BusinessHABUNICEF International Professional Offers: The UNICEF Internship Programme offers eligible students the opportunity to acquire direct practical experience in UNICEF’s work.
UNICEF is active in various functional areas related to its mandate.
Which can be categorized in three main pillars: Programme and Policy, External Relations and Operations.
UNICEF International Professional Offers
Internships are offered depending on the needs and capacity of offices to receive and supervise interns.
Currently available Internship opportunities are advertised on the UNICEF employment page.
The UNICEF Internship Programme has been revised to broaden the eligibility criteria and introduce the paid modality.
UNICEF International Professional Offers
International Professional (IP) staff are recruited internationally and serve in all duty stations globally.
They hold leadership, managerial or specialist functions which require technical expertise.
Senior staff or Director-level positions are also part of this category.
UNICEF International Professional Offers
International professionals are normally required to have an advanced university degree in a field relevant to UNICEF’s work.
Within the IP category there are different levels.
Each with a required minimum number of years of relevant professional work experience:
- P-1: One year of relevant professional work experience
- P-2: Two years of relevant professional work experience
- P-3: Five years of relevant professional work experience
- P-4: Eight years of relevant professional work experience
- P-5: Ten years of relevant professional work experience
- D-1: Twelve to thirteen years of relevant professional work experience
- D-2: Over fifteen years of relevant professional work experience
UNICEF International Professional Offers
IP staff are issued fixed-term or temporary appointments.
Complete with competitive salaries and a range of benefits.
They are international civil servants expected to rotate frequently.
And work in various regions and settings, including in humanitarian emergencies.
UNICEF Internship Programme Eligibility
To be considered for an internship, applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Be enrolled in an Undergraduate, graduate or PhD degree programme or have graduated within the past two years.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
- Be proficient in at least one of UNICEF’s working languages: English, French or Spanish. Fluency in the working language of the office you are applying to is required.
- Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
- Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office; and
- Have no other relatives in the line of authority which that you will report to.
Individuals must demonstrate excellent academic performance through recent university or institution records.
Additional consideration will be given to any past professional experience.
UNICEF International Professional Offers
Conclusion
There is no specific deadline. Internship vacancies are advertised all year round on the employment page.
Please refer to details of the specific internship vacancy advertisement for important information such as deadline and duration of the internship.
For more details on the UNICEF Internship Programme , please visit the official page.
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