Two thirds of UN Volunteers serving around the world in developing or transitional countries are themselves from such countries. BiH citizens with the required specialist skills may also serve abroad as international UN Volunteers.

UN Volunteers carry out various roles. They are recruited for specialized inputs to development programmes, and increasingly, in the areas of peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and UN-supported electoral processes.

The UNV programme maintains a roster of candidates with relevant experience in these sectors. It covers more than 100 professional categories including, for example, programme/project development, administration, communications, community development, demobilization and reintegration, disaster prevention, humanitarian and civil affairs, engineering, environment, HIV/AIDS, medicine, human rights, logistics, and election support.

To learn more about becoming a UN Volunteer, and to apply, please contact:

United Nations Volunteers (Headquarters)
Postfach 260 111
D-53153 Bonn, Germany
Telephone: +49-228-815-2000
Fax: +49-228-815-2001
Email: information@unvolunteers.org
http://www.unv.org/ua/how-to-volunteer.html

Once your application has been received, it will be appraised. If accepted to the UNV Headquarters roster of eligible candidates, your profile will be compared against UN Volunteer postings submitted from the field.

We recommend that you contact the UNV Country Office in Sarajevo so that we can help you determine whether you are suitably qualified to become an international UN volunteer.

Basic requirements
Since 1971, more than 30,000 UN Volunteers have worked in over 160 countries. UN Volunteers are professionals that play key roles in delivering development efforts. To become a UN Volunteer one should fulfil the following minimum requirements:

• A university degree or higher technical diplomas;

• Several years of relevant working experience;

• At least age 25 (no maximum age limit);

• Good working knowledge in at least one of the three working UN languages: English, French and Spanish;

• Strong commitment to values and principles of volunteerism;

• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;

• Ability to adjust in difficult living conditions;

• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills;

• Prior volunteering and/or working experience in a developing country is an asset.