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Roots of Change

The rise of the global south expat — and why it's bad for localization

By Rebecca L. Root

Many expat staffers in NGOs are from the global south, pulled away by the lure of international compensation packages. It’s a trend that’s harming local leadership.

Salary Insights

What we know about deputy chief of party salaries

As part of an ongoing effort to highlight salary trends across the development sector, we've analyzed data related to deputy chief of party roles that has been shared with Devex.

SDG Talent Gap

5 ways globaldev recruiters can advance localization efforts

What more can the development community do to improve localization efforts that increase hiring at the local level? Devex asks the experts.

SDG Talent Gap

What’s driving the remote jobs trend in global development?

Data from the Devex job board shows almost a third of remote opportunities posted over a 12-month period come from just five UN organizations and are mainly short-term contracts.

Salary Insights

What we know about salaries for chief of party positions

As part of an ongoing effort to highlight salary trends across the development sector, we've analyzed data related to chief of party roles that has been shared with Devex.

Humanitarian

Opinion: To recruit humanitarian ‘champions,’ true partnership is key

We have been joined by many champions such as actress Priyanka Chopra and Albania’s Edi Rama and learned many lessons from the ups and downs of identifying, cultivating, collaborating with champions, Sam Friedlander writes.

Devex Pro Live

Is the development sector getting serious about equity and inclusion?

Five chief diversity officers spoke to Devex on how to bring about lasting change in the sector. They spoke about the importance of building systems, treating each organization differently, focusing on every type of diversity, and getting senior leaders involved.

Inclusive Development

What your organization can do to address racism in 2023

Committing to becoming an anti-racist organization isn’t enough and needs to be translated into action. Devex spoke to several social impact consultants to learn more about what organizations can do to start addressing and dismantling racism.

Localization

Opinion: Why we should look at localization through a talent lens

The young people, talent, and approaches we need to address global challenges are already here — but we need to be intentional about connecting the dots, Bidjan Nashat writes in this opinion.

Career

What we know about globaldev director-level salaries

An analysis of over 200 director-level job postings from Devex's job board offers recruiters and jobseekers a snapshot of trends related to these roles, based in three competitive U.S. regions.

Career

USAID chief of party system is flawed, applicants and recruiters say

A unique system with its own requirements, experts share what makes the USAID chief of party system so difficult to navigate.

Recruiting Insights

Opinion: 3 ways you can get the candidates you really need

Prioritize hiring employees with an adaptive skill set regardless of technical sector or geographic expertise. Otherwise, implementation suffers. Monalisa Salib of the USAID LEARN contract at Dexis Consulting Group, explains what to look for.

Career

Humanitarians are struggling as parents. How employers can do more

The demands of being a parent and working in development and humanitarian sectors present too much of a challenge for some. Working professionals and experts lay out the challenges and how to improve these situations.

Inclusive development

We asked, you answered: Inclusive language in global development

In a series of polls, Devex asked our community of global development professionals for their preferences for inclusive language for some of the most-used terms.

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