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Junior Professional Officer Programme
The WHO JPO Programme gives donor-sponsored young professionals early career experience in WHO offices.
Last reviewed: 18 July 2026
About the programme
WHO recruits JPOs for technical and administrative work. Applicants must meet the sponsoring government's nationality rule and be under age 32.
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
- 31 years
- Required languages
- Not stated
- Usual application period
- Set by each sponsor country
- Intake pattern
- Rolling recruitment
WHO does not publish a separate sponsor-country list on its JPO page. It directs applicants to UNDP JPOSC, so sponsor countries follow the JPOSC sponsoring-government list, excluding the non-country DCC Trust Fund.
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
No confirmed application dates are recorded. Check the official programme page before making plans.