Application Deadline: 16 October 2024 at 3 pm (CET/Italian local time).
Applications are now open for the 2024/2025 UNDESA Italian Junior Professional Officers Programme. The Italian Junior Professional Officers Programme – also known as the JPO Programme – is a multilateral development cooperation initiative sponsored by the Government of Italy and implemented by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA).
The purpose of the Programme is two-fold: a) to assist international organizations in carrying out their activities by providing them with gratis skilled personnel; b) to allow qualified young professionals seeking an international career to make a relevant experience that could broaden their chances of recruitment in international organizations or in the international field.
Eligibility Requirements
- born on or after 1 January 1996
- Italian nationality
- fluency in English and Italian
- advanced university degree, awarded before the application deadline, such as:
- Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica
- Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico
- University Master’s degree awarded after a Laurea/Laurea Triennale
- University Master’s degree awarded after a Bachelor’s degree
Timeline:
Tentative timeframe for the 2024/2025 round of the Programme:
- April 2025: orientation workshop organized by the ILO/International Training Centre
- May 2025-April 2026: work experience/on-the-job training period in a UN Field Office
Tentative selection process timeline:
- October 2024: Validation of applications
- November-December 2024: Pre-selection of candidates
- January 2025: Notifications sent to pre-selected candidates
- January-February 2025: Selection process
How to apply
Applications can only be submitted online through the Online Web Application (OWA) of the UN/DESA Office in Rome.
As OWA is not yet a fully responsive web application, it is strongly recommended to use a PC and not a mobile device when applying to the Fellowship Programme. OWA supports the latest browser versions (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge) running in Windows, macOS, Ubuntu etc. with a minimum processor of 2Ghz and 2GB RAM. The minimum screen resolution required by all OWA features is 1280 x 1024; screens with a lower resolution may not always display correctly. Note that in-built browser features, e.g. ‘zoom’, which allow the size of the content of the browser to be increased or decreased may also be adversely affected.
More Info: UNDESA Italian Junior Professional Officers Programme
