ReliefWeb Humanitarian & NGO Jobs Scraper — No API Key Needed

Fetch current humanitarian jobs, NGO jobs, aid-worker jobs and UN-sector vacancies from ReliefWeb, the UN OCHA jobs portal, as clean JSON records.

Why this scraper:

• No API key, no approval process. ReliefWeb's own API now requires a pre-approved appname before it accepts any request (details) — this Actor needs nothing: click Run and get jobs.
• A third of the price of the only other ReliefWeb scraper on the Store — $0.003 per job (volume discounts down to $0.0023) vs. $0.009 elsewhere.
• Correctly categorized under JOBS, so aid-sector recruiters actually find it when browsing the Store (the other ReliefWeb scraper is mis-tagged under AI/Automation/E-commerce).
• Built-in keyword + country + freshness filters — no need to hand it raw ReliefWeb URLs to get started; just click Run.
• Handles ReliefWeb's datacenter-IP block for you by fetching through a Residential proxy by default — reliability that a generic "proxy support" claim doesn't guarantee.
• Optional new-jobs-only monitoring mode for scheduled alerts and organisation enrichment (org website + description) as a paid add-on.

What ReliefWeb jobs data does this scraper extract?

Each result is one flat JSON record per job posting:

Field	Meaning
id	Stable source-side identifier (ReliefWeb job id)
title	Job title as posted
company	Hiring organisation, or null if not tagged
country	Country as published by ReliefWeb's own Country tag, or null
location	City + country combined for display (falls back to "Worldwide" / "Remote / Worldwide")
latitude	Approximate latitude of the posting's country (country centroid), or null
longitude	Approximate longitude of the posting's country (country centroid), or null
url	Direct link to the posting
postedAt	Posting date/time as published in the feed, or null
deadline	Application closing date (ISO YYYY-MM-DD), or null if the posting has no closing date
salary	Salary if the posting states one (ReliefWeb rarely does), else null
orgWebsite	Hiring organisation's homepage, when the Enrich organisation add-on is on, else null
orgDescription	Short organisation description, when the Enrich organisation add-on is on, else null
snippet	Short plain-text description excerpt
source	Always "reliefweb"

How to scrape ReliefWeb jobs with this Actor

1. Click Try for free / Run — no login to the target site, no cookies, no proxies to configure.
2. Adjust the input (search, country, postedSince, maxItems) or keep the defaults.
3. Run it and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it over the API.

Run it from your own code:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("nomad-agent/reliefweb-scraper").call(run_input={"maxItems": 50})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], "—", item["company"], item["url"])

Or a single HTTP call that runs the Actor and returns items in one response:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nomad-agent~reliefweb-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 50}'

Input

Field	Type	Default	Notes
search	string	""	Free-text query to filter the feed (e.g. "software engineer", "data", "IT digital"). Leave empty for all current openings.
country	string	""	Only return postings whose Country field contains this text (e.g. "Kenya"). Case-insensitive, partial match. Leave empty for all countries.
postedSince	integer	0	Only return postings published within this many days. Set 0 to disable.
maxItems	integer	20	Maximum number of job openings to return (the feed always returns roughly the 20 most recent postings per fetch, so values above 20 have no effect). Set 0 for no limit. Each result returned is billed.
enrichOrganisation	boolean	false	(Paid add-on) Follow up to each hiring organisation's ReliefWeb profile page and add orgWebsite + orgDescription. Each org is fetched at most once per run. Fields stay null when the profile doesn't expose them.
monitoringMode	boolean	false	Return only postings not seen in prior runs (state kept in the Actor's key-value store) — a "new jobs only" alert source for scheduled runs.
resetMonitoringState	boolean	false	One-shot: clear the remembered set before this run so every current posting counts as new again. Turn off afterwards.
proxyConfiguration	object (proxy)	Residential group	Proxy used to fetch the feed. Keep Residential selected — ReliefWeb blocks datacenter IPs. Overrides useResidentialProxy when set.
useResidentialProxy	boolean	true	Deprecated — use proxyConfiguration instead. Kept as a fallback for old callers when proxyConfiguration is not set.
cacheTtlSeconds	integer	1800	(Advanced) Reuse a previously fetched feed for this many seconds instead of re-fetching. Set 0 to always fetch fresh data.

Output example

{
  "id": "4218889",
  "title": "Protection Officer",
  "company": "Danish Refugee Council",
  "country": "Ukraine",
  "location": "Ukraine",
  "latitude": 48.38,
  "longitude": 31.17,
  "url": "https://reliefweb.int/job/4218889/protection-officer",
  "postedAt": "Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:30:09 +0000",
  "deadline": "2026-07-16",
  "salary": null,
  "orgWebsite": "https://drc.ngo",
  "orgDescription": "The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons...",
  "snippet": "DRC is looking for a Protection Officer...",
  "source": "reliefweb"
}

orgWebsite / orgDescription are populated only when the Enrich organisation add-on is enabled. Any field the source doesn't provide for a given posting (e.g. no closing date, no organisation tag, no stated salary) comes back as null, never an empty string.

New postings only (monitoring mode)

Turn on Monitoring mode to get only postings that weren't returned by a prior run — the Actor remembers which job ids it has already emitted (in its key-value store) and skips them next time. Combined with a schedule, this turns the scraper into a "new humanitarian jobs only" alert source, so you never re-process the same posting. Use Reset monitoring state once to start the memory over (every current posting counts as new again), then switch it back off.

Organisation enrichment (paid add-on)

ReliefWeb's raw jobs feed doesn't carry the hiring organisation's website or description. Enable Enrich organisation to have the Actor follow each posting to the organisation's ReliefWeb profile page and add orgWebsite and orgDescription. Each organisation is fetched at most once per run, and the fields stay null when the profile page doesn't expose them.

Integrations

Export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Console, or pull it programmatically: works out of the box with Make, Zapier and n8n, is callable via a single run-sync-get-dataset-items HTTP call (see below), and is usable from AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.005 per Actor start and just $0.003 per job returned (volume discounts down to $0.0023/job on higher Apify plans) — a third of the per-job price of the only other ReliefWeb scraper on the Store ($0.009/job + $0.05/start). A full default run (20 jobs) ≈ $0.065. No subscription, no rental — you pay only for what you fetch. The optional Enrich organisation add-on is billed per enriched organisation (rate shown in the Console before you run); leave it off and you're never charged for it. If you keep the default Residential proxy on, Apify also bills residential proxy bandwidth (GB) separately per your plan's proxy rates.

Use cases

• Humanitarian-sector job boards and newsletters
• Deadline-aware alert bots for aid workers
• M&E and surge-roster sourcing
• Research on humanitarian hiring by country

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape ReliefWeb jobs? This Actor reads only publicly available job postings — data any visitor can see without logging in. No personal data behind authentication is touched. Review the target site's terms and your local regulations for your specific use case.

Do I need an account on the target site? No. Postings are fetched from public pages/APIs — no login, cookies or session tokens.

Why not just use ReliefWeb's free API? The official API (api.reliefweb.int) is free, but it now rejects every request that doesn't carry a pre-approved appname — you have to apply and wait to be whitelisted. This Actor works instantly, and adds what the raw API doesn't give you: geo-coordinates per posting, organisation website/description enrichment, normalized ISO closing dates, and a new-jobs-only monitoring mode.

How fresh is the data? Every run fetches live listings. Results are cached for cacheTtlSeconds (default 30 min, set 0 to always hit the source live).

How many jobs can I get? The ReliefWeb jobs feed returns roughly the 20 most recent postings per fetch, newest first, and does not paginate further — maxItems (capped at 20) trims that down if you want fewer.

Something broken or missing? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — it is monitored and reliability fixes ship fast.

Finding it useful? A quick review on the Actor's Store page helps other aid-sector folks find it — and tells us what to build next.

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