IGO Jobs guides

Practical guides for UN and international careers

Use these guides to understand the vacancy, prepare a stronger application and move directly to current opportunities.

UN careers

Read UN vacancies properly, map your evidence and submit stronger applications through official recruitment systems.

Understand UN P, D, General Service, National Professional Officer and Field Service grades before applying.

Prepare for UN and international organisation internships with realistic eligibility and evidence checks.

Understand Junior Professional Officer programmes, donor sponsorship and how JPO recruitment differs from direct UN hiring.

Learn how UN base salary, post adjustment, local scales and benefits affect a job offer.

Learn what a UN roster or talent pool means, what it does not guarantee and how to respond after selection.

Understand FAO vacancy requirements and present agricultural, food-systems or operational experience clearly.

Prepare an ILO application around labour standards, social dialogue, decent-work programmes or operational expertise.

Prepare for IOM vacancies by understanding migration-sector evidence, duty-station eligibility and contract categories.

Prepare for UNDP vacancies by reading contract type, technical requirements and assessment expectations properly.

Prepare for UNHCR roles with evidence of protection, operations, emergency response or partnership work.

Prepare a UNICEF profile, CV and cover letter that address the vacancy rather than repeating generic claims.

Find UN and international organisation careers in Geneva and understand the practical questions before applying.

Find UN and international organisation careers in Vienna and prepare for its technical, policy and operations roles.