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changemaker vs. ReliefWeb — which should you post on?
ReliefWeb is UN OCHA's humanitarian information service. Its job board is free but gated by mandate — only organisations "involved in tasks relevant to sectors of humanitarian response" are accepted, and postings are staff-reviewed before they go live.
| changemaker | ReliefWeb | |
|---|---|---|
| Employer pricing | Flat $99 one-time, no account needed to see the price, listing live in minutes | Free. ReliefWeb's own terms state: "Posting jobs on ReliefWeb is a free service to the humanitarian community," and organisations that solicit fees from applicants are explicitly barred from posting at all. |
| Job seeker access | Free, always — no account required to search or apply | Free, no account needed to search or browse — 1,152 open listings were live at time of writing. An account is only required to submit a job, not to view one. |
| Scope | Every UN agency, development bank, NGO and INGO we track, in one place | Humanitarian response only, by mandate — development banks, most UN specialised agencies outside humanitarian coordination, and INGOs working purely in long-term development (not emergency response) generally don't qualify. |
| Signup required to post? | No — see the price and pay directly from /post-a-job | Yes — you need a ReliefWeb account and your organisation has to pass their mandate check before your first submission is even reviewed, which typically takes about two working days. |
What makes ReliefWeb different
- Free is the whole model — there's no paid tier to compare against changemaker's $99 flat fee
- Every posting is manually reviewed against ReliefWeb's humanitarian mandate before it goes live, which is slower but filters out non-qualifying employers
- Narrower scope than changemaker: a World Bank economist role or a UNESCO programme post, for example, doesn't fit ReliefWeb's humanitarian remit the way it fits changemaker's board
Sources: reliefweb.int/job-terms, reliefweb.int/help and a live reliefweb.int/jobs search (1,152 results), all fetched 2026-08-27. We link to ReliefWeb directly so you can verify current terms yourself: reliefweb.int.
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