External applicants and staff applying through the ‘G to N’ route can only apply to one job family. Submitting applications for more than one job family will result in automatic disqualification.
Internal applicants (that is, Secretariat staff in the General service and related categories (including Field Service category, FS-5 and below) who meet the relevant eligibility criteria including five years of continuous Secretariat service and successful performance in the last two appraisals), can apply for up to two job families from the job openings marked ‘for UN Secretariat Staff G to P’. Submitting applications for more than two job families will result in automatic disqualification.
If staff members choose to sit the examination in two job families, they will have to sit for both job families’ Specialized Papers on the same examination day.