United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
Last updated 2 August 2026
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Where it posts vacancies
What it hires
- Education and health professionals (the bulk, recruited locally as area staff)
- International programme, operations and support officers in small numbers
- Emergency, protection and logistics profiles tied to the operational situation
Contract types
Area staff (the overwhelming majority; locally recruited teachers, health workers and administrators under UNRWA's own regime) and a small international staff cadre; consultancies for specialist functions.
Headquarters and footprint
Headquarters functions split between Amman and East Jerusalem; operations across Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Before you apply
Portals, contract names and recruitment routes change. Verify against the organisation’s own pages before relying on anything here: www.unrwa.org/careers · careers.un.org. This entry was last verified 2026-06.
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