- Why partner with UNV?
UNV works with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated and well-supported UN Volunteers into development programming to contribute to peace, development and humanitarian delivery worldwide.
- Who are UN Volunteers?
Typically, UN Volunteers are mid-career professionals, with an average age of 35 years, who combine technical skills and professionalism with motivation and dedication.
The minimum number of years of professional experience are mentioned in the Conditions of Service updated on 1 April 2026.
- What categories of UN Volunteers do we offer?
Please read the Conditions of Services updated on 1 April 2026.
- What benefits do UN Volunteers receive?
Please access the information in the Conditions of Service for a list of benefits.
The UNV learning programme includes onboarding support; access to the UN Volunteer learning portal e-Campus; UN mandatory courses; UN Youth Volunteer workshops; access to on-demand UNV learning programmes on language and professional soft skills, as well as onsite group training; mechanisms to support documentation of learning; and career transition support.
- How does UNV support host UN entities in recruiting and managing UN Volunteers?
UNV's UN Partners Toolkit for hosting UN Volunteers is a five-part online guide that offers information, policies, tools, templates and resources to accompany the UN Volunteer journey.
UNV provides pools of skilled UN Volunteers who contribute to national and sub-national capacity development which is at the core of the UN´s mandate.
We have a large Global Talent Pool with over 250,000 candidates, more than 100 different professional areas and geographic diversity.
Our talent acquisition and sourcing expertise allows us target specific groups, such as persons with disabilities, and recruit in large volume.
UNV offers speedy deployment of UN Volunteers. We handle the operational backstopping of UN Volunteers, i.e. the bulk of the day-to-day administration, including contractual and payroll/entitlements management, which helps alleviate programme, administrative and HR resources of the UN Host Entity.
You may access decentralized support from UNV Regional Offices and Field Units, including multilingual teams.
UNV is active in around 170 countries every year. With UNV Field Presences in over 60 countries, UNV is represented worldwide. UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and reports to the UNDP Executive Board.
UNV carries out quality control through gathering feedback from UN host entities and UN Volunteers.
- What flexible UN Volunteer solutions does UNV offer?
For Conditions of Service for UN Volunteers, please click here.
We offer fast-track emergency deployments and direct recruitment. In order to gain speed and reduce deployment time, fast track recruitment workflow allows skipping certain steps in the recruitment process. These steps may need to be undertaken at a later stage. In direct recruitment, UN host entity hiring managers may decide to exceptionally have the assignment filled outside of competitive recruitment and selection policy frameworks.
UNV offers partners the possibility to co-create specialized thematic rosters, with pre-vetting and pre-induction of candidates.
- What is volunteerism?
Volunteerism is one of the most vital delivery mechanisms for social, environmental and economic transformation, ensuring a lasting impact with its ability to change people’s mindsets, attitudes and behaviours.
People become actors of change and equal partners in the attainment of local, national and international progress towards sustainable human development and global peace, e.g. refugees, people at community level, persons with disabilities, Online Volunteers.
UNV recognizes the shared universal values underpinning volunteerism – free will, commitment, equity, engagement, solidarity, compassion, empathy and respect for others.
Volunteerism is an opportunity for everyone, including marginalized groups, women and youth, to have their voice heard and their actions recognized.
Volunteerism strengthens social cohesion and trust by promoting individual and collective action, leading to sustainable development for people by people.
