Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact. We are a recognized global leader in human development, with expertise in capacity development, public health, governance, the environment, energy, livelihoods, women’s empowerment, mining communities, microfinance and more.
Each year, millions of people in communities around the world meaningfully improve their lives with our support. Our work helps communities gain knowledge, skills and resources to combat HIV and AIDS, gain electricity, build peace and democracy, fight poverty through entrepreneurship, protect local natural resources, adapt to climate change, stop child labor and human rights abuses and more.
Learn more about our areas of expertise here. See a list of our projects here.
What brings all of Pact’s work together is our focus on local communities. Our cornerstone is community engagement – building solutions for human development in true partnership with those we serve. We strive to leverage the immense promise that already exists in local communities and to ensure that they are active participants in our programming at every step, from design to implementation to evaluation.
Every day, we dedicate ourselves to building solutions for human development that are owned by the communities we serve. At Pact, you'll be part of a global team that's on the cutting edge of social change. From our community-focused approach to data-driven programming, we're leading the way when it comes to solving some of the world's toughest challenges.
Across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, Pact employs nearly 6,000 people, including more than 4,000 in our microfinance subsidiary and 1,000 across the rest of the organization. We all share three core values:
Our organizational culture is vital to achieving our vision. We are looking for people who: