Editorial
Tagged: grades
Plain-English explainers for navigating UN job titles, contract types, agencies, and application strategy — written for people actually applying, not for agency comms teams.
UN grades and salary steps: two different parts of an offer
A grade reflects the classified level of a post. A step sets salary within that grade. Neither should be confused with contract duration or job title.
Working at IOM: contracts, grades and recruitment routes
IOM uses its own staff contract framework alongside internationally and locally recruited grades. Vacancy notices show the terms that apply to each role.
How to compare international-organization compensation without false equivalence
A method for comparing salary, tax treatment, pension, insurance, allowances and cost of living without pretending grades are equivalent.
Why UN, EU, NATO and development-bank grades cannot be converted
Why similarly senior titles sit in different classification, salary and recruitment systems, and how to compare them without a false conversion chart.
What the UN common system shares and what each organization keeps
A practical boundary map of common salary machinery, pensions and allowances versus each organization's contracts, recruitment and internal rules.
UN System Chief Executives Board secretariat careers: contracts and grades
A guide to the small New York and Geneva CEB secretariat, its UN Secretariat contracts, P and G grades and inter-agency coordination work.
UN Technology Bank careers: contracts and grades in Gebze
How UN Secretariat staff posts and consultant assignments at the Technology Bank for LDCs are recruited and graded.
UN Joint Staff Pension Fund careers: contracts, grades and job families
A guide to Pension Administration and investment-management jobs, UN Secretariat contracts, P and G grades, duty stations and Inspira applications.
International Civil Service Commission careers: contracts and grades explained
How employment in the ICSC secretariat differs from appointment as a Commission member, and why its staff use UN Secretariat contracts and grades.
International Seabed Authority contracts and grades: a guide for applicants
How ISA fixed-term and temporary appointments, UN-common-system grades, consultants, internships and member-state nationality rules fit together.
Council of Europe Development Bank contracts and grades: a guide for applicants
A practical guide to CEB fixed-term and temporary contracts, internships, A–L–B–C grades, nationality rules and bilingual recruitment.
Global Fund contracts and grades: a guide for applicants
How the Global Fund's A–G grades, Geneva employment, consultant opportunities and lack of country offices shape a job search.