As a Junior Professional Officer (JPO), who is my employer? The Swiss government or the multilateral organisation I work with?

In a nutshell

• Your employer is the UN organisation or the IFIInternational Financial Institution you work with. 
• You become a staff member of the organisation and you report to the organisation only.
• Your personnel costs are billed to the Swiss Confederation, hence your position is subsidised by the Confederation. This is your only official link to the Swiss government.

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Swiss JPOJunior Professional Officer positions are advertised for the following organisations:

• EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
• IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development)
• OHCHR (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
• UNAIDS (Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS)
• UNDP (UN Development Programme)
• UNFPA (UN Population Fund) 
• UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency)  
• UNICEF (UN Children's Fund)  
• UN OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
• UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
• UN Women (UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)
• WFP (World Food Programme)
• WHO (World Health Organization)
• WB and IFC (World Bank and International Finance Corporation)