UN Youth Office Jobs 2026

The UN Youth Office directs candidates to UN Careers for jobs, internships and live vacancies. Search **Department/Office: United Nations Youth Office**, then filter by contract type, job family, level or duty station. Recent openings have included policy internships, intergovernmental affairs internships, communications contractors and technical consultant assignments.

Read whether the opening is a staff post, internship, consultant or individual-contractor assignment. A consultant or contractor notice sets a defined result of service, outputs and duration; an internship or staff vacancy follows its own eligibility and selection rules. Do not assume that every Youth Office opportunity has the same documents, assessment process or employment conditions.

Match your experience to the role’s actual mandate. Current and recent work has covered meaningful youth participation, youth mental health and wellbeing, intergovernmental affairs, communications, editing, multimedia and programme management. For a contractor role, study the stated deliverables before applying and explain how your experience can produce those outputs.

Select **Apply** in the official notice and follow its application route. Secretariat posts and internships generally use Inspira, where you create or update **My Profile** and complete the application. Provide accurate education, employment, skills, achievements, competencies and motivation. A CV does not replace the online application unless the vacancy requests supporting documents.

Use specific examples of working with young people as partners, not merely as an audience or beneficiary group. Demonstrate inclusive engagement, policy analysis, advocacy, partnerships, communications, research or programme delivery relevant to the post. Explain how you addressed diversity, accessibility, accountability and safe participation where those functions are part of the vacancy.

Candidates whose qualifications fit may be invited to a written test, technical exercise, recorded video interview, work sample, assessment-centre exercise or panel interview. The approach depends on the contract category and role. Prepare concise examples showing collaboration, respect for diversity, judgement, delivery against results and the ability to engage credibly with young people and institutional partners.