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Fixed-term employment

Job Title Level   Programme   Application period Announcement NO
Professional and higher categories
Editor » P-3 Documents Unit, Conference Affairs Services (CAS) Programme 07 Dec - 05 Jan 2017 VA 16/045/CAS
Secretary to the Governing Bodies » P-5 Executive Direction and Management (EDM) Programme 05 Dec - 03 Jan 2017 VA 16/044/EDM
Programme Officer » P-4 Transparency Framework Sub-programme, Mitigation, Data and Analysis (MDA) Programme 01 Dec - 30 Dec VA 16/043/MDA
Programme Officer » P-3 Technology Sub-programme, Finance, Technology and Capacity-bulding (FTC) Programme 28 Nov - 27 Dec VA 16/042/FTC
Deputy Executive Secretary » ASG Executive Direction and Management (EDM) Programme 02 Nov - 16 Dec VA 16/034/EDM
General services
Programme Assistant » G-6 Mitigation and Transparency Support Sub-programme, Mitigation, Data and Analysis (MDA) Programme 16 Nov - 15 Dec VA 16/040/MDA
Budget Assistant » G-5 Financial Resources Management Unit, Administrative Services (AS) Programme 16 Nov - 15 Dec VA 16/041/AS

Internship

Job Title Level   Programme   Application period Announcement NO
Intern » N/A Sustainable Development Mechanisms (SDM) Programme, Strategy and Relationship Management 16/Intern012  
Intern » N/A Sustainable Development Mechanisms (SDM) Programme, Strategy and Relationship Management 16/Intern013  
Intern » N/A Sustainable Development Mechanisms (SDM) Programme, Programme Support & Coordination 16/Intern014  
Intern » N/A Administrative Services (AS) Programme, Financial Resources Management Unit - Budget 16/Intern015/AS  
Intern » N/A Administrative Services (AS) Programme, Financial Resources Management Unit - Accounts 16/Intern016/AS  
Intern » N/A Communications and Outreach (CO) Programme, UNFCCC Spanish Newsroom and Social Media 16/Intern017/CO  
Intern » N/A Communications and Outreach (CO) Programme, UNFCCC English Newsroom and Social Media 16/Intern018/CO  
Intern » N/A Communications and Outreach (CO) Programme, UNFCCC French Newsroom and Social Media 16/Intern019/CO  
Intern » N/A Communications and Outreach (CO) Programme, Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) 16/Intern020/CO  
Intern » N/A Communications and Outreach (CO) Programme, Momentum for Change (MfC) 16/Intern021/CO  
Intern » N/A Adaptation Programme, Impacts, Vulnerability and Risks sub-programme 16/Intern022/Adaptation  
Intern » N/A Finance, Technology and Capacity-building (FTC) Programme, Climate Technology Development and Transfer 16/Intern023/FTC  
Intern » N/A Mitigation, Data and Analysis (MDA) Programme, Mitigation & Transparency Support Sub-programme 16/Intern024/MDA  
Intern » N/A Mitigation, Data and Analysis (MDA) Programme, NDC Partnership Support Unit 16/Intern025/MDA  

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2. Application process

Once you are registered as a user, you can apply for an existing vacancy by completing your Personal History Form (P.11) in our on-line application system.

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Entry level General Service Mid-level and senior General Service

G-3

minimum 3 years
of relevant work experience

G-5

minimum 5 years
of relevant work experience

G-4

minimum 4 years
of relevant work experience

G-6

minimum 7 years
of relevant work experience
Education: completion of secondary studies
Language: good working knowledge of English (other language knowledge may be required)

Professional and managerial categories

Entry level professionals Mid-level professionals Senior level professionals

P-2

minimum 3 years
of progressively responsible experience in the relevant field

P-4

minimum 7 years
of progressively responsible experience in the relevant field

D-1

minimum 12 years
of progressively responsible experience in the relevant field

P-3

minimum 5 years
of progressively responsible experience in the relevant field

P-5

minimum 10 years
of progressively responsible experience in the relevant field

D-2

minimum 15 years
of progressively responsible experience in the relevant field
Education: completion of first university degree in the relevant field Education: completion of advanced university degree in the relevant field in addition to completion of first level university degree
Language: good working knowledge of English (other language knowledge may be required)
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