Great mandate, management needs improvment - Anonymous employee UNICEF Employee Review

2.0
Apr 22, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great unifying mandate - Vast field presence doing very interesting work - Opportunity to affect change on a large scale

Cons

- A great organisation resting on the laurels of its past performance and unifying mandate - Managers make decisions that lack of transparency and can be authoritarian - Lack of merit-based hiring practices and deeply entrenched systems of favoritism.

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5.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

-great exposure to a UN agency with one of the strongest and clearest mandates

Cons

-the exposure and experience does not make up for the fact that interns are unpaid

4.0
Mar 4, 2026
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Pros

Working at the UN was an amazing experience, being able to take part in such a significant mission was great.

Cons

As I was not a full-time volunteer and was also responsible for fundraising in my territory, I felt that I did not receive the same treatment as the other volunteers. It was a challenging role and experience, and at times it felt like my well-being was not fully considered.

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