Development organizations working on the ground in West Africa are reviewing their recruitment policies to address new priorities as the struggle against Ebola moves from the emergency to the recovery phase.
Specific skills required, though, will depend on the roles each organization will acquire in the recovery phase.
Insiders tapped by Devex agreed that the challenge is no longer about getting people to go to Ebola-affected regions, but rather finding the right people to get the job done in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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