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Young Professional Programme (YPP)
Recruitment Examination
Date:
• Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Job families (occupational groups):• Architecture
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• Economic Affairs
• Information System and Technology
• Political Affairs
• Radio Producer (Portuguese and Kiswahili)
• Social Affairs
•Member States Participating: 79 Member States
First Screening- EligibilityYPP applicants must be:
o National of participating Member State
o Less than 32 years old as of 31 December of
exam year
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o Hold at least a first-level university degree
relevant to an occupational group offered
o Proficient in either English or French
Second Screening
• If more than 40 qualified applicants from the same participating Member State in the same job family, a second round of screening will be conducted
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• Criteria for the second screening:
• Language: Fluency in additional official languages of the United Nations
• Degree: Additional and/or higher-level degrees acceptable for the job family
• Experience: Length of work experience acceptable for the job family
Convokees
• All candidates will receive notification regarding their admission to the written examination
• Applicants may check the listing of
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• Applicants may check the listing of application numbers on the United Nations Careers Portal http://careers.un.org
• Members States will be informed on the numbers of convokees by examination centre
The Examination
Written Part
•General Paper (250 points):
- Summary (150 points)
- International Affairs (100 points)
- Either in English or French
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- Eliminatory
•Specialized Paper (600 points): Essays and
short questions in the substantive area, to be
answered in any of the UN official
languages. The essay part of this paper is
eliminatory
The Examination
Written Part (continued)
• The overall time for the written examination:
4.5 hours
• Examinees are fully responsible for any
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• Examinees are fully responsible for any
expenses related to their travel to the
examination centre
The Examination
Oral Part
• Competency-based interview and possibly
an oral presentation.
• UN Secretariat will cover the travel expenses
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• UN Secretariat will cover the travel expenses
of examinees invited to the oral examination
Successful Candidates
Placement & Reserve Lists
• Placed in P-1 or P-2 level positions in any Secretariat
duty station or peacekeeping operation.
• Only those not placed will be kept on a reserve list,
from which future vacancies will be filled.
• Reserve list lifespan for two years after the
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• Reserve list lifespan for two years after the
conclusion of the examination.
• Candidates who refuse one invitation to interview or
one official offer of employment will be removed
from reserve list.
Successful Candidates
Assignment, Orientation & Development
• Initial assignment: Two years
• Second assignment: In a different duty
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• Second assignment: In a different duty
station
• Two-week orientation programme prior to
the beginning of their first assignment