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UN jobs in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
UN-system agencies post vacancies based in Rome, Italy, Italy. UNlockit aggregates every currently-open role assigned to this duty station — across regional offices, country offices, peacekeeping and special-political missions, and headquartered programmes. Each posting links back to the official application page.
- Open roles
- 15
- Organisations
- 3
- Last refreshed
- 7/21/2026
Latest open roles
Digital Platform Manager Consultant
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The Digital Platform Manager Consultant leads the strategy, roadmap, and performance of WFP’s public-facing digital platforms, primarily WFP.org and Freerice. Reporting to the Head of Digital, the role aligns editorial, technical, and UX priorities to enhance global reach and resource mobilization. Key responsibilities include defining platform governance, managing vendor relationships, overseeing the WFP.org revamp, and driving data-informed content strategies. The incumbent supervises the web team, coordinates with technical leads, and integrates AI tools to improve user experience. The position requires strong analytical, project management, and stakeholder coordination skills to deliver high-impact digital engagement in a complex humanitarian context.
Closes 7/31/2026Senior Designer Consultant
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme seeks a Senior Designer Consultant to lead global visual identity, UX/UI design, and digital accessibility for its Brand Management & Multimedia unit. Reporting to the Brand Manager, the consultant will drive creative excellence and technical rigour across digital platforms, social media, and institutional communications. Key responsibilities include developing and maintaining brand standards, designing high-impact social media and advertising assets, and leading UX/UI design for wfp.org. The role requires supervising designers, coordinating with external agencies, and ensuring accessibility compliance. The ideal candidate possesses at least eight years of progressive experience in digital product design, a strong portfolio, and expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma. This is an 11-month consultancy based in Rome, Italy, requiring good English proficiency and the ability to manage multiple projects under pressure.
Closes 7/31/2026Senior Video Editor Consultant
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme seeks a Senior Video Editor Consultant to lead the production of high-quality, impactful video content for global communications. Based in Rome, the role involves ensuring editorial consistency and visual identity across HQ, regional, and country offices. Key responsibilities include producing and editing flagship video content, developing production guidelines and templates, and providing technical guidance and training to colleagues. The consultant will supervise an Assistant TV Studio Producer and manage audiovisual assets. The ideal candidate possesses advanced proficiency in video editing tools like Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, with strong storytelling and scripting skills. This is a fixed-term consultant position focused on enhancing WFP's visual storytelling aligned with humanitarian objectives.
Closes 7/31/2026Senior Supply Chain Associate
International Organization for Migration · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The Senior Supply Chain Associate at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) manages supply chain operations for Italy and Malta under the Coordination Office. Key responsibilities include coordinating procurement activities, evaluating bids, and ensuring timely delivery and payment to suppliers. The role involves supporting complex, high-value purchases, developing procurement plans, and negotiating terms with vendors. The incumbent provides technical guidance on procurement procedures, identifies and evaluates suppliers, and tracks contract progress. Additional duties encompass supply chain activities related to property and asset management, warehousing, insurance, maintenance, and transportation. The role also includes coordinating fleet activities, monitoring fuel consumption, and maintaining office facilities. The associate supervises and trains junior SCM staff, participates in UN inter-agency meetings, and collaborates on resource sharing. The ideal candidate possesses strong procurement and logistics experience, proficiency in asset management, and the ability to work in a multicultural international setting. Fluency in Italian and English is mandatory, alongside a university degree or high school diploma with significant relevant experience.
Closes 7/31/2026Supply Chain Associate
International Organization for Migration · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a Supply Chain Associate to provide comprehensive supply chain support for its Coordination Office in Italy and Malta. Reporting to the Senior Supply Chain Associate, the incumbent will manage the end-to-end procurement cycle, including receiving requisitions, preparing tender documents, soliciting bids, and coordinating with suppliers and finance for payments. Key responsibilities also encompass asset management, warehousing, fleet operations, and maintaining procurement records. The role requires providing technical guidance to staff and supervising junior SCM personnel. The ideal candidate possesses a university degree in Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field with three years of professional experience, or a high school diploma with five years of experience. Strong skills in procurement, logistics, vendor management, and computer literacy are essential, along with fluency in both Italian and English. The position demands high ethical standards, teamwork, and the ability to work effectively within an international organization.
Closes 7/31/2026Operations Analyst – Business Developpment
World Bank Group · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking an Operations Analyst to support Business Development activities in Italy, based in Rome. This role focuses on expanding IFC’s client base and originating transactions within the Middle East and North Africa (MAS) and Industry and Natural Resources (INR) sectors. The incumbent will conduct industry and market research, maintain project pipelines, and perform desktop reviews and preliminary financial analyses of prospective clients. Key responsibilities include identifying potential clients, establishing contacts with key executives, and building relationships with intermediaries and partners in the Italian market. The analyst will coordinate with IFC industry teams to develop investment opportunities, analyze operational and financial performance, and evaluate transaction risks and benefits. Additional duties involve organizing business development events such as webinars and roundtables, supporting management visits, and positioning IFC at relevant private sector initiatives. The position aims to contribute to IFC’s corporate objectives through high-quality analytical, coordination, and client support services, reporting to the Head of Western Europe and working closely with the Joint Country Representative for Italy.
Closes 7/31/2026Mass Fundraising Lead
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Mass Fundraising Lead to head the newly unified Mass Fundraising workstream within the Private Sector Partnerships division. This role is critical for scaling WFP’s individual giving programme, which has grown to over USD 50 million annually, by integrating Single Giving and Regular Giving strategies. The incumbent will oversee the transition to a cohesive omnichannel approach, managing income from small-to-mid-value donors ($5–$9,999) through email, telemarketing, SMS, WhatsApp, and direct mail. Key responsibilities include developing strategic plans for regular and mid-value donors, optimizing donor journeys, and leading the adoption of Salesforce for segmentation and propensity modeling. The role involves line management of a sub-team and collaboration with major giving and external telemarketing agencies. The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter with strong project management and data-driven decision-making skills, capable of navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment. The position is fully remote with an administrative duty station in Rome, offering a short-term contract of 11 months.
Closes 8/11/2026TECMF - IT Operations Associate G6
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) is recruiting an IT Operations Associate (G6) for its Foundational Technology Branch at Headquarters in Rome, Italy. This General Service role involves coordinating and guiding IT maintenance, support activities, and telecommunications systems to ensure effective service delivery. Key responsibilities include performing system and hardware maintenance, monitoring technology reliability, analyzing data for decision-making, and resolving user queries. The incumbent will provide technical training to end-users and junior colleagues, draft technical documentation, and coordinate the installation of telecommunications equipment. A significant aspect of the role is managing a team of IT staff and coordinating with third-party vendors for support services. The position requires independent judgment to handle unforeseen problems and manage resources. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical expertise in IP networks, VoIP, and video conferencing systems, along with experience in project coordination and vendor management. This is a local recruitment post open to Italian citizens or non-citizens with valid work permits in Italy, requiring residency within commuting distance of Rome.
Closes 7/27/2026Nutrition Analyst
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme seeks a Nutrition Analyst on a unique consultant contract to strengthen government capacity in nutrition analytics and evidence-based decision-making. The role focuses on supporting national systems to conduct 'Fill the Nutrient Gap' and 'Sustainable Healthy Diet' analyses, as well as cost and affordability assessments using the Enhance platform. Key responsibilities include providing technical oversight and mentoring to junior team members, analyzing market-based nutrition interventions and local food solutions, and assessing the nutritional adequacy of cash-based transfers. The consultant will develop and lead training for government counterparts and enumerators on cost and affordability analysis, intervention modeling, and food price data collection. Additionally, the role involves secondary data review, quantitative analysis of nutrition and socio-economic indicators, and contributing to the development of new analytical methods. The analyst will produce decision-support products, including briefs and reports, to translate findings into actionable policy and program recommendations. The position requires frequent travel to fragile and emergency settings and demands strong interpersonal skills to engage with diverse stakeholders in multicultural environments.
Closes 8/1/2026Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) seeks a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to strengthen its Individual Giving technology ecosystem. Reporting to the Private Sector Partnerships division, the role focuses on ensuring the reliability and safety of releases across multi-platform fundraising systems, including GoDonate, Salesforce, and payment integrations. Key responsibilities include defining system-level QA standards, leading cross-platform regression and integration testing, and validating data flows. The incumbent acts as an independent quality authority, mentoring junior QA staff and driving defect analysis. The candidate must possess strong analytical skills to investigate complex multi-system defects and balance delivery pragmatism with risk management. The role requires collaboration with technical, product, and vendor stakeholders to ensure high-quality, low-risk changes in a digital-first, multi-channel fundraising environment.
Closes 7/27/2026Tech Project Manager
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Tech Project Manager within the Private Sector Partnerships division to lead the project management aspects of its Individual Giving (IG) Tech & Product team. Reporting to the IG Tech & Ops Lead, the incumbent will own and continuously improve the delivery management system, ensuring work is prioritized, planned, and executed effectively. Key responsibilities include establishing project governance, managing demand and capacity planning, coordinating cross-functional teams and external vendors, and driving process improvements. The role requires moving beyond coordination to take full ownership of the project management framework, including intake, triage, and risk management. The ideal candidate is a proactive delivery professional with strong project management discipline, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management capabilities, capable of operating in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment. The position aims to enhance team performance by creating structure, clarity, and accountability, ultimately supporting WFP’s ambitious fundraising goals.
Closes 7/11/2027Information Technology Consultant
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking an IT Consultant to serve in a senior technical and coordination role within the Technology Division's Connectivity Services Team in Rome, Italy. The primary objective is to drive the evolution of WFP's global network services, focusing on the design optimization, deployment, and lifecycle management of edge devices and SD-WAN infrastructure. The consultant will lead global decommissioning of legacy systems, oversee network upgrades, and ensure the scalability and resilience of the network. Key responsibilities include coordinating external consultants and Service Desk teams, providing technical leadership on firewall and network infrastructure, and mentoring field IT officers. The role requires acting as a technical reference point for strategic initiatives, governance, and continuous improvement. The consultant will also manage logistics for global device deployments, support centralized authentication and NAC rollouts, and enhance capacity planning reporting systems. Strong documentation skills are required to develop SOPs and maintain technical records. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in IT network administration within large international organizations, along with specific certifications in Cisco and Fortinet technologies. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to WFP's humanitarian mission while working in a diverse, multicultural environment.
Closes 5/30/2926Business Innovation Senior Consultant
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Business Innovation Senior Consultant for a fixed-term assignment in Rome, Italy. This role serves as part of the Business Innovation Unit (BIU)/UN Advisory Alliance, acting as the organization's management consulting arm. The consultant will execute business innovation projects, advise senior leadership on organizational initiatives, and support critical UN Reform/UN80 implementation efforts. Key responsibilities include performing advanced data analysis, designing operational models, and facilitating change management across the UN system. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in management consulting or innovative finance, with demonstrated experience in strategic planning, process optimization, and high-level stakeholder engagement. The role requires a collaborative spirit, advanced analytical skills in Excel and presentation tools, and the ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines. The position offers a 6-11 month contract with a focus on driving efficiency and innovation within humanitarian operations.
Closes 12/15/2026Business innovation manager - VA 831464
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The Business Innovation Manager serves as a strategic advisor within WFP's Business Innovation Unit, acting as the organization's management consulting arm. The role focuses on driving organizational change, promoting innovation, and delivering end-to-end solutions for senior leadership, including the Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General. Key responsibilities include guiding cross-functional discussions, performing advanced data analysis to support high-priority UN Reform initiatives (such as UN80), and optimizing operational models in areas like strategic planning, sourcing, and finance. The incumbent will supervise junior staff, manage knowledge management reviews, and execute specific project work streams. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in management consulting or innovative finance, with significant experience in business or international relations. They must demonstrate advanced analytical capabilities, particularly in Excel, and possess the diplomatic skills to liaise with diverse stakeholders across cultures. The role requires high autonomy, excellent time management, and a commitment to WFP's humanitarian mission. Based in Rome, this is a fixed-term assignment of 6-11 months, offering a competitive compensation package and opportunities for professional development within a diverse, multicultural environment.
Closes 12/15/2026Business Innovation Consultant - VA 174031
World Food Programme · 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Business Innovation Consultant for a fixed-term assignment in Rome, Italy, lasting 6-11 months. This role serves as part of the Business Innovation Unit (BIU)/UN Advisory Alliance, acting as the organization's management consulting arm. The incumbent will support senior leadership, including Executive Directors and Assistant Secretaries General, by executing business innovation projects and driving organizational change. Key responsibilities include providing analytical and project management support for UN Reform/UN80 initiatives, exploring collaboration opportunities with sister agencies, and identifying best practices for business operations strategy. The consultant will perform internal analysis on service delivery effectiveness, support pilot launches, and contribute to communication efforts. The ideal candidate possesses a background in business, economics, or engineering, combined with approximately two years of progressively responsible experience in management consulting or innovative finance. Strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, and the ability to optimize strategic planning, sourcing, logistics, or finance processes are essential. The role requires a collaborative spirit, diplomatic engagement with diverse stakeholders, and the ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines. Fluency in English is required, with knowledge of a second UN language considered an asset. The position offers exposure to high-level UN system reforms and cross-agency collaboration.
Closes 12/15/2026
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