Applying for a job in the UN can be challenging, but extremely rewarding. With that in mind, we prepared five great tips for you to keep in mind during the application process:
Choose the right job for you
Apply only to those jobs that are suited to your strengths and aspirations and make sure to update your application to highlight important facts relevant to the job you are applying for.
Highlight your achievements
When describing past experiences, focus on what you’ve accomplished and achieved, as opposed to what you do on a daily basis.
Project Assistant
Job ID : 281701
Job Network :
Job Family : HST
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Individual Contractor
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 26, 2026
Deadline : Aug 8, 2026
Junior Consultant – Programme Coordinator
Job ID : 281113
Job Network :
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 25, 2026
Deadline : Aug 3, 2026
Project Manager
Job ID : 281705
Job Network :
Job Family : HST
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Individual Contractor
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 24, 2026
Deadline : Aug 4, 2026
Urban Planner
Job ID : 281696
Job Network :
Job Family : HST
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Individual Contractor
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 24, 2026
Deadline : Aug 6, 2026
Administrative Support Intern – Travel, Shipping and Visa Unit
Job ID : 281405
Job Network :
Job Family : Administration
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Office at Nairobi
Date Posted : Jul 23, 2026
Deadline : Aug 6, 2026
Chief of Service, Human Resources Management, D1
Job ID : 279461
Job Network : Management and Administration
Job Family : Human Resources
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, D-1
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance Office of Human Resources
Date Posted : Jul 23, 2026
Deadline : Sep 5, 2026
National Consultant: Curriculum and Instruction Specialist to Develop a Training Curriculum for Transcription Staff of the Kenya Judiciary
Job ID : 281590
Job Network :
Job Family : IMA
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Date Posted : Jul 23, 2026
Deadline : Aug 2, 2026
Coordinator – Advocacy, Knowledge Management and Communications Consultant
Job ID : 281504
Job Network :
Job Family :
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 23, 2026
Deadline : Aug 3, 2026
Institutional Capacity Development Consultant
Job ID : 281574
Job Network :
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 23, 2026
Deadline : Aug 3, 2026
Driver
Job ID : 281687
Job Network :
Job Family : Logistics and Supply Chain
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Individual Contractor
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 23, 2026
Deadline : Aug 6, 2026
Chief of Service, Conduct and Discipline, D1
Job ID : 279459
Job Network : Management and Administration
Job Family : Administration
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, D-1
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance Office of Human Resources
Date Posted : Jul 22, 2026
Deadline : Sep 4, 2026
Nature for Health Systems Approach Facilitator and Project Development Specialist
Job ID : 274576
Job Network :
Job Family : Programme Management
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 22, 2026
Deadline : Aug 11, 2026
Anti-Racism Intern
Job ID : 280760
Job Network :
Job Family : Programme Management
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 22, 2026
Deadline : Aug 5, 2026
Implementation of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning (RAC) sector activities under HPMP Stage II (second tranche) in Ghana
Job ID : 281499
Job Network :
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 22, 2026
Deadline : Jul 31, 2026
Video, Photography and Drone Consultant
Job ID : 280892
Job Network :
Job Family :
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 22, 2026
Deadline : Jul 31, 2026
Consultant – Analysis of perverse Fiscal Incentives to Peatlands
Job ID : 281272
Job Network :
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 21, 2026
Deadline : Jul 28, 2026
Climate Change and Environmental Expert
Job ID : 281325
Job Network :
Job Family : HST
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 21, 2026
Deadline : Jul 28, 2026
Junior Urban Resilience and Stakeholder Engagement Consultant
Job ID : 281331
Job Network :
Job Family : HST
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 21, 2026
Deadline : Jul 28, 2026
FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER (Temporary), P3
Job ID : 280346
Job Network : Management and Administration
Job Family : Finance
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
Recruitment Type : Temporary Opportunities
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Office at Nairobi
Date Posted : Jul 21, 2026
Deadline : Jul 27, 2026
SENIOR REVISER, FRENCH (Duration 364 days), P5
Job ID : 281099
Job Network : Public Information and Conference Management
Job Family : Language
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-5
Recruitment Type : Temporary Opportunities
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : Department for General Assembly and Conference Management – DCS Nairobi
Date Posted : Jul 21, 2026
Deadline : Aug 4, 2026
Evaluation Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of UNEP/GEF project “Creation of additional biosafety capacities that lead to a full implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Cuba”
Job ID : 281425
Job Network :
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 21, 2026
Deadline : Aug 3, 2026
INTERPRETER, ARABIC, P4
Job ID : 280418
Job Network : Public Information and Conference Management
Job Family : Language
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-4
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : Department for General Assembly and Conference Management – DCS Nairobi
Date Posted : Jul 21, 2026
Deadline : Sep 3, 2026
Consultant – Private Sector Engagement Outreach Materials
Job ID : 281280
Job Network :
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 20, 2026
Deadline : Jul 29, 2026
Web Developer
Job ID : 278104
Job Network :
Job Family :
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 20, 2026
Deadline : Aug 3, 2026
Intern – Knowledge Management
Job ID : 281183
Job Network :
Job Family : Administration
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 19, 2026
Deadline : Aug 2, 2026
Monitoring & Evaluation Intern
Job ID : 281191
Job Network :
Job Family : Statistics
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 19, 2026
Deadline : Aug 2, 2026
SENIOR INTERPRETER, ARABIC, P5
Job ID : 280411
Job Network : Public Information and Conference Management
Job Family : Language
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-5
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : Department for General Assembly and Conference Management – DCS Nairobi
Date Posted : Jul 17, 2026
Deadline : Aug 30, 2026
Programme Finance and Reporting Analyst
Job ID : 281076
Job Network :
Job Family : Programme Management
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 17, 2026
Deadline : Jul 28, 2026
Communications and Multimedia Intern (Video Production)
Job ID : 278103
Job Network :
Job Family :
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 17, 2026
Deadline : Jul 31, 2026
Expert Multimedia Producer
Job ID : 281207
Job Network :
Job Family : Public Information
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 17, 2026
Deadline : Jul 27, 2026
ICT Policy and Sustainable Digital Transformation Consultant
Job ID : 281166
Job Network :
Job Family : Environmental Affairs
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 17, 2026
Deadline : Jul 28, 2026
Housing Expert (National)
Job ID : 281007
Job Network :
Job Family : HST
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors, CON
Recruitment Type : Consultant
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jul 15, 2026
Deadline : Jul 29, 2026
POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER, P3
Job ID : 281104
Job Network : Political, Peace and Humanitarian
Job Family : Political Affairs
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
Recruitment Type : Temporary Opportunities
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on the Great Lakes Region
Date Posted : Jul 15, 2026
Deadline : Jul 29, 2026
Audiovisual Technical Assistant – Multiple Positions When Actually Employed (WAE) Roster, G4
Job ID : 280056
Job Network : Information and Telecommunication Technology
Job Family : Telecommunications Technology
Category and Level : General Service and Related Categories, G-4
Recruitment Type : Generic Job Openings (for rostering)
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Office at Nairobi
Date Posted : Jul 13, 2026
Deadline : Aug 11, 2026
Health and Wellness Intern
Job ID : 280834
Job Network :
Job Family : Medical
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Office at Nairobi
Date Posted : Jul 10, 2026
Deadline : Jul 26, 2026
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, G6
Job ID : 277774
Job Network : Management and Administration
Job Family : Administration
Category and Level : General Service and Related Categories, G-6
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 6, 2026
Deadline : Aug 4, 2026
LEGAL OFFICER, P3
Job ID : 278897
Job Network : Legal
Job Family : Legal Affairs
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 6, 2026
Deadline : Aug 4, 2026
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, G6
Job ID : 279895
Job Network : Management and Administration
Job Family : Administration
Category and Level : General Service and Related Categories, G-6
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Environment Programme
Date Posted : Jul 1, 2026
Deadline : Jul 30, 2026
Communications and Research Intern
Job ID : 279677
Job Network :
Job Family : Programme Management
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jun 29, 2026
Deadline : Jul 28, 2026
Graphic Design Intern
Job ID : 279681
Job Network :
Job Family :
Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Internships, I-1
Recruitment Type : Intern
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jun 29, 2026
Deadline : Jul 28, 2026
Senior Programme Management Officer, P5
Job ID : 277000
Job Network : Economic, Social and Development
Job Family : Programme Management
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-5
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance Office of Human Resources
Date Posted : Jun 22, 2026
Deadline : Aug 5, 2026
INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICER, P3
Job ID : 275180
Job Network : Information and Telecommunication Technology
Job Family : Information Management Systems and Technology
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Office at Nairobi
Date Posted : Jun 16, 2026
Deadline : Jul 30, 2026
