ReliefWeb Job Scraper
Pricing
Pay per usage
ReliefWeb Job Scraper
Get live humanitarian and development job openings from ReliefWeb (UN OCHA's global jobs portal) as clean structured data. Filter by keyword. No login, no setup.
Get live humanitarian and development job openings from ReliefWeb — the UN OCHA-managed global jobs portal — as clean, structured data. No login, no account, no setup.
ReliefWeb hosts postings from organisations such as WFP, UNHCR, IRC, Save the Children, MSF, and hundreds of other humanitarian and development agencies worldwide. Roles span field operations, programme management, finance, monitoring & evaluation, and increasingly data, digital, and engineering positions as agencies modernise.
Why use it
- Always current — reflects live postings as they appear on ReliefWeb.
- Global coverage — roles across the full humanitarian and development sector, in every region.
- Clean structured output — ready for spreadsheets, databases, dashboards, or job-matching pipelines.
- Fast and lightweight — no proxies required, minimal dependencies.
What you get
One dataset item per opening:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
id | Stable ReliefWeb numeric job id |
title | Posting title |
company | Publishing organisation (e.g. UNHCR, IRC, MSF) |
location | City + country, or "Worldwide" / "Remote / Worldwide" |
url | Direct link to the full posting on ReliefWeb |
postedAt | Publication date from the feed |
snippet | Plain-text excerpt of the posting description (up to 400 chars) |
source | Always reliefweb |
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
search | string | (empty) | Free-text keyword filter (e.g. "software engineer", "data", "IT digital"). Leave empty for all current openings. |
maxItems | integer | 20 | Maximum openings to return. Set 0 for no limit. |
Example
Returns up to 10 current ReliefWeb postings matching "software engineer".
Use cases
- Job seekers in the humanitarian and development sector tracking new openings.
- Recruitment teams sourcing NGO, UN-agency, and INGO roles.
- Sector aggregators, newsletters, and career-platform integrations.
- Researchers analysing hiring trends across humanitarian organisations.
