UN Careers Job Scraper — United Nations Jobs

Fetch current United Nations vacancies from careers.un.org with server-side filters for category, job family, network and keyword.

What UN careers data does this scraper extract?

Each result is one flat JSON record per job posting:

Field	Meaning
title	Job title as posted
company	Hiring company / organisation
location	Location / duty station (may include remote hints)
url	Direct link to the posting
postedAt	Posting date where the source provides it
salary	Salary text where the source provides it
snippet	Short description excerpt
id	Stable source-side identifier

How to scrape UN careers with this Actor

1. Click Try for free / Run — no login to the target site, no cookies, no proxies to configure.
2. Adjust the input (keyword, filters, maxItems) or keep the defaults.
3. Run it and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it over the API.

Run it from your own code:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("nomad-jobs/un-careers-scraper").call(run_input={"maxItems": 50})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], "—", item["company"], item["url"])

Or a single HTTP call that runs the Actor and returns items in one response:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nomad-jobs~un-careers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 50}'

Input

Field	Type	Default	Notes
keyword	string	""	Free-text search across job titles and descriptions (e.g. "data engineer", "human rights"). Leave empty to…
categories	array	""	Staff category. Leave empty for all.
jobFamilies	array	""	Functional area. Leave empty for all.
networks	array	""	High-level job network. Leave empty for all.
locationFilter	string	""	Optional case-insensitive substring match on duty station, applied client-side (the API has no server-side…
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of openings to return. Set 0 for no limit (all matching openings).
includeDescription	boolean	true	Include the full plain-text job description in each result. Turn off for lighter, faster output.
sortDirection	string	"newest"	Order openings by posting start date.
cacheTtlSeconds	integer	1800	Cache the upstream fetch in the key-value store for this many seconds; re-runs within the window skip the…

Output example

{
  "jobId": "243519",
  "title": "Programme Management Officer",
  "company": "United Nations",
  "location": "Geneva",
  "url": "https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/243519?language=en",
  "postedAt": "2026-06-25",
  "deadline": "2026-07-24",
  "level": "P-3"
}

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.05 per Actor start and $0.004 per job returned. 100 jobs ≈ $0.45. No subscription, no rental — you pay only for what you fetch.

Use cases

• International-career job boards and alert bots
• NGO / IGO career coaching services
• Research on UN hiring by duty station or job family
• Deadline tracking for UN applicants

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape UN careers? This Actor reads only publicly available job postings — data any visitor can see without logging in. No personal data behind authentication is touched. Review the target site's terms and your local regulations for your specific use case.

Do I need an account on the target site? No. Postings are fetched from public pages/APIs — no login, cookies or session tokens.

How fresh is the data? Every run fetches live listings. Results are cached for cacheTtlSeconds (default 30 min, set 0 to always hit the source live).

How many jobs can I get? maxItems caps the run (set 0 where supported for no cap). Most sources paginate from newest to oldest.

Can I filter UN jobs by duty station? Yes — pass locationFilter (e.g. "geneva", "nairobi"). It is applied as a case-insensitive substring match on the duty station.

Something broken or missing? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — it is monitored and reliability fixes ship fast.

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