Does making a difference in the world motivate you?
Are you driven to be a part of a bigger purpose in the service of humanity?
Are you the type of person who will travel to and
work anywhere at a moment’s notice? Do you thrive in an environment that:
- is truly international and multi-cultural? - respects and promotes diversity?
- functions at its best through team efforts?
Who we are
• Our work
o touches lives in every corner of the globe o is complex and multifaceted
o extends directly and indirectly to our 192
Member States.
• In the last decade, the United Nations has increased its field-based operations
• 60 per cent of our 40,000 staff work in field locations all over the world.
Main duty stations and tribunals
Geneva
UNOG, UNCTAD, OHCHR, ECE, OCHA
Nairobi
UNON,UNEP, UN-Habitat
New York
UN Headquarters
Vienna
UNOV, UNODC
Addis Ababa
ECA
The Hague
ICTY
Arusha
What can you do
Job networks and families
• Economic Affairs • Social Affairs
• Political Affairs • Humanitarian
Affairs
• Human Rights • Rule of Law • Audit
• Public Information, Radio &
TV
• Drug Control & Crime
Prevention
• Statistics
• Demographics
• Public Administration • Electoral Affairs
• Administrators: Human
Resources, Finance, Budget, Facilities Management,
Administration (general)
• Information and
Communications Technology
• Information Management • Cartography
• Medical
• Programme/Project
Management
• Logistics
• Procurement • Engineering • Aviation
• Security
• Library Science • Conference
Servicing
• Language Staff:
Interpreter,
Translator, etc.
Starting points
(ages 18-61)
• Professional jobs (internationally recruited)
o Global Secretariat (established and field duty
stations)
• National Competitive Recruitment Examination
• Language Examination
• Associate Expert Programme
• Temporary Professional jobs
• General Service (locally recruited)
• Internship Programme
• United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
• P-2 = NCRE or Language examination
or
2 years without exam
• P-3 = 5 years
• P-4 = 7 years
• P-5 = 10 years
• D-1/D-2 = 15 years
Professional jobs
National competitive
• Entry level positions (P-2) are filled through
competitive examinations
• Held annually based on a country’s representation
status among staff
NCRE applicants must be:
o National of any of the participating Member States o Younger than 32 years old as of 31 December of the
year of the exam
o A graduate with at least a first-level university degree
relevant to one of the occupational groups offered
o Proficient in either English or French
http://careers.un.org -> National competitive recruitment
examination
National competitive
2010 NCRE: Participating Member
States
Date of Exam: 1 December 2010
• Afghanistan
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Belgium
• Brunei Darussalam
• Comoros
• Dominican Republic
• Equatorial Guinea
• Finland
• Grenada
• Iran
• Japan
• Latvia
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Monaco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Norway
• Republic of Korea
• Saint Lucia
• Samoa
• Saudi Arabia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Spain
• Tonga
• Turkey
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
2010 NCRE:
Occupational Groups
Date of Exam: 1 December 2010
Application deadline: 19 Sep. 2010
http://careers.un.org
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Economics
•
Administration
•
Legal Affairs
•
Demographics
•
Human Rights
•
Statistics
•
Radio Producer
1•
Web Designer/
Developer
•
Security
• Based on the needs of the United Nations
• All language staff (interpreters, translators, etc.)
must pass the applicable examination
• Language staff hired from the roster at the entry
level (P-2)
• Usually up to age 55
Language examination applicants must:
o Hold at least a first-level university degree o Be able to interpret or translate from two
languages into main language
http://careers.un.org -> Language competitive examination
Associate expert programme
• Offers graduates opportunity to acquire professionalexperience
• Bilateral agreements between the UN and donor
countries (23 countries)
• Duration: 2 years
• For more information contact your Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
• http://esa.un.org/techcoop/associateexperts • http://careers.un.org -> Associate expert
Internship programme
• Offers opportunity to familiarize yourselfwith the United Nations
• Interns work in departments related to their
field of study
• Unpaid full-time internship
Requirements:
o Must be enrolled in graduate school or
equivalent
o Apply to the duty station of choice
o Duration: minimum 2 months, up to 6
months
o http://careers.un.org -> Internship
Pay and benefits
• Competitive Salaries• Annual & Sick Leave • Home Leave
• Maternity & Paternity Leave • Education Grant & Travel
• Rental Subsidy
• Defined-benefits Pension at age 62 • Health Insurance
• Installation & Shipment & Repatriation • Pay for Additional Official Language
• Mobility and Hardship Pay
• Rest and Recuperation (peacekeeping missions) • Mentoring Programme for New Staff