UN DESA Junior Professional Officers Programme 2025

Applications are open for the UN DESA Junior Professional Officers Programme 2025. The 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). It aims to provide skilled personnel to international organizations and to offer young professionals international experience that could broaden recruitment opportunities.

Opportunity to gain international experience in an international organization and potential, though not guaranteed, pathways toward recruitment in international institutions.

Individuals born on or after specified dates, with advanced university degrees; Italian nationality for the Italy-funded programme; fluency in English and Italian; for some candidates, additional nationality requirements apply if representing developing countries.