United Nations Office for Project Services
UNOPS ICA contract levels
Explore UNOPS Local ICA (LICA) and International ICA (IICA) contract levels.
Important: LICA and IICA are Individual Contractor Agreement levels, not UN staff grades. Contract conditions, scope and eligibility are set by each vacancy.
UNOPS levels
Local ICA
Locally recruited individual contractor levels.
Local ICA level 1
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 2
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 3
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 4
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 5
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 6
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 7
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 8
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 9
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 10
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 11
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Local ICA level 12
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →UNOPS levels
International ICA
Internationally recruited individual contractor levels.
International ICA level 1
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →International ICA level 2
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →International ICA level 3
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →International ICA level 4
Set by the vacancy's functions and contract level
Grade guide and jobs →Using this guide
Choose by duties, not code alone
- 1
Start with the system
Confirm the employer and whether the label is a staff grade, contract level or institution-specific band.
- 2
Read the exact grade
Use the career-stage and scope notes as orientation, then check the official vacancy requirements.
- 3
Open current jobs
Each grade page connects the guide to active vacancies indexed with that exact, system-aware grade.
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