UNICEF Hiring HR Officer 2025 with Competitive Salary – Apply Today!

📌 Job no: 583002
📌 Contract type: Temporary Appointment (364 days)
📌 Duty Station: Istanbul, Türkiye
📌 Level: P-2
📌 Category: Human Resources
📌 Deadline: 19 August 2025 (GTB Daylight Time)

UNICEF is recruiting a dynamic HR Officer (People and Culture Officer) to join the Senior Leadership Support (SLS) Team in 2025. This is a unique chance to support talent acquisition, succession planning, and senior leadership recruitment while contributing to UNICEF’s mission of equity, inclusion, and high-impact humanitarian service.

The selected candidate will act as a focal point for Deputy Representative positions, manage end-to-end recruitment processes, and help strengthen UNICEF’s leadership pipelines. This role is ideal for professionals passionate about HR strategy, global staffing, and organizational development.

🌟 Key Responsibilities

• Support senior leadership hiring with a focus on Deputy Representatives.

• Contribute to succession planning, talent pipelines, and recruitment.

• Ensure transparency and compliance with P&C policies and HR standards.

• Provide executive support to UNICEF senior leaders globally.

• Deliver HR services with equity, consistency, and policy alignment.

🎓 Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Business Administration, International Relations, Psychology, Social Science, or related field.

• Experience: At least 2 years in HR, recruitment, succession planning, talent management, or HR analytics.

• Skills: HRIS, project management, executive support, stakeholder management, confidentiality.

• Languages: Fluency in English required. Knowledge of another UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an asset.

💡 Desirable

• Experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile, or humanitarian contexts.

• Strong presentation skills, cultural sensitivity, and proven talent management experience.

👉 Apply by 19 August 2025 to join UNICEF’s HR team in shaping the future of global leadership.

UNICEF Hiring HR Officer 2025 with Competitive Salary – Apply Today!

FAQs

1. What is the deadline to apply for the UNICEF HR Officer position?
The deadline is 19 August 2025 (GTB Daylight Time).

2. What level is the HR Officer role?
It is a P-2 level position.

3. What education is required?
A Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Psychology, International Relations, or a related field.

4. How much experience is required?
At least 2 years of relevant HR experience (talent acquisition, succession planning, or related areas).

5. Where is the duty station?
The role is based in Istanbul, Türkiye.

6. What languages are required?
Fluency in English is required; another UN language is desirable.