BARCELONA — Flexibility and adaptability are key skills for a career with the United Nations Development Programme. It is not only looking for staff members who can be mobile and apply their field experience to different contexts and posts, but also professionals who can embrace new ways of working to advance sustainable development, according to Lykke Andersen, chief of talent acquisition and people programs at the agency.
UNDP is currently hiring for a number of consulting, support, and technical roles, most of which are based in field offices and operations around the world. But competition is tough, and some positions receive several hundred applications.
Andersen, who is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, told Devex which technical and soft skills are most in demand, where there can be opportunities for those new to the sector, and how candidates can stand out to recruiters.