Ten new professional roles at UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA and OHCHR just opened, and at Youth Works Hub we've pulled them together because they map out what a career inside the UN system actually looks like at the mid to senior level. This is not an entry-level batch: most roles ask for a Master's degree and five to eight years of relevant experience, spanning digital fundraising, strategic foresight, human resources, child protection and AI for development. Deadlines run from 07 to 10 September, so several close within days.
Seven of the ten sit at UNICEF, reflecting how wide the organisation's footprint actually is: digital platform development in Valencia, data systems strengthening in Abuja, regional strategic foresight in Panama City, partnerships management in Bangkok, HR business partnering in Copenhagen, child rights consultancy in Tbilisi, and strategic planning inside the private fundraising division in Rome. The remaining three come from UNFPA's demographic intelligence work in Kathmandu, OHCHR's protection-of-civilians work in Amman, and UNDP's AI Hub campaign work, also based in Rome.
All ten are paid professional positions or consultancies at their respective UN agencies, with salary, grade level and contract type set according to each organisation's own pay scale (P-2 to P-4, or IPSA for UNDP consultancy contracts). Several list approximate compensation ranges directly in the vacancy.
In This Batch
- 🇪🇸 Spain · Kariyer · 📅 07 Sep
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria · Kariyer · 📅 07 Sep
- 🇵🇦 Panama · Kariyer · 📅 08 Sep
- 🇳🇵 Nepal · Kariyer · 📅 08 Sep
- 🇹🇭 Thailand · Kariyer · 📅 08 Sep
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · Kariyer · 📅 08 Sep
- 🇬🇪 Georgia · Kariyer · 📅 09 Sep
- 🇮🇹 Italy · Kariyer · 📅 09 Sep
- 🇯🇴 Jordan · Kariyer · 📅 10 Sep
- 🇮🇹 Italy · Kariyer · 📅 10 Sep
What's in this batch:
10 UN Career Opportunities · 9 Countries
💼 Internships & Traineeships
1. 🇪🇸 Digital Impact Specialist, UNICEF P-3 Job in Valencia, Spain
📅 Deadline: 07 September 2026
Combine strong ICT skills with children's rights work at UNICEF in Valencia, leading the technical development of UNICEF's digital fundraising platforms, including its DXP, CMS and supporter systems, and driving innovation through technology.
💻 Mid-level P-3 fixed-term post
🌍 Open to applicants of all nationalities
2. 🇳🇬 Administrative Data Systems Consultant, UNICEF Consultancy in Abuja, Nigeria
📅 Deadline: 07 September 2026
Strengthen the data systems behind an entire country's social sectors, assessing health, education, child protection and social protection data systems using the ADaMM maturity model over a 7.5-month consultancy, remote with travel.
📊 International applicants only
3. 🇵🇦 Policy Specialist, Strategic Political and Economic Foresight (P-4), UNICEF Job in Panama City, Panama
📅 Deadline: 08 September 2026
Read where a whole region is heading and turn it into advice regional leadership can act on, at UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office, through political-economy analysis, horizon scanning and strategic advice.
🧭 Master's degree plus 8 years of experience required
🗣️ Fluent English and working Spanish
4. 🇳🇵 International Consultant, Demographic Intelligence and Adaptation Specialist, UNFPA Consultancy in Kathmandu, Nepal
📅 Deadline: 08 September 2026
Turn a country's demographic transition into decisions governments can actually act on, leading demographic intelligence, projections, foresight, policy advice and capacity building over an 11-month consultancy under UNFPA's new Country Programme.
📊 Master's degree plus 7 years of experience, fluent English
5. 🇹🇭 Partnerships Manager (P-4), UNICEF Job in Bangkok, Thailand
📅 Deadline: 08 September 2026
Lead the operational engine of a partnership transforming early childhood development for millions of children, running delivery, resource mobilisation, coordination and governance for the NEST Secretariat at UNICEF's Asia-Pacific Regional Office.
🤝 Master's degree plus 8 years of experience, fluent English
6. 🇩🇰 Human Resources Officer (P-2), UNICEF Job in Copenhagen, Denmark
📅 Deadline: 08 September 2026
A strong UN entry point for earlier-career HR professionals, working in HR business partnering, data analytics and service delivery inside UNICEF's global Supply Division, the UN's largest supply chain operation.
🧑💼 First-level degree plus 2 years of HR experience, fluent English
7. 🇬🇪 International Consultant, Child Rights & CRIA, UNICEF Consultancy in Tbilisi, Georgia
📅 Deadline: 09 September 2026
Help embed children's rights into how a city governs, guiding the Child Rights Impact Assessment mechanism at municipal level and shaping child-rights training, including a Training of Trainers, over a 15-working-day, home-based consultancy with in-country travel.
🛡️ Master's or PhD plus 10 years in child rights
8. 🇮🇹 Strategic Planning Manager (P-4), UNICEF PFP Job in Rome, Italy
📅 Deadline: 09 September 2026
Act as Chief of Staff at the heart of UNICEF's private-sector fundraising, running the Director's Office, serving as Cabinet Secretariat, and driving strategy, change management and coordination across the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division.
📊 8 or more years in external relations or international development, English required
9. 🇯🇴 Human Rights Officer (Protection of Civilians Specialist) (P-4), OHCHR Job in Amman, Jordan
📅 Deadline: 10 September 2026
Lead protection-of-civilians work at the UN Human Rights Office, driving protection strategy, coordination, early-warning analysis and legal advice on human rights and humanitarian law.
⚖️ Master's degree plus 7 years of experience, English at UN Level III
10. 🇮🇹 AI Hub Campaign & Knowledge Specialist (IPSA-10), UNDP Job in Rome, Italy
📅 Deadline: 10 September 2026
Shape the story that moves AI for development across an entire continent, leading campaigns, knowledge strategy and advocacy for UNDP's Digital, AI and Innovation Hub across the G7 and 14 African partner countries.
🤖 5 or more years in AI, digital transformation or sustainable development, English required
Taken together, these ten roles show how varied a UN career path can be even within a single window of deadlines: technical and digital roles in Valencia and Rome, regional strategy work in Panama City and Bangkok, an entry point for early-career HR professionals in Copenhagen, and human rights and protection work in Amman and Tbilisi. Most require significant prior experience, so if you are earlier in your career, the Copenhagen HR Officer role is the most accessible starting point in this batch.
At Youth Works Hub, we track international career openings like these because a UN career is a realistic long-term path for many of the young professionals who start out with ESC or Erasmus+ experience. Read the full requirements on each listing carefully, since language levels, degree requirements and years of experience vary significantly by role, and apply to the ones your background genuinely matches before the 07 to 10 September deadlines close.
Not the right career stage for you yet? This week Youth Works Hub also lists fully funded ESC volunteering placements for those just starting out → ESC Volunteering
