JOB VACANCIES IN UNICEF

What unicef do


For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.


UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is also the world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries. As a global authority UNICEF is able to influence decision makers at the global level and turn the most innovative ideas into reality.


More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries. Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.


We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF’s presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.




We offer a dynamic and multi-cultural environment in the humanitarian and development field.

Work at UNICEF offers opportunities for personal and professional growth.

We offer programs for young professionals to acquire direct practical experience in UNICEF's work: the Internship programme, New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI) Programme, Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme and UN Volunteers (UNV)​. A variety of tools such as training, coaching, mentoring, e-learning, stretch assignments, lateral reassignments and mobility exercises allow staff to expand their scope of experience and acquire new skills. Colleagues around the world will attest that this allows them to grow both professionally as well as personally. Finally, dedicated programs for senior managers ensure that we offer support for the organization's leadership.


Contract Types


Staff contracts

Fixed-Term Appointment

Fixed-Term or regular appointment – typically for a period of two years, renewable subject to the needs of the organization. You will be a UNICEF staff. Fixed-Term contracts can be issued in three categories of staff: International Professional, National Officer and General Service categories.


Temporary Appointment

Temporary appointments are time-limited appointments issued for less than one year to meet specific short-term requirements, including in response to emergencies. Temporary Appointments can be issued in all three categories of UNICEF staff. Staff members recruited under a temporary appointment modality receive full salary but slightly reduced benefits. Temporary Appointments can be issued in three categories of staff: International Professional, National Officer and General Service categories.


Non-staff contracts

Consultancies

UNICEF also hires individuals for consultancies to accomplish, within a specified period of time, a defined task for which the necessary expertise is not readily available within the organization.


Compensation and Benefits

UNICEF has three staff categories: International Professional (IP), General Service (GS) and National Officer (NO) staff. Staff categories define the type of role staff have in the organization. All three categories of staff (IP, GS and NO) offer Temporary Appointment and Fixed-Term Appointment contracts. Staff on Temporary Appointment (TA) and Fixed-Term (FT) appointments will have the same base salaries while TA staff will receive slightly reduced benefits.
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