About UN Careers
UN Careers is a free, independent search engine for jobs across the United Nations system and other international organizations. Vacancies in this field are published on more than a dozen separate career portals, each with its own search and its own closing dates. UN Careers reads those official portals every day and brings every open role into one place you can actually search, so applicants stop checking a dozen sites and stop missing deadlines.
What we cover
At the moment UN Careers lists 1,467 open vacancies from 97 organizations, collected from 16 official sources including UNICEF, FAO, UNHCR, IOM, UN, UNDP, WHO, UNITAR, WFP, UNESCO, UNFCCC, ILO and others. This spans UN Secretariat roles, specialized agencies, funds, programmes and related international bodies.
How it works
Each day an automated process visits the official career portal of every covered organization, reads the currently open vacancies, and normalizes them into a single consistent format: title, hiring organization, duty station, grade, posted date and closing date. New roles usually appear within 24 hours of being published, and roles are removed automatically once they close, so the listings reflect positions that are open now.
We do not host applications. Every listing links back to the original posting on the employer's own careers site, where you read the full vacancy notice and submit your application directly to that organization.
What makes it useful
- One search across covered official sources, instead of a dozen separate portals.
- A clean, fast reading view of each vacancy, with a direct link to apply at the source.
- Filters by organization, source, duty station and grade.
- Updated daily, with closed roles removed automatically.
- Completely free, with no account required and no charge to apply.
- Original, in-depth guides to UN grades, contracts, applications, interviews and more.
Independence and accuracy
UN Careers is an independent aggregator. It is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the United Nations or any of the organizations whose vacancies it lists. Organization names and logos are the property of their respective owners and are used only to identify the source of each listing (see our disclaimer). We work to keep listings accurate, but the authoritative version of any vacancy is always the original posting on the employer's site. If you spot an error, please tell us and we will correct it.
Editorial standards
We hold the listings and the guides to a simple standard: useful, current and honest. Vacancies are collected only from official organization career portals, never from unverified third parties, and every listing links back to that authoritative source. Listings are refreshed daily and closed roles are removed automatically, so what you see reflects positions that are open now. Our guides are written in-house as original reference material and checked against official information. Where a detail such as a salary figure, an age limit or a deadline changes over time, we describe the general rule and point you to the official source rather than risk quoting a number that has since moved. The full collection and removal process is explained in our methodology and editorial standards.
Who runs UN Careers
UN Careers is an independent project, not a recruiter and not affiliated with any organization it lists. It is built and maintained by a small team that follows international-organization recruitment closely and wanted one fast, honest place to search it instead of a dozen separate portals. We keep the site free and cover its running costs with clearly separated advertising and careful page quality standards. The same small team reads every message sent through the contact page, and acts on corrections and removal requests promptly.
Get in touch
Questions, corrections, removal requests or partnership ideas are welcome on our contact page. You can also read our methodology, privacy policy, cookie policy, terms of use and disclaimer.