"L'apprentissage continue...c'est une panacée pour nous permettre d'être au top, d'être proactif, d'anticiper sur les défis auxquels nous pouvons être confrontés." Écoutez l'histoire fascinante de Mamadou Ndaw, un professionnel passionné du Bureau des politiques et de l’appui aux programmes (BPPS) du PNUD.

Travaillant auparavant en tant que conseiller régional, maintenant en tant que chef d'équipe, Mamadou parle de son parcours inspirant au PNUD, de l'importance du leadership et bien plus encore.

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Meet Osee, a recruit from the Central African Republic through the UN Secretariat’s Young Professionals Programme (YPP). After passing the highly competitive YPP exam he joined the Economic Commission for Africa in March 2020, just as Covid-19 was shutting the world down.

Hear about how he adapted and is thriving today in his information technology role and in his family life in Ethiopia.

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“It gives me a lot of satisfaction…I feel very proud to serve in an organization that discourages and in the long run seeks to eliminates sexual exploitation and abuse” says Pamela Nkonge, an Investigator with Internal Oversight in Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) in Nairobi.

Learn about her passion for bringing justice to victims and her pride in the organization she dreamed of as a young girl. Listen to the full episode and find this link of the transcription of the episode!

Curious about staff who change jobs and duty stations every few years?  Listen to the remarkable career path of lawyer Quynh Tran.

Quynh Tran is the Humanitarian Affairs Officer in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York.

She has worked in humanitarian affairs, peacekeeping finance, evaluation and human resources across four duty stations – while raising three children! She shares about the joys and challenges of her moves and her focus on interesting work versus climbing the career ladder.

Listen in and take away some truly inspiring advice on how to build a successful UN journey.  Listen to the full episode and find this link of the transcription of the episode!

What skills do Political Affairs Officers need?  Hear from Matteo Bezzi in central Colombia (UNVMC), a Political Affairs Officer at UNVMC-Colombia, about the active listening skills and emotional intelligence required for talking to and reintegrating FARC-EP ex-combatants.

He shares about the most satisfying aspects of his job – the deep knowledge and relationships he’s built over the years. You’ll also catch a glimpse of life in a beautiful, tropical part of the world!  

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Thank you for listening to the fascinating Career Journeys this 2021. Special thanks to our guests for sharing and inspiring! We are looking forward to starting this 2022 with a UN Secretariat Podcast season in our special collaboration! 

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“An employee can thrive if the workplace is a safe space, a safe space to express yourself.”

Learn more about this with Luciano, a passionate D&I professional from UNFPA (UN ) who shares with us valuable insights about pursuing a career within the UN.

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Do you know what a career on the field within crises scenarios looks like?

Learn more about it at this episode through Sudhir’s valuable insights.

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Mirko shares with us valuable insights of how you can start a career within UN and different aspects entailed within in it.

As part of the JPO programme, he contributes through innovation across many countries.

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Have you ever stopped to wonder what exactly success means to you? Do you think it has to do only with performances and budget?

Listen to this episode to find out what success means to Alissar Chaker, Resident Representative at UNDP Tunisia and how she aligns her personal values to the work she does at UNDP.

You can find the transcripts of this episode here.