languages.
Job Index from American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European
Languages (AATSEEL). Job postings tend toward teaching/lecturing positions in US Universities, but also include positions with US and NIS organizations.
Job Possibilities with Russian
was compiled in 1998 and has not been updated since then. About half of
the ten or so links are still good, but among these are some very good pages,
e.g. the Bucknell
Russian department's list of job links.
Human Resources Online A Russian site dedicated to "Classified ads" (available in English or Russian) on jobs available and jobs wanted. Positions are classified by work location or area of specialization.
Idealist.org
is a well-organized site with thousands of jobs and internships searchable by
country, city, occupational category, etc. A Spanish-language version of the
site exists already and soon there will be a Russian-language version.
The Institute of International
Education's Employment page at its website from time to time carries openings related to the NIS.
Indiana
University's REEIweb: Jobhunting Resources on the Internet contains an
extensive list of good links to Web pages with job announcements related to
Russia and Eastern Europe.
Overseas
Jobs.Com advertises itself as "the leading source for overseas
jobs." It purports to list internships, too, but where these might be
located on the iste is less than obvious.
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Rusline--Russian
Internet Directory. This English-language site's "Employment and
Business Opportunities" section lists openings both in the NIS and outside
the NIS, for Russians and other NIS residents wishing to find work abroad.
Slavophilia Maintains an extensive list of employers and job lists relating to the NIS and Central and Eastern Europe.
For more information about volunteer or work exchange programs and educational opportunities in the
NIS, also see the page on CSI's website titled
"Education, Culture and Exchange".
In Russian
Employment Websites in Russia
Job.ru
