UNESCO offers a broad range of work opportunities. Posts in the Organization are mainly filled by people in occupations linked to the Organization’s main activities – culture, education, science and communication. There are also opportunities for employment in other occupational fields such as administration, finance, human resources and information technology. Expertise, a professional attitude, the ability to work in an international intergovernmental organization and a highly multicultural environment, multilingualism, team spirit and openness to dialogue are the values shared by all the professions within UNESCO.

The IAEA offers challenging assignments in a stimulating multi-cultural workplace. The paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is to secure employees of the highest standards of efficiency, technical competence and integrity. The Agency is a multi-national environment, and prospective staff must be tolerant and able to cope with cultural differences and different approaches to problem-solving and decision-making.

The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. English and French are the two working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

The Weizmann Institute has an attractive postdoctoral program in the following areas: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Biochemistry. There are seventeen scientific departments that are distributed among five Faculties. Institute scientists are engaged in a wide spectrum of research projects that, in addition to the more traditional disciplines, include interdisciplinary research in: Agriculture, Biomedicine, Engineering, Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, and the Neurosciences. The fellowships are available in all the fields of scientific research that are pursued at the Weizmann Institute in the following areas: Applications may be submitted at any time, but the awards will be made shortly after the usual deadlines for submission of fellowship applications, January 1 and May 15 each year. Candidates for Koshland Fellowships must be sponsored by a faculty member of the Weizmann Institute. Interested candidates are advised to contact prospective sponsors directly.

The Physics Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has a position for an experienced Particle Physicist. The position involves working half-time with the Particle Data Group (PDG) and half-time conducting research in a Physics Division experiment. The position may be either a term or career position, depending on seniority. A term appointment would have the expectation of conversion to a career position (contingent upon demonstrated effectiveness in PDG and research). 

A letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and the names and email addresses of potential references should be submitted through the following website:  http://pdg.lbl.gov/job2009/

Applications should be received by December 10, 2009.