2011

Young Professionals
Programme (YPP)
Examination
Serving the World

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Today’ss Agenda
Today

• Date, Job Families & Participating Member

States
• Outreach
• Application & Admission
• Examination Centres & the Examination
• Results & Placement of Successful
Candidates
• In summary
• Q&A

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Date
Job Families
&
P ti i ti
Participating MS
MSs

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 Date & Job Families

Date:
• Wednesday,
W d d 7 December
D b 2011

Job families (formerly known as occupational

groups):
• Administration
• Humanitarian Affairs
• Public Information
• Statistics
St ti ti
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 Participating Member States

• Member States Invited: The 111 Member States

which as of 1 JJanuary
y 2011
0 in the system
y of
geographical distribution were:

– un-represented
– under-represented
under represented
– in-danger of falling under-represented (on the
lower border limit of the range)

• Member States Participating: 77 Member States

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Outreach

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 Global Outreach
UN Secretariat
• June 2011 - Launch 2011 YPP page United Nations
Careers Portal: http://careers.un.org

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 Global Outreach
UN Secretariat
• July
l 2011
20 - Externall worldwide
ld id printed
i d andd on-line
li
publications: placing advertisements:
– ECONOMIST,
ECONOMIST on their web and all regional printed
editions (i.e. globally)
– JEUNE AFRIQUE: on their web and p printed edition
– LE MONDE: on their web and printed edition

• July – August 2011 - Social Media: placing a notice on:

– http://www.facebook.com/UN.Careers
– http://twitter.com/un_careers
– http://linkd.in/un_careers

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 Global Outreach
UN Secretariat
• July
l – August 2011
20 - Networks/Focal
k / l Points:
i sending
di
messages to, for example:
– Resident Coordinators
– United Nations Information Centres (UNICs)
– Human Resources Community in International
Organizations both UN and non-UN
– NGOs
– Universities
– Associations worldwide of Former International Civil
S
Servants
t

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 Local Outreach
Member States

• Targetted local outreach

• For example:
– Local newspapers
ne spapers ad advertisements
ertisements
– Radio broadcasts
– TV spots
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– Link to http://careers.un.org on
•Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
•Permanent Mission website
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Application
&
Admission

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 Application

• Application
li i period:
i d
11 July 2011- 10
September 2011
(11:59 PM EST)
through the United
N ti
Nations Careers
C
Portal

http://careers.un.org

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 Application (continuation)

• Important: incomplete and/or late

applications will NOT be considered

• Acknowledgement: applicants will receive

by e-mail an acknowledge receipt of their
application

• Application number: Once convoked to the

written exam,
exam candidates will receive an
application number. 20
 Admission
First Screening- Eligibility
• Nationality: Must hold the nationality of a
participating member state at the time of
application
g 32 years or younger
• Age: g (Date
( of birth: On
or after 1 January 1979)
• Education: First
First-level
level university degree
acceptable for each job family
• Language: Fluency in English or French
• Experience: No experience required
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 Admission
Second Screening

• If more than 40 qualified applicants from the

same participating Member State in the same job
f
family,
il a second d roundd off screening
i will
ill be
b
conducted

• Criteria for the second screening:

• Language: Fluency in additional official
languages of the United Nations
• Degree: Additional and/or higher
higher-level
level
degrees acceptable for the job family
• Experience: Length of work experience
acceptable for the job family
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 Convokees

• Allll candidates
did t will
ill receive
i notification
tifi ti
regarding their admission to the written
examination

• A
Applicants
li t may check
h k the
th listing
li ti off
application numbers on the United Nations
Careers Portal http://careers.un.org
http://careers un org

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Members
b States
St t will
ill b
be iinformed
f d on th
the
numbers of convokees by examination
centre
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Examination
Centres
&
Th Examination
The E i ti

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 Examination Centres
• An examination centre in the capital of a
participating Member State if at least 12
convoked examinees for that location

• Preference for an examination centre by

y
examinees during the submission of application

• Responsibility of Member States:

 Proctors
 Suitable examination centre
 Receipt and secure storage of the
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 Examination Administration
• A United Nations examination administrator:
Designated to each examination centre.

• Member State Focal Point in the capital:

Li i with
Liaise ith the
th UN examination
i ti administrator
d i it t
in preparation of the written examination.

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 The Examination
Written Part

Format and structure:

•General Paper: Summary and several

questions in International Affairs,
Affairs to be
answered in either English or French;
e
eliminatory
aoy

•Specialized Paper: Essays and short questions

in the substantive area, to be answered in
any y of the UN official languages.
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 The Examination
Written Part (continued)

• The overall time for the written examination:

4 5 hours
4.5

• Examinees are fully responsible for any

expenses related to their travel to the
examination centre

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 The Examination
Oral Part

• Competency-based interview and possibly

an oral presentation.
presentation

• UN Secretariat will cover the travel expenses

of examinees invited to the oral examination

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Results
&
Placement

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 Available posts for Placement

The posts available for placement of

successful
f l 2011 YPP candidates
did t iinclude:
l d

• Regular budget posts at the P-1 and P-2

levels

• 15 % of extrabudgetary posts not financed

through peacekeeping account at the P-1
and P-2
P 2 levels
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 Successful Candidates
Placement & Reserve Lists
• To be placed in positions at the P-1
P 1 or P-2
P2
level in any Secretariat duty station or
peacekeeping operation.
operation
• Only those who cannot be placed will be
k t on a reserve list,
kept li t from
f which
hi h ffuture
t
vacancies will be filled.
• The reserve list has a lifespan of two years
after the conclusion of the examination.
• Candidates who refuse one invitation to
interview or one official offer of employment
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will be removed from the reserve list. 32
 Successful Candidates
Assignment, Orientation & Development
• Initial assignment: Two years

• Second assignment: In a different duty

station (P-1 P-2, P-2 P-2)

• Two-week
Two week orientation programme prior to
the beginning of their first assignment

• Dedicated training budget to ensure their

professional development
de elopment
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In
Summary

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 Milestones

Outreach June – August 2011

Application Period 11 July 2011-

2011 10
September 2011
(11:59 PM EST):
Screening & September – October
C
Convoking
ki 2011
Administration October - November
Preparation 2011
The Examination 7 December 2011
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 Member States Responsibilities

• Local Outreach

• Examination Centre
 Identification of suitable examination venue
 Provision of proctors
 Receipt
R i t and
d secure storage
t off examination
i ti
material

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 Gracias

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Merci
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www.un.org http://careers un org
http://careers.un.org

谢谢

Thank You

Спасибо
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