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Will service with Agencies, Funds and Programmes count towards eligibility and the points for continuing appointments?
FAQs
19 October 2017
In order to be eligible for consideration for the granting of a continuing appointment, staff members must have five years of continuous service on fixed-term appointment(s) under the United Nation
Are staff members permitted to work for another entity while on special leave without pay (SLWOP)?
FAQs
16 January 2015
As outlined in staff rule 5.3 (a) (i), Special Leave without Pay (SLWOP) may be granted at the request of a staff member holding a fixed-term or continuing appointment.
Can a staff member in the Professional category or field service staff in the FS-6 category apply for the YPP examination?
FAQs
29 June 2018
Only Secretariat staff from the General Service and related categories and Field Service staff FS-5 and below can apply for the YPP examination as a staff member (‘G to P’) or through the route ref
Can I be granted special leave without pay (SLWOP) for employment outside the UN Secretariat?
FAQs
20 December 2022
During periods of SLWOP, staff members retain their status as international civil servants with all obligations this entails.
How is my employment security affected if I go on secondment and maintain a lien on my post?
FAQs
20 December 2022
Staff on secondment who maintain a lien on their post have certain “return rights” as stated below in the Administrative Issuance on Staff Selection (ST/AI/2010/3 – section 6.7).
How have the harmonized conditions of service affected staff serving in field missions?
FAQs
16 January 2015
• There are now more staff in the field serving in family duty stations.
What is the arrangement if you work at an HQ duty station and want to go on assignment to a field mission?
FAQs
16 January 2015
Initial assignments to field missions are normally for a period of one year.
I am a staff member with dual nationality. Can I apply for the YPP examination with either nationality, or do I have to apply according to what the UN currently recognizes as my nationality?
FAQs
20 December 2022
Secretariat staff from the General Service and related categories and Field Service staff on FS-5 and below who are applying to the YPP examination as a staff member, or through the route referred
Rental Subsidies and Deductions – Revised Policy and Process
FAQs
26 February 2015
A new administrative instruction on “Rental subsidies and deductions” (ST/AI/2013/2), is now available which introduces a more streamlined process in addition to more specific eligibility requireme
Does time served as a GS staff or National Staff count towards the five year period required for eligibility for mobility allowance?
FAQs
16 January 2015
Mobility allowance is payable to staff in the P and FS categories.
Are staff members at UNEP and UN-Habitat eligible to apply for the YPP as Secretariat staff (‘G to P’ and ‘G to N’ candidates)?
FAQs
29 June 2018
Staff at UNEP and UN-HABITAT are considered Secretariat staff members for this purpose.  As such, those in the General Service and related categories or Field Service category FS-5 and below can ap
I work at a Headquarters duty station, what will happen to my family if I go on assignment to a non-family duty station? Will they be repatriated to my home country?
FAQs
27 February 2015
Family members of staff members assigned to non-family duty station are normally expected to remain at the parent duty station during a staff member’s mission assignment.
What did the General Assembly decide in 2010 regarding “harmonization of conditions of service for staff serving in non-family duty stations”?
FAQs
16 January 2015
Acting on the basis of a recommendation of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), which regulates and coordinates the conditions of service of staff in the entire UN common system, the
What is the lateral reassignment exercise under the new mobility and career development framework?
FAQs
16 January 2015
Staffing exercises will take place twice a year and will include vacant positions (open to staff and external applicants) as well as a lateral reassignment exercise for serving staff.
Regarding the non-family hardship allowance, why does single staff get less than staff with dependents (single staff get only half of the applicable single rate of the hardship allowance in a category “E” duty station)?
FAQs
16 January 2015
This is in recognition of the fact that a single staff member has less liabilities in maintaining a second household.
I am in a duty station that has just become a family duty station. As a new mother, am I entitled to breaks to breastfeed my baby? I know that national staff have this right, but do internationally-recruited staff too?
FAQs
27 February 2015
The Secretary-General’s bulletin ST/SGB/2003/14 details the Secretariat-wide policy, it applies to all nursing mothers of infants under one year of age and is not linked to national staff status.
I am a staff member with a permanent appointment currently on a post funded from the regular budget. If I accept a position in the Secretariat that is funded from extra-budgetary resources, will I risk losing my job and permanent status if the funding for
FAQs
16 January 2015
In line with staff rules 13.1 (a) and (d), staff members holding a permanent appointment shall retain the appointment until they separates from the Organization.
Are Junior Professional Officers (JPOs) considered staff members of the UN common system?
FAQs
8 March 2016
Yes, JPOs are staff members of the UN entity that issued their letter of appointment.
How will selection decisions be made under the new mobility and career development framework?
FAQs
16 January 2015
Selection recommendations for both vacant positions and reassignment options will be made by “Job Network Boards”[1].
Will I be granted a continuing appointment if I meet all the criteria and I am found to be eligible?
FAQs
4 February 2022
The review of eligibility is Phase I of the process.