About the data

Organizations we cover

We include major multilateral employers where internationally recruited professional roles are commonly posted. Examples by category:

United Nations

UN Secretariat, UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, WHO, ILO, FAO, UNESCO, UNEP, IOM, and comparable UN offices and agencies.

Multilateral development banks

World Bank, IFC, MIGA, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and comparable development banks.

International financial institutions

International Monetary Fund, Bank for International Settlements, Green Climate Fund.

European Union

EU institutions, European Central Bank, and the EEAS.

Economic and trade organizations

OECD, WTO, International Trade Centre, World Economic Forum.

Security and regional organizations

NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe.

International courts and tribunals

International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice.

Full profiles for each employer are on /organizations.

Jobs we include

A role is listed when it is a professional post at one of the employers above and recruitment is open internationally or on a professional track. Typical examples:

• UN P-level and D-level positions
• EU Administrator (AD) roles
• Professional roles at multilateral development banks and IFIs
• Young professional programmes and JPO posts
• Selected consultancy posts for subject-matter experts at major institutions

Jobs we exclude

We leave out roles that are mainly local hire, support, or outside our scope. Common reasons a vacancy does not appear:

• Local or national staff only
• Drivers, clerks, secretaries, and generic administrative support
• Logistics and facilities support
• Volunteer or unpaid positions
• Internships with no professional pathway
• Employers not in our covered set
• Expired or withdrawn postings

Roles under review are not shown until criteria are confirmed.

Why a job may not be listed

If you saw a vacancy on an official portal but not here, it may be excluded for one of the reasons above. It may also not yet be imported, or it may have closed since we last checked. We do not mirror every page of every careers site.

How often jobs are checked

At launch we aim to re-check active listings daily against official sources. High-traffic employers may be checked more often as the import pipeline matures.

When a deadline passes, the listing is marked expired and removed from active category pages. The job page may remain available for reference with its status updated.

What “last checked” means

Last checked is the date we last saw this posting still listed on the official source feed — our daily import confirmed the vacancy was still published there.

It is not the date the role was first posted. A recent last checked date means the institution still had the vacancy on its careers portal when we imported on that day.

How to apply

diplomatic.careers does not accept applications. Every listing includes a link to the employer's official careers portal. Apply only through that link unless the posting directs you elsewhere on the institution's site.

We show the source name and URL so you can confirm you are on the correct application page.