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

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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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