For a small city with a population of just over 1.5 million, Vienna boasts an impressive number of agencies and organizations working within global development. Devex looks at these organizations — taking into account their headquarters, organization size, funding and budget, and project reach — to highlight the top global development employers in Vienna.
Vienna has ranked highest in the world for “quality of life” in the annual Mercer Quality of Living survey for the ninth year running. As Austria’s political and economic center, the city was also praised for providing resident and international staff with high security, excellent public transportation, and a range of cultural and recreational activities.
Most notably, the Austrian capital is home to what is known as the Vienna International Center, also commonly referred to as “UNO City,” with the United Nations Office in Vienna at the center. One of the four headquarters of the U.N. — along with New York, Geneva, and Nairobi — UNOV provides common services to organizations based in the Vienna International Center, liaising in Vienna with permanent missions to the U.N., the host government, and intergovernmental organizations and NGOs. View job openings with UNOV here.