UN jobs in San Salvador, El Salvador 🇸🇻

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• SVN2026/003 Movement Operations Associate, Field Support-9 months

  International Organization for Migration · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The Movement Operations Associate provides field support and data processing services within IOM's movement operations, supporting refugee resettlement, relocation, humanitarian admissions, family reunification, and voluntary repatriation. Responsibilities include beneficiary-facing activities, coordination with partner agencies, transportation logistics, data entry, and ensuring compliance with IOM standards and protection protocols. The role requires working in diverse environments including airports, transit centers, and camps, often during extended periods and weekends. The position demands strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle sensitive cases while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to institutional guidelines.

  Related Organization Closes Jun 12, 2026

• Asociado/a Superior de Preparación y Respuesta a Emergencias

  World Food Programme · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The Superior Associate for Emergency Preparedness and Response role involves providing specialized technical support and analysis to humanitarian policy and program activities, with a focus on emergency programming. Key responsibilities include supporting emergency interventions, managing project activities, preparing reports and data analyses, ensuring accurate data management, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and contributing to capacity-building efforts. The position requires strong analytical skills, experience in humanitarian programming, and the ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment. The role is based in El Salvador and involves supporting WFP's emergency response efforts globally.

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• Senior Protection Assistant

  UN High Commissioner for Refugees · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The Senior Protection Assistant supports the delivery of protection activities in humanitarian or forced displacement contexts, working with communities of concern, local authorities, and humanitarian partners. Key responsibilities include providing protection support, counselling, and case management; conducting interviews and assessments; monitoring protection standards and SOPs; contributing to protection strategies and capacity-building initiatives; and ensuring compliance with international protection principles. The role requires strong communication skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to work under pressure in multicultural teams. The position is offered under a UNOPS contract for 5 months, based in El Salvador, with candidates required to hold permanent residency there.

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• Asistente de Programas/ Resiliencia / gestión de riesgos climáticos SC6

  World Food Programme · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking an Assistant for Programs/Resilience/Climate Risk Management at the SC6 level in San Salvador, El Salvador. The role supports WFP's Country Strategic Plan 2022–2027, focusing on strengthening national capacities, improving food systems, and increasing resilience to climate change. Key responsibilities include monitoring and evaluating resilience activities, supporting climate adaptation projects, coordinating with partners, and generating reports for donors. The position requires a strong background in climate risk management, early recovery, and program implementation, with experience in budget execution and reporting. The role involves working closely with government institutions and local communities to implement climate-resilient initiatives and ensure program quality and compliance with donor standards.

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• Coordinación: Sistemas alimentarios sostenibles

  World Food Programme · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Coordinator for Sustainable Food Systems to lead strategic direction and comprehensive oversight of interventions in sustainable food systems. The role involves coordinating technical, programmatic, and territorial levels to ensure coherence, quality, and impact, while leveraging corporate tools and meeting strategic outcomes. The incumbent will translate technical, territorial, and community evidence into strategic inputs that support decision-making, institutional learning, and accountability to donors and partners. They will also promote local and institutional capacity-building and livelihood sustainability, with a focus on resilience, risk management, and adaptation to environmental variability. The position requires leading a technical team, managing programmatic and territorial information, providing technical leadership in capacity-building and technical assistance, coordinating activities funded by the Adaptation Fund, and fostering inter-institutional collaboration. The role is based in San Salvador, El Salvador, and reports to the Programs Unit.

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• Digital Innovation Officer

  World Food Programme · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The Digital Innovation Officer serves as a senior technical advisor supporting El Salvador's National Digital Agenda 2020–2030, working closely with government counterparts to co-design, implement, and monitor digital transformation initiatives aligned with WFP's Country Strategic Plan. The role involves strategic advice, multisectoral collaboration, driving the digital innovation portfolio, leading co-design of digital solutions, capacity building for public sector staff, and establishing monitoring frameworks. The incumbent reports to the Country Director and collaborates with the Regional Technology and Innovation unit in Panama. Key deliverables include a strategic roadmap, project portfolio, training materials, monitoring systems, formalized partnerships, and sustainability plans. The position requires extensive experience in digital transformation and innovation, with a focus on government and large organization contexts.

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• Associate Inter-Agency Coordination Officer

  UN High Commissioner for Refugees · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The Associate Inter-Agency Coordination Officer supports UNHCR's inter-agency coordination efforts in refugee and IDP response settings. Key responsibilities include facilitating meetings, coordinating joint assessments and planning processes, supporting resource mobilization, and ensuring effective collaboration between UN agencies, NGOs, government bodies, and other stakeholders. The role involves strategic planning, monitoring and analysis of inter-agency activities, and maintaining communication with donors and partners. The position requires strong organizational, communication, and MS Office skills, with experience in humanitarian or development programme implementation and inter-agency coordination. The role is based in El Salvador with a 5-month contract under UNOPS.

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• Asociado/a de Alianzas

  World Food Programme · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The Asociado/a de Alianzas role supports the World Food Programme's (WFP) strategic partnerships and resource mobilization efforts in El Salvador. Under the supervision of the Partnerships Manager, the position focuses on identifying and developing strategic alliances with the private sector, including traditional donors and innovative partners such as startups and IFIs. Key responsibilities include supporting the development and closing of partnerships, designing engagement strategies, identifying financing opportunities, managing stakeholder relationships, preparing proposals, maintaining partner mapping and resource pipelines, and coordinating reporting. The role requires strong analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills with a focus on value-added partnerships and innovative solutions.

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• Asistente de Cadena de Suministros

  World Food Programme · 🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador

  The Supply Chain Assistant supports the World Food Programme's (WFP) supply chain operations in El Salvador, providing operational support in procurement, warehouse management, and administrative tasks. Responsibilities include executing procurement processes, managing supplier databases, supporting warehouse operations, preparing documentation, and ensuring data accuracy and compliance with procedures. The role requires close coordination with internal clients and external suppliers, and contributes to the efficient delivery of humanitarian assistance. The position is located in San Salvador and La Libertad, El Salvador, and offers a 12-month Special Service Agreement at SC5 level.

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