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      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (1,363 total reviews)
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      Catherine M. Russell

      70% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      UNICEF has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,363 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNICEF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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      5.0
      Jul 3, 2016

      Good employers if you can manage to make the system work for you

      Wash specialist
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      Pros

      - lots of internal expertise - well respected organization that opens doors - good ability to mobilize resources - good pay

      Cons

      It is a UN agency and thus bureaucratic and risk averse. However if you are able to understand how the system works and make the system work for you, you can achieve a lot.

      3.0
      Jun 17, 2016

      Communications Assistant

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      UNICEF has a great mission. Provides opportunities to learn about children rights. Working for any UN Agency, definitely is a great step in anyone career that can help you land a great job outside UN. UNICEF has a strong brand that uses to promote children rights and in the last years has developed a bold style for its massive communications.

      Cons

      No opportunities to grow up a career. Being promoted is not a possibility if you are in a support position. UNICEF it is one of the most political agency within UN. People at management level are old school and most of the times do not allow young people to develop. Consultants are not taken into account and are often treated as outsiders without benefits.

      1.0
      Apr 25, 2016

      Emperors clothes, revealed by a child

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The mandate of the organization is brilliant, as is the international presence and gravitas associated. UNICEF has the opportunity to scale-up innovative thinking and proven humanitarian and development practices even in difficult crisis circumstances to achieve meaningful socio-economic change and promotion of human rights.

      Cons

      The organization is ill equipped to manage crisis. Programme policy frameworks, human resource and management practices are out-dated. The culture of the organization does not foster growth of staff, knowledge sharing and building of expertise. The institutional culture is mired in bureaucratic procedures and mini-mafia's. The lack of transparency and lack of accountability for Senior and Executive management does not promote an empowered staff and is permissive to abusive behaviours.

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