PCDN is…
PCDN is the go-to hub for the global social change community and one of the top sources for recruiting highly skilled professionals in social change, international development, peacebuilding, humanitarian relief, social entrepreneurship, international affairs and more. PCDN has over 37,000 members including many leading practitioners, policymakers, and scholars – everyone from students to professionals with over 20 years experience can be found on the platform. Since its founding PCDN has had nearly 5,000,000 visitors and over 23,000,000 page views.
Many leading local, regional and international organizations regularly use PCDN to recruit and identify candidates for jobs, consulting opportunities and internships, including: Saferworld, USAID/OTI, TONIIC, Tech Change, Atlas Service Corps, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, leading private sector companies, policy and academic institutions around the world and more.
WHY RECRUIT WITH PCDN?
PCDN offers a global community of 37,000 professionals, many of whom are seeking (or can refer others) professional opportunities. Employers can post job, internships and/or consultancy opportunities, identify and recruit top talent through PCDN.
Employers can currently search through member profiles by sectoral, technical or geographic background to be proactive in finding candidates.
While it is free to post opportunities on PCDN, the average posting receives 30 views. For employers who want to reach the global PCDN pool we offer several options to distribute your opportunity including:
Social Media Outreach – Featured job postings will be distributed on our social media channels (15,000+ on Facebook, 15,000 on Twitter and 2,000 on Linkedin).
Newsletter – Select professional opportunities can be distributed via PCDN’s #beintheknow member daily digest (19,500 subscribers) and/or weekly public #gotchange newsletter (3,000 subscribers).
Featured on the Home Page – Select opportunities can be highlighted on the PCDN home page for a specific duration to help attract interest.
As indicated posting opportunities is currently free (although we appreciate any support that can be provided). The average job posting on PCDN has 30 views. Postings that are featured via our newsletter, social media and the home page, usually have 300-500+ views attracting a much stronger pool of candidates.
Employers can purchase a one time job distribution package for $150 (discounts available for organizations from the Global South or smaller organizations with limited budgets). PCDN also offers yearly employer packages. Please contact us at info(at)pcdnetwork.org for more information. To make a payment click on donate and enter $150 or contact us at info(at)pcdnetwork.org and we can provide an invoice.
Posting opportunities
NOTE: we only permit posting of opportunities that fit the PCDN criteria, we reserve the right to not accept inappropriate postings.
- How to Post: see the Guide to Posting Career Opportunities
Employers may also appreciate the meta list of Key Job Sites in the field that provides an overview of other top recruiting sites.
If you have questions about the rates for organizational memberships, would like to discuss customized options or for additional questions please contact PCDN at info(at)pcdnetwork.org
What others say about recruiting on PCDN?
At Saferworld recruiting high quality candidates for our vacancies is crucial. PCDN is one of our top sources, reaching, as it does, far and wide amongst the peacebuilding/conflict prevention community. Marie Aziz, Human Resources Manager, Saferworld
PCDN is vital to the work of Atlas Corps as we recruit professionals from around the world. It has also become a network builder as the majority of our Fellows use PCDN to forward their long-term professional goals. Since Atlas Corps started in 2006, PCDN has helped us reach more than 130 countries as we receive on average 500 to 1,000 applications a month. Scott Beale, Founder & CEO, Atlas Corps
