Secretary-General
SG denotes the highest executive office in an organisation using the title.
Updated daily · Last updated
Grade overview
Overall institutional leadership and representation.
Experience figures are practical benchmarks, not universal eligibility rules. The vacancy notice always controls, and G, NO and some Field Service roles are locally or nationally recruited.
Current opportunities
Active vacancies indexed with this exact grade inside the UN grades system.
No active SG vacancies are indexed right now
The guide remains available and new UN grades jobs will appear here automatically when indexed.
Browse all current jobsQuestions answered
SG denotes the highest executive office in an organisation using the title.
Highest-level public leadership experience. This is an orientation benchmark; the official vacancy's stated requirements control.
It is part of the staff-grade structure described on this page, subject to the appointment type in the vacancy.
