Compensation, advantages, and wellbeing at UNICEF

Contracts at UNICEF

Fixed-Term Appointment

Fixed-Term Selections are typically issued for two years, renewable subject to the organization’s requirements. They are issued to International Professionals, National Officers, and General Service staff, and include various benefits. Temporary Appointment

Temporary Appointments are time-limited assignments issued for less than one year to meet specific short-term requirements, including in reply to emergencies. They are issued to International Professionals, National Officers, and General Service staff, and incorporate several benefits.

Consultants and Individual Contractors

Contracts issued to consultants and individual contractors are limited to a maximum cumulative duration of 11.5 months in a 12-month period and up to a maximum cumulative duration of 46 months in a 48-month period. Once the maximum cumulative contract duration of 46 months has been achieved, a compulsory 12-month break must be observed.

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Remuneration at UNICEF

UNICEF provides an attractive remuneration package with competitive pay and benefits, in accordance with United Nations-wide salary scales, procedures, and practices.

UNICEF’s three staff categories – International Professional, National Officer, and General Service – provide Fixed-Term Appointment (FTA) and Temporary Appointment (TA) contracts. FTA and TA staff obtain the same base salaries, in agreement with the salary scale of the respective staff category, while TA staff receive slightly reduced benefits.

Consultants, United Nations Volunteers, and interns, also receive benefits and entitlements.

International Professional (IP) staff are paid on the basis of salary scales applied worldwide, and set by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the suggestion of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). The level of pay is set by reference to the highest-paying national civil usefulness, and the entire salary and benefits package takes into account dependents and the cost of living at the duty station.

National Officer (NO) staff are paid according to a local salary scale. Salary scales are revisited periodically on the basis of extensive surveys of the best prevailing conditions of employment in the locality.

General Service (GS) staff are paid based on a local salary scale. Salary scales are revisited periodically on the basis of extensive surveys of the best prevailing conditions of employment in the locality. For more information, visit the Salary Scales for staff on the General Service & Related Categories page

Consultants and Individual Contractors are entitled to obtain Paid Time off and UN official holidays (as defined for their respective duty stations by the UNCT).

The Paid Time Off benefit is appropriate to Individual Contractors who are working in a full-time capacity (for a minimum of 1 full month) and with the same working schedule as staff at the duty station (generally office-based, working five weekdays per week and following the office hours). This is irrespective of whether they are paid on a daily or monthly rate.

United Nations Volunteers (UNV): Advantages and entitlements for UN Volunteers are offered in the UNV conditions of service and are dependent on the applicable modality. UN Volunteers may be eligible for UNICEF benefits and entitlements as provided in the guidance.

Interns avail of a Mandatory payment of stipend to all UNICEF interns, except for interns that are sponsored by academic institutions. Interns may take up to 2.5 days per month off work for any reason, including for medical reasons with no reduction in the stipend.