UN Careers
- Damilola Banjo
- • December 12, 2022
Ask anyone if they will expose a crime if they know their careers might be hurt, and they will most likely give an emphatic no. Yet this happens for many whistleblowers around the world, including at the United Nations….
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Agencies, UN Careers
- Barbara Crossette
- • July 14, 2021
As the final round of the Generation Equality Forum was about to open in Paris in late June, some reporters, including from PassBlue, were directed by a few United Nations agencies most involved in the event, to ask their…
- Categories: Journalists, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Careers
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 27, 2021
Maj. Gen. Kristin Lund of Norway double-billed her government and the United Nations for moving expenses, according to a new report from The Norwegian Business Daily (Dagens Naeringsliv/DN). Lund was the first woman force commander for the UN, holding…
- Categories: Middle East, Security Council, UN Careers
- Foteini Papagioti and Paul von Chamier
- • September 30, 2020
It has been a banner year for the long-overdue push to appoint women to the notoriously male-dominated leadership ranks of United Nations peacekeeping and political missions. Five out of six mission-leadership jobs in the first half of 2020 went…
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Careers, Women
- Stéphanie Fillion  and Kacie Candela
- • July 21, 2020
Ever wonder how to crack the door open to a prestigious United Nations position? That’s a question that Stephanie Playford, the founder of United Career Coalition, was asked over and over again when she worked for the International Atomic…
- Categories: Covid-19, UN Careers
- Kacie Candela
- • April 10, 2018
ORANGE, Conn. — Margaret Novicki is a 22-year veteran of the United Nations, having served in various regions in Africa and as the director of strategic communications at UN headquarters in New York. Upon her retirement in 2017 at…
- Categories: Africa, UN Careers, Women
- Shana L. Childs
- • April 13, 2017
Maj. Gen. Kristin Lund made history in 2014 when she was appointed the first female force commander of a United Nations peacekeeping mission — in this case, Cyprus. Still in active duty in the Norwegian military, General Lund, 58,…
- Categories: UN Careers, UN Peacekeeping, Women
- Susan Manuel
- • January 13, 2017
Alice Hecht, who died in New York City on Dec. 28, 2016, at age 67, after a 35-year career at the United Nations, was most well known there for her role as chief of protocol. Appointed by Secretary-General Kofi…
- Categories: UN Careers, Women
- Susan Manuel
- • May 28, 2016
The United Nations is looking for new blood to staff its peace operations while prompting long-serving employees to get out of headquarters and work in the field. In demand for jobs in UN peace operations are female managers, bilingual…
- Categories: UN Careers, UN Peacekeeping
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • November 12, 2014
Two United Nations officials with long careers at the world body and based in New York recently offered tips on how to get a job at the UN. Speaking at a  careers forum held at the Ralph Bunche Institute…
- Categories: UN Careers, UN Employment
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