The United Nation under bilateral agreements with donor countries welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates to enrol in the United Nation Junior Professional Officer Programme for the UN Secretariat and associated entities.
JPOs are generally nationals of donor countries, however some donors also finance nationals of developing countries. Candidates are young professionals, usually with an advanced university degree and minimum two years of professional experience.
SUMMARY:
- Organisation: United Nations
- Program Location: Pretoria, South Africa
- Program Duration: 1 year with Extension
- Available Slot: Several
- Basic Qualifications: Graduates
- Nationality: All Nationalities
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Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria for the United Nation Junior Professional Officer Programme are as follows:
- Applicants must be Junior Professional Officer (Associate Experts)
- Applicants from developing countries
- Applicants must be graduate in Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent)
- Applicants must have a minimum of two years of progressively responsible work experience in human rights or gender, including in the UN or international context is required. Experience in research and drafting is a requirement.
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required. Proficiency in French is desirable. Proficiency in Portuguese is desirable.
The JPO Programme aims to meet the following objectives:
- For developing countries and donors, it represents another form of development aid through the United Nations System. It also provides vast opportunities for on-the -job training in multilateral capacity building for the young graduates and enables donors to contribute multilateral capacity development personnel to developing countries where they have no official representation. It can as well support specific goals in promoting and advancing priority areas in priority countries;
- For the United Nations Secretariat and the other Programmes/Funds involved, the JPO Programme represents a significant opportunity for mobilizing additional capacity development resources from some donors. It serves to increase capacity development professional staffing capacity and gives immediate access to human resources with recognized talent, up-to -date general or specialized knowledge and academic credentials. It also allows the agencies to discharge more effectively their increased and complex responsibilities;
- For the JPOs themselves, it offers possibilities for participation in the capacity development activities of the United Nations system as well as, in most cases, immediate exposure to the development processes and interaction in developing countries. It enables them to obtain work experience in the international sphere and offers opportunities for an international career.
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Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Applicants seeking for the United Nation Junior Professional Officer Programme should submit their application online electronically directly to the Organization.
Application Deadline: March 25, 2024