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Careers & Volunteering

Work with SIA as staff, as a local facilitator, as a mentor or as a volunteer, and help changemakers in Balochistan take their next step.

SIA works hub-and-spoke through local facilitators. Open roles, the facilitator network call and SIA’s safeguarding commitments are listed here.

Most of SIA’s work happens close to communities. Whatever your role, you will be part of a small team that cares about doing things properly.

Where you could work

  • Quetta: SIA’s flagship hub and the SIA Impact Studio
  • Loralai: CEUL, the incubator at the University of Loralai
  • Districts across Balochistan, through the facilitator network
  • Islamabad and other cities, for national events such as the SIA Summit

Tell us how you would like to help

What are you looking for?

Add the country code if your number is not from Pakistan.

Where you live or work.

Your skills

What you have done, and what you would like to do with SIA.

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Our values

What we look for

Skills can be learned. These four values are what we hire for.

Innovation

New answers to old problems, tested with the people who live with them.

Inclusivity

Programmes designed first for women, youth and frontier communities.

Social impact

Measured, published and independently evaluated.

Collaboration

Government, donors, universities, investors and communities, together.

How it works

From first message to first day

  1. 1Tell us about yourselfUse the form on this page, or apply to an advertised role by its closing date.
  2. 2A short conversationIf there is a fit, someone from the team calls or messages you, in Urdu or English.
  3. 3Checks and a welcomeReferences for roles with children and young people, then an introduction to SIA, the SIA Method and the safeguarding policy.

Our safeguarding commitments

  • Everyone who works with SIA participants, paid or volunteer, follows the safeguarding policy.
  • Nobody takes or shares photos of participants without their written consent.
  • Concerns about a child or an adult at risk go to SIA’s safeguarding lead.
  • Personal data about participants stays private and is used only for the programme.

CONFIRM: the background checks SIA carries out before someone works with children.

Read the safeguarding policy

It sets out how everyone who works with SIA keeps participants safe.

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