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Today’s global environmental challenges can be overcome but only with the best and the brightest on our team.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) regularly seeks qualified professionals in a wide range of fields. The UNEP workforce is made up of different categories and levels of personnel, consultants, UN Volunteers and interns. Some posts are temporary in nature.
Over 2000 people, led by the Executive Director and Senior Management Team, are involved in the implementation of UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy. They work at UNEP’s headquarters in Nairobi, Multilateral Environment Agreements and country offices around the world.
UNEP is committed to:
- The United Nations-wide Gender Parity Strategy.
- The UN Secretariat’s Geographical Diversity Strategy and
- The UN Disability Inclusion Strategy.
View current and recent vacancies below:
For latest UNV positions please check here.
UNEP does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, or training). UNEP does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. See more on employment-related fraud.
Job Level:AllConsultantD-2I-1
Duty Station:AllBANGKOKBEIRUTBONNCOPENHAGENGENEVAMONTREALNAIROBINEW DELHINEW YORKPANAMA CITYPARISRIYADH
Job Family:AllENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRSPROGRAMME MANAGEMENTPUBLIC INFORMATION
Total: 13
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AND DIGITALISATION SPECIALIST
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 265736
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 10/30/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY, GENDER, AND EQUITY SPECIALIST
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 265728
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 10/30/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
YOUTH OFFICER CONSULTANT
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 266262
Job Network:
Job Family: PUBLIC INFORMATION
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 10/31/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
EVALUATION CONSULTANT FOR TERMINAL EVALUATION OF THE UNEP PROJECT, “UNEP FINANCE INITIATIVE – ALIGNING PRIVATE FINANCE WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (SMA ID 102770)”
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 265426
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/03/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
EXPERT EN SUIVI ET éVALUATION (PART TIME)
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 265436
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/03/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 266259
Job Network:
Job Family:
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/03/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
PROJECT/PROGRAMME INTERN – JOWHAR OFFSTREAM STORAGE PROGRAMME (JOSP), SOMALIA
Level: I-1
Job ID: 266119
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/05/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
CLIMATE FINANCE CONSULTANT
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 266253
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/06/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
GEF TERMINAL REVIEWER FOR SIERRA LEONE E-MOBILITY (GEFID: 10273) & TUNISIA EE LIGHTING (GEFID: 9498) PROJECTS
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 266032
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/07/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
INTERN : CLIMATE, PEACE AND SECURITY RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS – SOMALIA
Level: I-1
Job ID: 266117
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/07/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
EVALUATION CONSULTANT FOR TERMINAL EVALUATION OF THE UNEP/GEF PROJECT “INTEGRATING WATER, LAND AND ECOSYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN CARIBBEAN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (IWECO)” (GEF ID 4932)
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 259824
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/09/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Level: Consultant
Job ID: 266348
Job Network:
Job Family: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/10/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
DIRECTOR, PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT (CHIEF SCIENTIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE)
Level: D-2
Job ID: 264497
Job Network: Economic, Social and Development
Job Family: PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Application Deadline: 11/20/2025 23:59:59 PM (New York time)
