Types of Job Openings

Continuous Job Opening: Used to create or enhance rosters for the field.

D2 Level JO: Used to advertise vacancy announcement for D-2 level positions.

Recruit from Roster (RfR): Used to allow field missions and entities with approval to use roster-based recruitment to quickly fill positions.

RfRs are open to rostered candidates only – applicants that have been assessed, reviewed and endorsed by a UN Central Review Body for a particular function and level. Once the job opening has been advertised, eligible rostered applicants receive an automatic notification inviting them to apply. Rostered applicants are encouraged to apply only if they are interested and available to take up the position at the duty station(s) specified in the job opening.

RfRs are normally published in Inspira for 15 days.

Standard Requisitions: Also known as Position-Specific job openings (PSJOs) are used to fill an individual position at a specific duty station. This may be a newly established position, an existing position which is re-classified, or a position which has become, or is expected to become, vacant for one year or longer.

Standard Requisitions in the professional and above categories are normally posted in Inspira for 45 calendar days, or 30 calendar days in field missions or for project-funded positions or for General Service and related categories.

Temporary Job Opening (TJO): A temporary job opening (TJO) may be published for functions identified as being temporary in nature, including but not limited to the following circumstances:

• To meet a seasonal or peak work requirement of limited duration that cannot be carried out by existing staff members,
• Where a position is blocked for the return of a staff member on temporary assignment for less than one year or on special leave,
• To respond to an unexpected and/or temporary emergency or surge demand,
• Pending finalization of the regular recruitment process in cases where there is an immediate need to fill a critical position.
  

TJOs are normally published in Inspira for a minimum of 7 days.

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