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Temporary Appointment: Staff Counsellor, P4, UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC), Budapest, Hungary (Not for Hungarian nationals), # 00138515

Apply now Job no: 595975

Work type: Temporary Appointment

Location: Hungary

Categories: Human Resources

This is a temporary appointment until 30 June 2027.

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, a calling

We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not a job, it’s a calling.

UNICEF's Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) in Budapest, Hungary provides services to UNICEF offices globally in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, Payroll and Information Technology. For more information about GSSC please visit our webpage at Global Shared Services Centre | UNICEF and check this Working for UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre - YouTube.

How can you make a difference?

The GSSC Office is looking for a Staff Counsellor who could support the overall well-being of UNICEF staff and their families in Europe HQ locations and ECAMENA region. This involves raising awareness about mental health and healthy work practices; improving the work-life balance of UNICEF staff on work-related and/or personal problems.

This will involve:

• Facilitate the development, implementation and coordination of a framework aiming at improved Staff Well-Being.

• Facilitate effective psycho-social support to staff leadership, managers and individual staff to mitigate stress and boost protective factors.

• Provide Critical Incident Stress Management to groups and/or individual staff following critical incidents, such as Psycho-education, psychological first aid.

• Training and awareness raising on Staff Well-Being.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: JD Staff Counsellor P4

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced University degree in counselling, clinical psychology or related mental health profession is required.

• Work Experience: Minimum eight (8) years of professional experience in staff support, mental health, cross cultural communications, counselling, and related areas, preferably gained within the UN system or international development/humanitarian aid sector.

• Track record showing resourcefulness and keen social awareness and sound judgement pertaining to common counselling caveats, e.g. overzealous client advocacy, burnout, the need for self-care and personal counselling.

• Evidence of previous experience in adhering to professional boundaries, e.g. administrating only those services for which supervised training has been administered.

• Skills: An empathic non-judgmental clinical approach with tact and confidentiality.

• Language Requirements: Fluency in both spoken and written English is required.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

• Additional training or certification in staff support and traumatic/critical incident stress as well as a broad range of related fields, such as alcohol/substance abuse, family counselling, training, stress management is an asset.

• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others

(8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages People.

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants' bank account information.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Advertised: 29 Sep 2026 Central Europe Daylight Time

Applications close: 06 Oct 2026 Central Europe Daylight Time

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— The GSSC Office is looking for a Staff Counsellor who could support the overall well-being of UNICEF staff and their families in Europe HQ locations and ECAMENA region. This involves raising awareness about mental health and healthy work practices; improving the work-life balance of UNICEF staff on work-related and/or personal problems.

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— Temporary Appointment: Staff Counsellor, P4, UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC), Budapest, Hungary (Not for Hungarian nationals), # 00138515

— Hungary

— 6 Oct 2026

— The GSSC Office is looking for a Staff Counsellor who could support the overall well-being of UNICEF staff and their families in Europe HQ locations and ECAMENA region. This involves raising awareness about mental health and healthy work practices; improving the work-life balance of UNICEF staff on work-related and/or personal problems.

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