Mobility

Mobility Talk: Supporting staff mobility

Mobility Talk: Global, Dynamic, Adaptable

Starting a new job, which may sometimes entail moving locations, can be an exciting as well as challenging experience. Mobility trends indicate that internationally recruited staff have made an average of 1,769 duty station moves per year between 2009 and 2013. With the incoming Mobility and Career Development Framework, a new staffing system for international positions, it will be the more important to provide support to staff as they pursue new opportunities within the UN Secretariat.

To support staff in making such career transitions, a variety of new resources are available:

Who will the managed mobility and career development framework apply to?

The new framework will apply to all internationally-recruited staff in the Field Service, Professional and Director categories who are on fixed term, continuing and permanent appointments, have been recruited through a competitive process, and whose appointments are not limited to service within a specific Department/Office or mission. Staff on a limited number of “non-rotational” posts will be exempted.