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Junior Professional Officer Programme
UNDP JPO assignments are country-sponsored posts for young development professionals.
Last reviewed: 18 July 2026
About the programme
UNDP lists a master's degree and at least two years of paid experience as its baseline. The Belgian and Italian programmes also sponsor selected developing-country nationals. The Netherlands and Sweden offer the same route for specified calls.
Eligibility at a glance
- Programme type
- Junior Professional Officer (JPO)
- Nationality rule
- Limited to nationals of sponsoring countries.
- Minimum degree
- Master's degree
- Maximum age
- Not stated
- Required languages
- English
- Usual application period
- Set by each sponsor country
- Intake pattern
- Rolling recruitment
Sponsor countries follow the UNDP JPO Service Centre sponsoring-government list, excluding the non-country DCC Trust Fund. Most calls are for sponsoring-country nationals.
Sponsoring countries
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- China
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Norway
- Portugal
- Qatar
- South Korea
- Saudi Arabia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
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Application periods
Republic of Korea JPO call 2026
Application period closed · Closes 26 June 2026
The call covered two UNDP JPO positions.
Last verified: 18 July 2026