UN/DESA Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme 2026 – YOA

Deadline: May 5, 2026

Applications are open for the UN/DESA Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme 2026. The Italian JPO Programme is a multilateral growth cooperation initiative sponsored by the Government of Italy via the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and carried out by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA). It allows certified Italian nationals and nationals of eligible creating international locations to realize work expertise with worldwide organizations for a interval of two years, with the potential for an extra one-12 months extension.

The function of the Programme is 2-fold:

• to help worldwide organizations in finishing up their actions by offering them with younger skills.
• to permit certified younger professionals looking for a global profession to realize legitimate expertise that might broaden their probabilities of recruitment in worldwide organizations or within the worldwide area.

14 positions are assigned to totally different entities of the United Nations Secretariat and 33 positions to 25 International Organizations, for a complete of 24 totally different obligation stations. 45 positions are reserved for Italian nationals whereas 2 positions are reserved for candidates from creating international locations.

Eligibility

The normal admission necessities for Italian nationals are as follows:

• Born on or after 1 January 1995 (1 January 1994 for graduates in Medicine; 1 January 1992 for graduates in Medicine who’ve already been awarded a publish-graduate medical specialization diploma)
• Italian nationality (Italian passport)
• Fluency in English and Italian (in all 4 areas: Read, Speak, Write, Understand)
• Advanced college diploma awarded earlier than the application deadline, corresponding to:
  • Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica
  • Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico
  • University grasp’s diploma awarded after a Laurea/Laurea Triennale
  • University grasp’s diploma awarded after a bachelor’s diploma.

For admission to the Italy-funded JPO Programme by candidates from creating international locations, the next normal necessities should be met:

• Hold the nationality of one of many creating international locations eligible for the place
• Born on or after 1 January 1995 (1 January 1994 for graduates in Medicine; 1 January 1992 for graduates in Medicine who’ve already been awarded a publish-graduate medical specialization diploma)
• Fluency in English (in all 4 areas: Read, Speak, Write, Understand)
• Advanced college diploma awarded earlier than the application deadline, corresponding to:
  • Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica
  • Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico
  • University grasp’s diploma awarded after a Laurea/Laurea Triennale
  • University grasp’s diploma awarded after a bachelor’s diploma.

Application

Applications to the Programme can solely be submitted on-line via the Online Web Application device (OWA) of the UN/DESA Office in Rome. Applications submitted via different channels is not going to be deemed legitimate.

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For extra info, go to United Nations JPO Programme.