Please look below for more information on the salary scale, benefits and entitlements offered here at UNICEF such as full medical and dental coverage, opportunities for paid leave, and a range of other great benefits detailed below.
Salary Scales
The remuneration of staff in the Professional and higher categories is made up of two main elements: a base salary and post adjustment. The post adjustment, a monthly base salary multiplier, takes into account cost-of-living factors and exchange rate fluctuation as well as inflation.
The Scale comprises of five Professional levels (P-1 to P-5). The scales are expressed as gross and net base salaries and applied uniformly, worldwide, by all organizations in the United Nations common system.
The sites of the International Civil Service Commission and of the United Nations Common System provide more information.
Benefits and Entitlements
Employees’ benefit from family friendly, work-life, and diversity policies, and UNICEF is committed to maintaining a balanced gender and geographical representation. Other Benefits and entitlements include:
• Annual leave
• Dependency allowance
• Rental subsidy
• Education grant
• Pension scheme
• Medical and dental insurance
• Home leave
• Life insurance
• Paid sick leave
• Family leave
• Family Visit
• Maternity / Paternity adoption leave
• Special leave
Please note that some benefits are paid depending on the duty station of assignment.
