Deadline: June 16, 2025
Applications are open for the UN DESA Junior Professional Officers Programme 2025. The Italian Junior Professional Officers Programme – also known as the JPO Programme – is a multilateral development cooperation initiative sponsored by the Government of Italy and implemented by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA).
The purpose of the Programme is two-fold: to assist international organizations in carrying out their activities by providing them with gratis skilled personnel and to allow qualified young professionals seeking an international career to make a relevant experience that could broaden their chances of recruitment in international organizations or in the international field.
The Programme stems from a United Nations Economic and Social Council resolution adopted in 1961, which approved and encouraged the collaboration of volunteers (funded by their respective countries of origin) in development cooperation initiatives and programmes.
Eligibility
- Born on or after 1 January 1994 (1 January 1993 for graduates in Medicine; 1 January 1991 for graduates in Medicine who have already been awarded a post-graduate medical specialization on degree)
- Italian nationality
- Fluency in English and Italian (in all four areas: Read, Speak, Write, Understand)
- Advanced university degree awarded before the applica on deadline, such as:
- Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica
- Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico
- University Master’s degree awarded a er a Laurea/Laurea Triennale
- University Master’s degree awarded a er a Bachelor’s degree.
For admission to the Italy-funded JPO Programme candidates from developing countries must meet
the following general requirements:
- Hold the nationality of one of the developing countries eligible for the position.
- Born on or a er 1 January 1994 (1 January 1993 for graduates in Medicine; 1 January 1991 for graduates in Medicine who have already been awarded a post-graduate medical specialization degree)
- Fluency in English (in all four areas: Read, Speak, Write, Understand)
- Advanced university degree awarded before the applica on deadline, such as:
- Laurea Magistrale/Specialistica
- Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico
- University Master’s degree awarded after a Laurea/Laurea Triennale
- University Master’s degree awarded after a Bachelor’s degree
Application
The deadline for submitting applications to the 2025 round of the Italian JPO Programme is 16 June 2025 at 3pm (Italy local time).
For more information, visit UN DESA JPO Programme.
