United Nations Pakistan

A Career with Purpose

At UN Pakistan, we are united by our commitment to sustainable development, human rights, and humanitarian assistance. Working under the "UNSDCF 2023-2027" framework, 23 UN-affiliated organisations collaborate to achieve five key development outcomes that aim to improve people's lives across Pakistan, delivering real and lasting impact.

A career with UN Pakistan offers the unique opportunity to contribute to initiatives that transform lives and shape the future of millions. We provide world-class learning opportunities, career development support, and a collaborative work environment that empowers you to grow professionally and personally. Here, your talents will help drive the UN’s mission forward while you work toward achieving your full potential.

The UN in Pakistan values diversity, inclusivity, and equality. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply, with no distinction based on race, gender, religion, or any other status. Women are especially encouraged to apply as we work to achieve gender parity and strengthen our diverse workforce.

At UN Pakistan, your aspirations align with a purpose that creates meaningful change.

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At the United Nations in Pakistan, we are committed to supporting the country’s development goals and addressing global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our work spans humanitarian assistance, development, and promoting human rights, all aimed at improving people's lives nationwide.

A career with UN Pakistan is an opportunity to join a diverse and inclusive team committed to making a tangible impact. Whether working in advocacy, development, technical fields, or humanitarian assistance, you will be part of a mission to create meaningful change and contribute to a brighter future.

We value diversity, integrity, and professionalism and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. At UN Pakistan, we provide a collaborative environment where you can grow your career while helping build an equitable and sustainable future for all.

WHO

The world looks to the United Nations for solutions to complex problems everywhere; from ending conflict and alleviating poverty, to combating climate change and defending human rights. The issues on our agenda are manifold and diverse as are the careers we offer. In our Organization you will find staff members who monitor elections, disarm child soldiers, coordinate relief in humanitarian crises and provide administrative as well as logistical support to carry out our complex mandates. These are just a few examples amongst our many other equally critical and necessary functions.

The wide array of jobs means that you may change functions, departments, geographic locations, and even organizations or fields of work throughout your career in the Organization.

The diversity of our people, some 36,000 staff from all 193 of our Member States, means that you will find yourself working in multi-cultural teams with people from all backgrounds and cultures who have wide perspectives, experiences, expectations as well as approaches.

WHAT

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 and committed to maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.

Due to its unique international character, and the powers vested in its founding Charter, the Organization takes action on a wide range of issues and provides a forum for its 193 Member States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.

The work of the United Nations touches every corner of the globe and focuses on a broad range of fundamental issues, like sustainable development, protection of the environment and refugees, disaster relief and mitigation, counter terrorism, as well as disarmament and non-proliferation.

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Our work touches lives in every corner of the globe and our daily operations are complex, multifaceted and extended directly and indirectly to our 193 Members States.

The United Nations Secretariat which commenced operations in early 1946 was staffed with a mere 300 people working primarily for the Preparatory Commission and engaged in providing conference services for a fledgling world body that was beginning to chart a course to positively change the world. From that nucleus, it expanded within six months to about 3,000 employees. Three years later, in October 1949, the cornerstone was laid for what would evolve into the Organization’s sprawling Headquarters in midtown Manhattan in New York.

Today, the United Nations has evolved beyond the conference management services it provided in its early days and is now actively on the ground around the globe seeking solutions to the three thematic areas outlined in its Charter: peace and security; the protection and promotion of human rights; and human development. Since 1946 the Organization has gradually transformed itself into a global Secretariat with a workforce that now numbers some 36,000 staff, 9,000 interns, consultants and other experts, about 69,000 troops and 8,000 police personnel.

WHY

Achieving diversity in the United Nations Secretariat’s workforce is an organizational imperative which spans over a broad array of characteristics, reflecting equitable geographical distribution and gender balance as well as generational and multilingual perspectives and the perspectives of persons with disabilities.This is not only by mandates but also owing to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The complexity of the global United Nations presence and mandates must be matched by a diverse, geographically balanced, gender balanced, international and multitalented workforce that serves as a role model for the communities it serves. At the core of our ability to deliver on our mandates are the thousands of personnel who serve the United Nations with pride and dedication.

By embracing diversity and inclusion, we are better positioned to sustain a workplace where these differences in backgrounds, perspectives and abilities are valued and leveraged to deliver greater impact for the peoples of the world we serve. Efforts to achieve that objective include eliminating barriers and biases and creating an enabling, safe environment, in which all can thrive and reach their full potential, thereby allowing the Organization to reap the benefits of a fully inclusive workplace.

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