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Job Network :
Public Information and Conference Management

Job Family :
Public Information

Category and Level :
Professional and Higher Categories , P-5

Recruitment Type :
Position Specific Job Openings

Job Opening Job Opening : 284175 Job Network :
Public Information and Conference Management Job Family :
Public Information Category and Level :
Professional and Higher Categories , P-5
Recruitment Type :
Position Specific Job Openings Duty Station : PRETORIA
Department/Office :
Department of Global Communications Date Posted :
Sep 4, 2026

The Department of Global Communications (DGC) is responsible for informing the public, civil society and Member States with trusted information and communicating the UN story around the world through its global networks and United Nations Information Centres and Services. This position is located in the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Pretoria, within the Information Centres Service (ICS), Outreach Division (OD) of DGC.

The UNIC Pretoria is integrated with the Resident Coordinator Office (RCO) in South Africa since the operationalization of the United Nations development system reform on 1 January 2019. The UNIC is part of the global network of United Nations Information Centres (UNICs), and UNIC Pretoria is the principal source of information about the United Nations system in South Africa and is responsible for promoting public understanding and support for the aims and activities of the United Nations by disseminating UN information materials to a local audience in local languages;

engaging local and regional partners; and, overall, bringing the United Nations closer to the people it serves. The incumbent is under the general supervision of the Chief of IC and reports directly to the United Nations Resident Coordinator in South Africa.