UNITED NATION OFFICE AT <strong>GENEVA</strong> (UNOG)The UN are in Geneva but also in New York City, Nairobi, Vienna, Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut,Santiago, Arusha and The Hague.To have a good insight of the United Nations of Geneva (UNOG), please have a look at the UNfamilies in Geneva.UNOG InternshipsThe UNOG Internship Programme in only meant to manage internships in its Geneva offices. Thereare no internships for College students as you need to have completed, at leat, a BA to apply.Information are to be found online. Please check conditions out and send your application by emailto : internship@unog.chBesides, if you are interested in an internship in HR, within the Chief of Human ResourcesManagement Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva’ s team, send your application to :faustine.chevet@sciences‐po.frNB : For internships in other offices, please look at each website as they all have separate internshiparrangements : NYC for the United Nations Headquarters Internship Programme and internships inthe Office of Legal Affairs , Vienna, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut, Santiago, Arusha and TheHague)UN vacanciesStaff members in the Professional (P) and the Director (D) categories are normally internationallyrecruited and are expected to serve at different duty stations throughout their career with theOrganization.For entry level positions, look at P2 (minimum 2 years of work experience, but no professionalexperience required for the Young Professional Programme) and P3 (minimum 5 years of workexperience).Linguistic skills are essential. There are six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French,Russian and Spanish. Two of these, English and French, are the working languages. To work for theUnited Nations you need to have excellent command of either English or French and to work in theUNOG, both French and English are important as Geneva is in a French speaking area. Knowledge ofany other language (especially when working in the field) is a plus but not always necessary.The variety of job opportunities is huge in the UN : Economic and Social Development ; Managementand Operation Support ; Political and Peace Support, Communication Technology ; Legal ; etc.UNOG temporary contracts (short‐term contracts) :The United Nations Office at Geneva has been looking for candidates of Arabic, Chinese, English,French, Russian or Spanish mother tongue for short‐term contracts for text processing.Entry Level Positions in the UN11, 12, 13 June, 201214
The Young Professional Programme recruitment examination. Keep in mind that if you are selectedafter quite a long selection cycle, you will be proposed a position either in headquarters or in fieldoffices. Should you refuse the position, you will not be given another option. You would have to gothrough the next recruitment examination again and start the whole process from scratch.The Associate Expert ProgrammeCandidates must apply directly through the 18 donor countries (the number of donor countries maychange from a year to the other depending on budgets and needs). You need to be a national of thedonor country to apply. Yet, a few donors agree with financing nationals of developing countries(Italy, the Netherlands and Spain for 2012).There are positions in Political Sciences, Administration (HR, etc), International Relations, Law,Sociology, Statistics, …United Nations Volunteer (UNV)Check out the UNV current opportunities in various thematic areas11, 12, 13 June, 201215