Careers in the UN System A Guide to Employment

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Basic Facts about UN Employment UN System - Over 40 different agencies UN Secretariat - 44,000+ staff, Peacekeeping 100,000+, UNDP 6,000+ core employees Parts of the UN are reducing staff All agencies conduct their own recruitment processes Keys to employment: Education (master’s degree + major) Right skills & languages Required years of experience Demonstrated knowledge and passion for the mandate Secondary considerations: Your country’s representation in specific agencies (a.k.a. “geographical representation”) Gender

6 Ways to Work with the UN Internationally Recruited Individual/Generic Vacancy for Professional and Field Service (FS)* jobs “Young Professional” - entry-level positions – usually P2* Young Professional Programme (YPP) – UN Secretariat, UNESCO, etc. Junior Professional Officers (JPO) – UNFPA, UN Women, UNDP, etc. Associate Expert Programme (AE) – UN DESA, UNESCO, etc. NETI (New and Emerging Talent Initiative) – UNICEF (P2/P3) LEAD – UNDP (on hold until further notice) * Note: P2 job levels are indicated by “Associate”: Associate Political Affairs Officer, Associate Human Resources Officer, etc. P1 jobs require no work experience and are rare, e.g. Interpreter Trainee (P1) Special Assistants to UN Resident Coordinator (SARC)/UNDP (P3)

7 Ways to Work with the UN Temporary o Temporary professional through an agency (limited) o Individual/Institutional Consultants/Contractors (SSA) Other o Internship Programme - unpaid o United Nations Volunteers - UNV o United Nations Volunteers online o National Fellowship programmes Locally-Recruited o National Professional Officer o General Service

YPP Programmes More information: Here

JPO Programmes UNFPA JPO ProgrammeUNFPA JPO Programme or contact Stephanie Ngo, DHR, UNFPA

UNICEF UNICEF NETI Programme New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI)

UNV UNV Website Guide to becoming a UN Volunteer

National Fellowship Programmes

Strategies Try multiple entry points: Internship (Note: watch for hiring freeze clause) YPP, JPO, APO, UNV, VAs, TVAs Consultancy (Note: watch for hiring freeze clause) Apply to several organizations Apply for candidate pools, get on rosters, talent groups – Peacekeeping, UNDP, UNICEF (some are of limited duration) Network Look outside your own country Pick “less popular”/“less glamorous” locations/agencies Peacekeeping or field mission Humanitarian (“Surge,” conflict/post-conflict, post-disaster, hardship duty stations) Mobility encouraged Think long-term

UN Recruitment Process – Professional Jobs Online application Written exams Competency-based interview – Be prepared to demonstrate language skills (written and oral) Final list of candidates Roster / Talent Group / Appointed directly (or some combination thereof)

UN Recruitment Process

You search for job openings at the United Nations using the search engine on this website. Most job openings are for a specific position in a particular office and duty station but there are also so-called generic job openings, which are used to create rosters, i.e. pools, of candidates available for immediate selection across the Organization. Generic job openings are recognized by the following text "This Job Opening is for roster purposes". Typically, positions in field missions are advertised as generic job openings. The application process is the same for both types of job openings, whether position-specific or generic.

Staff Categories

Where to Find UN Jobs UN CareersUN Careers Official UN website (Secretariat) ICSCICSC Job Opportunities in the UN System (official) UN JobsUN Jobs Downloads from Official UN websites, World UN Job ListUN Job List Bank and other international organizations UN Job Finder JPO Service CentreJPO Service Centre Site for JPO programmes ReliefWebReliefWeb, DevExHumanitarian, development jobs, and consulting opportunities DevnetDevEx Devnet RedR jobsRedR jobs Relief opportunities Indeed Search for different UN organizations Indeed

International Financial Institutions/Development Banks World Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Development Bank (AfDB) Asian Development Bank (ADB) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) European Commission African Union Organization of American States (OAS) Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OCSE) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance) International Organisation for Migration (IOM) International Organizations (non-UN)

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