About UNDP Graduate Program
Summary
Job Title
Benefits
Eligible Countries
Requirements
Area of Assessment
What do we Offer?
Deadline
Method of Application
About UNDP Graduate Program
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is starting the second cohort of its 2-year Graduate Programme. They are seeking candidates to join the 2023 Graduate Programme Pool. This initiative aims to provide exceptional young graduates with the necessary skills and experience to begin a career in international development. The program’s goal is to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, create a brighter future, and have a positive impact on the world.
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Summary
- Organization: United Nations
- Job Title: UNDP Graduate Program
- Minimum Qualification: BSc
- Deadline: 12 October 2023
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Job Title: UNDP Graduate Program
Benefits
As a UNDP graduate trainee, you will be privileged to enjoy the following benefits:
- A one-year international professional entry-level contract (renewable for a second year on demonstrating good performance and on availability of funding).
- A competitive entry-level salary.
- Ticket for travel between your location and your duty station.
- Paid annual leave.
- Paid sick leave.
- Health and disability insurance.
- Pension contributions
Eligible Countries
You must be a national of one of the countries where UNDP works to support the Sustainable Development Goals.
Nationals from the countries listed below are particularly encouraged to apply: Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic , Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Iran, Kiribati, Kosovo, Libya, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niue, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rep. of Montenegro, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Vanuatu.
Requirements
We are looking for candidates who are available to join UNDP from first quarter of 2023 onwards and who meet the following requirements:
Education
- A completed Master’s degree in a relevant field (with not more than 2 years of work experience) or
- A completed Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (with a minimum of 2 years and not more than 3 years of relevant, paid work experience)
- We encourage applications from a wide range of relevant degree courses:
Note:
- To be eligible for the Programme and Policy stream, you will likely have graduated in one or more of the following areas: political science, public administration, international relations, development studies, economics, statistics, data management, environmental science or a related field. Please review UNDP’s areas of work.
- To be eligible for the Corporate Operations stream, you will likely have graduated in one or more of the following areas: business or public administration, finance, law, procurement or supply chain management, human resources management, economics, data management, or a related field.
Experience
We are looking for engaged young individuals whose values match those of UNDP:
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Transparency
- Professionalism
- Mutual Respect
- Results Orientation (through Principled Performance)
You will have some experience in one or more of the following areas: UNDP programme areas (poverty and inequality, governance, resilience, environment, energy, gender equality), business operations, project management, partnerships, innovation, digitalization, or data analysis and management.
Competencies and skills
When joining UNDP, you are:
- Lending your time and skills toward building a more prosperous, fair and inclusive world for people in need around the world.
- Choosing a community of collaboration and mutual care, of people working together with a shared sense of purpose.
- Joining a mission that demands and encourages innovative thinking and provides space for creative input.
- Joining a community that aims to elevate and empower every employee to grow not only professionally but also personally.
For these reasons, you must demonstrate drive to effect positive change, strong innovative thinking, learning agility, resilience, and ability to collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds.
Area of Assessment
You will be assessed on the following competencies and skills during the selection process.
- Analytical skills and judgement
- Enable diversity and inclusion
- Communicate with clarity and impact
- Adapt with Agility
- Achieve Results
- Systems thinking and creating solutions
- Learn continuously
- Digital Awareness and Literacy
- Engage and partner teamwork and collaboration
- Think innovatively
- Act with determination
What do we offer?
Assignment
The Graduate Programme offers a unique opportunity to contribute to UNDP’s mandate. It is a 2-year assignment with one of our country, regional, or headquarter offices. Assignments are in areas related to the Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on two streams:
- Programme and Policy: In this stream you will contribute to UNDP’s programmes and project activities.
- Corporate Operations: In this stream you will contribute to management services that support effective implementation of UNDP programmes, or work in the area of organisational policies, processes, and oversight.
- Successful applicants will be included in the Graduate Programme Pool and offered an assignment with a UNDP office in any of our 170 locations around the world.
Personal Growth
- We offer participants a customised Formation journey. This learning path provides an opportunity to enhance your knowledge, stretch your capabilities and give you real-world experience alongside some of the brightest minds in the development world.
- As a pathway into the world of development, the Graduate Programme offers talented graduates excellent exposure to multilateral cooperation and sustainable development, while providing a valuable entry point into UNDP and the wider UN system.
Deadline
12th October 2023.
