Careers at United Nations agencies and affiliated organizations
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UN jobs let you work for the United Nations and its agencies around the world. This page lists UN jobs vacancies from UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO and other UN organizations, in duty stations such as New York, Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi and Bangkok, plus remote and home based roles.
UN professional staff are paid on the official ICSC salary scale plus a post adjustment for each duty station. You can check the exact salary for any grade, step and city with our UN salary calculator.
Every listing names its source, so you can open the original UN job openings and read the full vacancy before you apply.
UN vacancies close on a fixed date, so check the closing date of each one. UN internships 2026 are listed on the internships page.
The United Nations system hires in several staff categories. Professional posts (P-1 to P-5) and Director posts (D-1, D-2) are recruited internationally. General Service posts are filled locally for support work at each duty station, and National Officer posts are for nationals of the country where the office is based.
Outside staff contracts, UN agencies also hire consultants and individual contractors for fixed tasks, and they offer UN Volunteer assignments and internships, which are common first steps into a UN career.
Each organization publishes its own vacancies. The UN Secretariat uses the UN Careers portal, while agencies such as UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP and WHO run their own career sites. This page brings current UN jobs vacancies together so you can compare them in one place and then apply on the official site of the organization.
Vacancies are open for a limited time, often only a few weeks, so check the closing date first. Many agencies also build rosters of pre-selected candidates, so applying for a good match can still help even when you are not chosen for that post.
Most Professional posts ask for an advanced university degree, such as a master's degree, or a first degree with extra years of relevant experience. English and French are the working languages of the Secretariat, and other UN languages are an advantage for many posts.
Selection is competency based. Expect a written test or assessment for many roles and a competency based interview in which you describe real situations from your own work.
Pay for Professional posts follows the salary scale of the International Civil Service Commission plus a post adjustment that differs by duty station. Staff can also receive allowances such as rental subsidy, dependency allowance and, in hardship duty stations, extra payments.
Use the UN salary calculator linked on this page to estimate net pay for a grade, step and duty station before you apply.
Apply through each agency's official careers site. Read the vacancy for grade, duty station and requirements.
Some consultancies and home based roles are remote, and UN Volunteers offers online volunteering.
Use our UN salary calculator for the official ICSC figures by grade, step and duty station.
P posts are Professional posts recruited internationally, often with moves between duty stations. G posts are General Service posts recruited locally for support work in one duty station, with pay set by the local salary scale.
Most Professional posts ask for an advanced degree, or a first degree plus extra relevant experience. General Service, National Officer, volunteer and many consultancy roles have different requirements, so read each vacancy.
Professional posts are open to candidates of any nationality, and some organizations give preference to nationals of countries that are under represented. General Service and National Officer posts are normally filled from the local area or from nationals of the country.
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