Présence suisse dans les organisations multilatérales

Promotion of Swiss applications in the UN and multilateral development banks

When you apply for a job in a multilateral organisation, you are competing with professionals from all over the world. This means that your application has to stand out and convincingly match the requirements of the job. Let cinfo help you optimise your application and support you throughout the recruitment process.

Our Services

Are you thinking about joining a multilateral organisation or advancing your career? We are here to guide and support you through all stages of the process.

Explore your career options

Insight Day
Join a 1-day information and career orientation session to learn about working opportunities in international cooperation and meet with cinfo.
Find vacancies on cinfoPoste, the Swiss portal for jobs in international cooperation.
Make your profile available to us in the talent pool
Create your profile on the cinfoPoste job portal and join our talent pool to receive notifications of matching job opportunities.
Career advice & orientation
Address your individual situation, questions and needs at a career session with one of our coaches.

Find practical information and tips

Working at the United Nations
Learn about the organisation of the UN, the different UN agencies and the working environment.
Working at a Development Bank
Everything you need to know about working for development banks and what you need to consider.
Blog articles
cinfo regularly publishes interviews and testimonies from people working in multilateral organisations and financial institutions.

Network with employers and experts

Behind the Scenes - Series
This is an online career chat with employers and professionals in international cooperation.
Forum cinfo
This is the Swiss career event for international cooperation. It connects professionals at all stages of their careers with a wide range of internationally active organisations.
Community “Swiss with Multilateral Organisations”
cinfo provides a unique space for Swiss professionals working in multilateral organisations to address their needs, to network and to support each other.

We support you in preparing your application

Job application support
Improve your application to convincingly match your profile with the selection criteria.

Interview Training and Mock-Interviews

Interview and Assessment Centre Training session
Our coaches advise how to improve your job application and/or prepare you for the interview (Mock-Interview).
Free Interview and Assessment Centre Training session for Swiss nationals who are invited to an interview with one of our focus multilateral organisations.

Get your application flagged

Application Flagging: When you get invited to the first round in the selection process (written test/interview etc) with one of cinfo’s focus multilateral organisations, we inform our focal points at the employer's HR department and as adequate our partners at the federal administration to support your visibility. Inform us about your upcoming interview: Upload a copy of the job vacancy and your application in your cinfoPoste Talent Pool profile and contact recruitment@cinfo.ch

Don’t have a cinfoPoste Talent Pool profile yet? This is how you create one

Exception - Application flagging cannot be offered in the following cases:

You have applied to another than the 20 focus organisations
You have applied for General Service or Consultancy positions
You are not a Swiss national

Further support from cinfo

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Our 12 focus UN organisations

cinfo provides specific support for applications to the following UN organisations.

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
The United Nations Development Coordination Office and Resident Coordinator System (UNDCO / RCS)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organisation (WHO)

Our 8 focus development banks

cinfo provides specific support for applications to the following international financial institutions:

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Green Climate Fund (GFC)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
World Bank

Why go through cinfo

As a member state of the UN and a stakeholder in multilateral development banks, the Swiss Confederation is striving to increase the presence of Swiss professionals in various multilateral organisations. cinfo, the Swiss centre of competence for careers in international cooperation, has been mandated by the SDC and SECO to attract Swiss candidates and support highly promising candidates in application processes.

Our experienced HR advisors are in contact with the HR departments of the focus multilateral organisations as well as with the relevant specialists at SDC and SECO. Getting information and support from cinfo can therefore, increase your chances of success.

Networking with employers and experts

How can you get first-hand information from, and network with HR specialists, recruiters and experts?

Do not miss the Forum cinfo, the Swiss event on work and careers in international cooperation, and our "Behind the Scenes" event series. Some events are webinars, others take place in Switzerland or in the countries where the multilateral organisations are based.

Information and networking events