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Janos Tisovszky
Director,
United Nations Information Service
(UNIS) Vienna
United Nations:
Introduction
UN Secretariat
Five imperatives
Sustainable development
Prevention
Building a safer and more secure world
Supporting nations in transition
Working for and with women and
young people
Who we are
Member States
Staff (including interns, associate
experts, consultants and volunteers)
Civil society players (NGOs, private
sector, academia, creative community,
etc.)
Career Options
Staff categories
Young professionals programme
Language competitive examinations
Associate expert programme
Volunteer programme
Internship programme
Temporary jobs
Professional Jobs
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P-3 = 5 years
P-4 = 7 years
P-5 = 10 years
D-1/D-2 = 15 years
Types of Jobs
Administrators
Aviation
Cartography
Audit
Conference and Language Staff
Drug Control & Crime Prevention
Demographics
Economic Affairs
Electoral Affairs
Engineering
Information and Communications Technology
Information Management
Library Science
Logistics
Procurement
Medical
Programme/Project Management
Security
Humanitarian Affairs
Human Rights
Legal Affairs
Political Affairs
Public Administration
Public Information, Radio & TV
Rule of Law
Social Affairs
Statistics
Expectations of UN staff
Core values:
Integrity,
Diversity
Functional
and geographic
Staff selection
Positions advertised on
http://careers.un.org
Open to external and internal candidates
Exception: entry-level professional
positions (YPP)
21
YPP 2012
Job families:
Architecture
Economic Affairs
Information System and Technology
Political Affairs
Radio Producer (Portuguese + Kiswahili)
Social Affairs
Application
24
Admission
First Screening- Eligibility
Admission
Second Screening
Convokees
27
Written Examination
General
paper
Specialized paper
General Paper
Summary and several questions in
International Affairs,
To be answered in either English or
French;
Eliminatory
Specialized Paper
Essays
interview and
possibly an oral presentation.
UN
Core values:
Integrity,
Diversity
Core competencies:
Communication,
Competency-based interviews
Past, demonstrated behavior is the best
indicator of future performance
Questions ask about past professional
experiences that can demonstrate that the
applicant is competent
Successful Candidates
Placement
To
Reserve List
Written Exam
Written Exam
Judge the value of each question and distribute your time accordingly.
Answer every question, even if you dont know or are not sure.
(Take an educated guess. If you dont write anything you automatically
get 0 points, but there are no minus points for wrong answers.)
Oral Exam
Application Process
Evaluation of the
application
Assessment exercise
Competency-based
interview
Background checks
Selection notification
Duties:
o What you did in your job
Use
Current job: present tense
o Past job(s): past tense
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Summary of Achievements
Achievements:
o How well did you do in your job
Cover Letter
You can distinguish yourself from other candidates by highlighting what makes
you a good match for the position
Structure
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Additional Tips
Need
Need
Need
UN
Increase
The
in operational tasks
issue is to prove its effectiveness (not vis-vis other actors but as regards getting the job
done)
UN Working Environment:
Demand on Results
Results orientation means need for:
more
capable organization
better operating structures
better management and
ultimately more capable staff
more accountability down to the level of the
individual
Frustration
BUT: also