INGO, NGO and project work. Donors, districts covered and beneficiary numbers are what a recruiter scans for.
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A CV for NGO jobs names the donor on every project — USAID, UNICEF, GIZ and others have different reporting systems, and development recruiters filter on donor experience. The example above also gives households reached, districts and the budget held, because 'worked with communities' is the most common wasted line in the sector. The format works for project officers, field coordinators and M&E roles with NGOs and INGOs in Nepal or India.
Kamala Adhikari
Project Officer — WASH and Livelihoods
Surkhet, Karnali · +977 98XXXXXXXX · kamala.adhikari@example.com · linkedin.com/in/kamalaadhikari
Summary
Development professional with six years in WASH and livelihoods across Karnali and Sudurpaschim. Currently manages a UNICEF-funded project reaching 4,200 households in three rural municipalities, with a Rs 40 lakh annual budget. Experienced in log-frame reporting, community mobilisation and coordination with local government. Fluent in Nepali and working English, with field experience in remote districts.
Experience
Project Officer
National NGO — UNICEF-funded WASH project · Surkhet and Dailekh · Shrawan 2081 – Present
- Manage a WASH project reaching 4,200 households across three rural municipalities
- Hold a Rs 40 lakh annual budget with quarterly donor reporting against a log frame
- Coordinate with three palikas on water-scheme handover and post-construction maintenance
- Supervise four field mobilisers and a monitoring officer
Field Coordinator
INGO — livelihoods programme · Achham and Bajura · Kartik 2078 – Ashad 2081
- Ran farmer group formation and training for 68 groups, around 1,500 members
- Facilitated seed and tool distribution and tracked uptake over two seasons
- Collected monitoring data and contributed to two annual donor reports
- Worked in districts reachable only by a day's walk from the road head
Education
Master of Arts in Rural Development
Tribhuvan University · 2076 – 2078
Thesis on community water-scheme sustainability in mid-hill districts.
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology)
Tribhuvan University affiliated campus · 2072 – 2076
Skills
- Log-frame and donor reporting
- Community mobilisation
- Budget management
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Local government coordination
- KoBo Toolbox / mobile data collection
Languages
- Nepali — Native
- English — Professional
- Hindi — Conversational
Certifications
Project Cycle Management training — INGO regional office, 2080
Safeguarding and PSEA — INGO, 2081
Two-wheeler licence — Category A — Department of Transport Management, 2077
The name, employers and numbers above are invented. Replace every one of them —
a CV that still says Kamala Adhikari is worse than no CV at all.
NGO job CV format
The sections, in the order an employer reads them.
- Name and contact — Name, phone, email, current location, and willingness to be based in the field.
- Profile — Years in development, sectors — WASH, health, livelihoods, education — and the districts or provinces.
- Experience — Each organisation with dates, project name, donor, budget, households or people reached, and your role.
- Education — Your degree — rural development, sociology, public health, social work — with university and year.
- Skills — Donor reporting, log-frames, M&E, community mobilisation, KoBo or ODK, local government coordination.
- Trainings — Safeguarding, M&E, project management, GESI trainings, with provider and year.
- Languages and references — Local languages you work in, and two references from supervisors.
NGO job CV objective
Two to adapt — change the numbers and names to yours. A career objective, or summary, is the two or three lines under your name.
With experience
Development professional with six years in WASH and livelihoods across Karnali and Sudurpaschim, managing a UNICEF-funded project reaching 4,200 households with a Rs 40 lakh annual budget. Experienced in log-frame reporting and coordination with local government. Looking for a project manager role with an INGO.
For a fresher
MA graduate in rural development with a thesis on community forestry user groups and three months as a field volunteer on a livelihoods project in Surkhet. Comfortable with mobile data collection and field travel. Looking for a first field or project assistant role with an NGO.
More career objective examples, for every job
Skills to put on an NGO job CV
- Donor reporting and log-frames
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Community mobilisation
- Budget management
- Local government coordination
- Mobile data collection — KoBo Toolbox, ODK
- GESI and safeguarding
- Training facilitation
NGO job CV for freshers
A CV for NGO jobs as a fresher leads with the degree, thesis and any field work — a volunteer placement, a survey you ran, an internship with an NGO. Name the district, the project and what you did. Show you can travel and live in the field, and list the local languages you speak. Tools such as KoBo or basic data analysis are worth a line each.
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Common questions
How do I write a CV for NGO jobs?
Name the donor, budget, reach and districts for every project, describe your role in each, list sector skills such as M&E and donor reporting, and add local languages and field experience.
What is a good objective for an NGO job resume?
One that states your sector, region and scale — for example: 'Development professional with six years in WASH across Karnali, managing a UNICEF-funded project reaching 4,200 households.'
How do I get an NGO job CV noticed as a fresher?
Lead with your degree and thesis, add field volunteering or internships with district and task, list the local languages you speak and any data collection tools you can use.
Should an NGO CV be two pages?
Two pages is normal for experienced development staff; one page for a fresher. Some donors ask for their own CV format — use it when they do.