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UN Volunteers — international assignments

United Nations Volunteers · Multiple countries

United Nations volunteer assignments with UN entities, in a country other than your nationality. Create a profile on the Unified Volunteering Platform, then apply to published assignments. This is not a UN staff contract. Apply with UNV, not through Opporiva.

At a glance
Where
UN duty stations (not your country of nationality)
Age
18–80 (Conditions of Service from 1 Apr 2026)
Apply
Unified Volunteering Platform (app.unv.org)

Who can apply

Each criterion below is stated by the funder. Where the source is silent, it is marked not stated rather than guessed.

Nationality
International assignments are in a country other than your nationality. The board does not publish a single eligible-nationality list. Some special calls name nationalities. Silence is not “open to all.”
Not stated
Age
Conditions of Service from 1 April 2026: age 18–80.
Stated
Experience
Community: no experience required. Associate: 1+ month. Specialist: 3+ years. Expert: 7+ years. The Description of Assignment may add academic and language requirements.
Stated

Funding and what it does not cover

Application stages and dates

    Source and verification

    Source accessed
    19 Sept 2026
    What was verified
    title, applyUrl, deadline
    Not verified
    —
    Original source
    Become a volunteer
    Source accessed
    19 Sept 2026
    What was verified
    title, applyUrl, deadline
    Not verified
    —
    Original source
    Conditions of Service
    Source accessed
    19 Sept 2026
    What was verified
    title, applyUrl, deadline
    Not verified
    —
    Source accessed
    19 Sept 2026
    What was verified
    title, applyUrl, deadline
    Not verified
    —

    A working link is not the same as a verified fact.