About the company

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Concern Worldwide was founded by John and Kay O’Loughlin-Kennedy in 1968, in response to the famine in the breakaway province of Biafra in Nigeria. The widespread conflict that followed Biafra’s attempt to secede from Nigeria caused the displacement of millions and a blockade of food, medicine, and basic necessities by the Nigerian authorities. At the height of the crisis in the summer of 1968, it was estimated that 6,000 children were dying every week.
 

Our Mission

To help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives which last and spread without ongoing support from Concern.

Our Vision

Is of a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. All have access to a decent standard of living and the opportunities and choices essential to a long, healthy, and creative life. Everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Our Values

Built on our history and the voluntary, compassionate commitment of Concern’s founders:

• Focus on extreme poverty

• Equality

• We listen

• Rapid Response

• Courage

• Commitment

• Innovation

• Accountability and Transparency

 

Why work for us

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization that strives for a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression.
We deliver life-saving and life-changing interventions to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. From rapid emergency response to innovative development programming, we go to the hardest to reach places to make sure that no-one is left behind.
Our vision, our mission, and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won't have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children.
For over 50 years we have been working with the world's poorest people to transform their lives.
Today we are a team of over 3,500 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience.
 

Team Benefits

We believe in working directly with local people, in partnership with local bodies and other international agencies. We aim to develop people's potential in the countries that we operate. In as far as possible, we try to recruit local people to fulfill our staffing needs. At present, 87% of our personnel working overseas are local people, living and working in their own country.

Core Humanitarian Standard
Concern is committed to the highest standards of good governance and accountability. In recognition of this, are certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS).
Anyone working for Concern must agree to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with Concern's Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies. Each of which is intended to ensure the appropriate behavior of Concern staff and ensure the maximum protection of program participants.
Additionally, in response to donors funding requirements and our determination to ensure that funds are used in an exclusively humanitarian manner, it is our policy that all job offers are conditional on our ensuring that potential employees’ names do not appear on counter-terrorism lists generated by the United Nations, European Union or the United States.