Meaningful work with decent balance, but limited progression - Senior Resettlement Assistant UNHCR Employee Review

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1. great and important work 2. decent work-life balance 3. good benefits 4. room to expand skills, knowledge expecially in Human Rights context 5. ability to network with various stakeholders

Cons

1. little career progression 2. funding dependent (sometimes good, sometimes bad). 3. senior management changes every 4-5 years (lack of contininuity) 4.

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5.0
Nov 3, 2024
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Pros

Best Mandate to see people of Concerns benefit. opportunity to be in an international team

Cons

instability of employment contract and job opportunities

3.0
Apr 7, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits, you really do help people

Cons

Human Resources takes a highly specialized approach to talent management. In that you cannot really change functions easily in UNHCR. You have to hyper-specialize in one area. So if you are a protection staff, you tend to burn out from trauma without an internal mechanism to alleviate the burnout. The higher you go in UNHCR, the crazier you become.

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