How young professionals can start a career with the UN

Many large multilateral organizations are taking a proactive approach and investing in programs to develop young professionals in the early stages of their global development careers. For aspiring development professionals, there are now even more opportunities to break into the sector.

In addition to its Junior Professional Officer program, which has been running for over five decades, the United Nations boasts a number of young professional programs across its different agencies. Here we look at some of the ways young professionals can enter the U.N. system and launch their careers.

The JPO program, introduced in the 1960s, is the flagship program for nurturing talent in the U.N. system and is implemented across 15 U.N. organizations. The program is fully funded by individual governments who sponsor country nationals in entry-level positions within one of the participating U.N. agencies.

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