Amnesty/Oxfam etc?

If I was thinking of working for an organisation such as one of these, does anyone have any info on what kinds of jobs they offer, what the pay's like, how competative, what kind of work experience would be useful (and how to get it!), stuff like that?

I'm doing a politics degree at the moment btw

thanks

Lol i have worked for Oxfam - pay usually no as its voluntary !!!

The few paid vacancies are in the head office in Oxford or as a shop manager in one of their shops. Dunno how to get those ones but usually takes ages - best thing is to volunteer and work your way up.

U looking at it as a career or just a short term thing?

I don't think Frances meant volunteering in a shop. Big charities employ quite a lot of people to actually run the charity.

If I was thinking of working for an organisation such as one of these, does anyone have any info on what kinds of jobs they offer, what the pay's like, how competative, what kind of work experience would be useful (and how to get it!), stuff like that?

I'm doing a politics degree at the moment btw

thanks

you'll need experience working with a charity or volunteering, thats where the wonderful nottingham SCA come in. amnesty are near impossible to get experience with unless you are on the board of one of the student commities (bah spelling), you really are best say working in an oxfam shop to start and moving up

-nottingham red cross need office volunteers if you are interested, should be handy for experience and stuff, gonna start there tuesday woo

Ah cool, I'll look into that!

Do you actually know what you want to do with your degree yet? I'm not entirely sure, but everything just assumes I'm going to be an MP or something.