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Serving the World
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?
Be part of the United Nations
Who we are
Who we are
• Our worko touches lives in every corner of the globeo is complex and multifacetedo 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.• 116,000 personnel in peacekeeping operations.• We are international civil servants.
What we do
Where we are
Main duty stations and tribunals
GenevaUNOG, UNCTAD,
OHCHR, ECE, OCHA
NairobiUNON,UNEP, UN-Habitat
New YorkUN Headquarters
ViennaUNOV, UNODC
Addis AbabaECA
BangkokESCAP
BeirutESCWA
SantiagoECLAC
The HagueICTY
ArushaICTR
Peacekeeping operations
What can you do at the United Nations?
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
• Legal 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.
Job networks and families
What are the career options?
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)
(unvolunteers.org)
• Consultancies
• P-2 = NCRE or Language examination
or2 years without exam
• P-3 = 5 years
• P-4 = 7 years
• P-5 = 10 years
• D-1/D-2 = 15 years
Professional jobsExperience requirements after obtaining your degree
National competitive recruitment examination
• 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 Stateso Younger than 32 years old as of 31 December of the
year of the examo A graduate with at least a first-level university degree
relevant to one of the occupational groups offeredo Proficient in either English or French
http://careers.un.org -> National competitive recruitment
examination
National competitive recruitment examination
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• Montenegro
• Mozambique• Namibia• Nepal• Norway• Republic of Korea• Saint Lucia• Samoa• Saudi Arabia• Slovenia• Solomon Islands• Spain• Tonga• Turkey• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• United States of America• Yemen
2010 NCRE:Occupational Groups
Date of Exam: 1 December 2010Application deadline: 19 Sep. 2010
http://careers.un.org
• Economics• Administration• Legal Affairs• Demographics• Human Rights
• Statistics• Radio Producer1
• Web Designer/ Developer
• Security
1: Arabic, Chinese or French
Language examination
• 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 degreeo Be able to interpret or translate from two
languages into main languagehttp://careers.un.org -> Language competitive
examination
Language examination
Associate expert programme
Associate expert programme• Offers graduates opportunity to acquire professional
experience
• 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 programme
Internship programme
Internship programme• Offers opportunity to familiarize yourself
with 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
equivalento Apply to the duty station of choiceo Duration: minimum 2 months, up to 6
monthso http://careers.un.org -> Internship
programme
How to apply
http://careers.un.org
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Pay and benefits
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• Development & Learning opportunities
Career path
Career path
• Join through various entry points between ages 18
and 61
• Move laterally to another department
• Move to another duty station
• Serve in a peacekeeping mission
• Promotion to higher level in same or different
department or duty station or mission
We are looking for people with integrity, who are fair and impartial.
We need dynamic and adaptable professionals who think creatively and are proactive, flexible and responsive.
If you embody these values, the United Nations is the place for
you.
Thank you
Merci
شكراً
谢谢
Gracias
Спасибо
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