Good org, disorganized - Human Rights Officer UNHCR Employee Review

4.0
Oct 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The work is really inspiring, the benefits are good and you're able to have more impact than NGOs because it's the UN

Cons

Experience highly depends on your boss and your hands are tied most if not all the time. It's frustrating to not be able to do much for the people you're supposed to be serving.

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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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