Young Professional Programme

(YPP)

Recruitment Examination

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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

Gracias

Merci

�شكرا

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谢谢

Thank You

Спасибо

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