People For 2030 – UNDP’s People Strategy for Building Better Futures  

As the leading United Nations agency on international development, UNDP is dedicated to helping countries and communities across the world pursue peaceful, prosperous lives. Central to achieving this mission is our greatest asset, our people.  

Our People for 2030 Strategy is UNDP’s commitment to investing in our people. It is our promise to build the people power necessary to make the world envisioned by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a reality.  

People for 2030 is designed to support you at every stage of your UNDP career.  

Our integrated talent management system fosters an inclusive work culture, drives high performance and creates paths for development. It ensures you have the resources to grow and thrive, both professionally and personally. At UNDP, we believe working with us is more than a job – it’s a path to a truly rewarding and fulfilling career.  

Since its launch in 2019, People for 2030 has resulted in real progress for UNDP personnel and visible transformation across the organisation. Our multi-award-winning Graduate Programme is providing career opportunities to talented individuals from under-represented communities. We have introduced new ways of listening to and gathering feedback from our personnel to shape our culture and boost our efforts to foster Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). We continue to sustain. You can find out more by checking out our latest Progress Report. 

People for 2030 and its initiatives have so far garnered several prestigious awards for UNDP: 

• 2022 CIPD Award for Best Talent Management Initiative for the Graduate Programme.  
• 2022 Recruiter Award for Most Effective Emerging Talent Recruitment for the Graduate Programme. 
• 2022 CIPD Award for Best Learning and Development Initiative in Public Sector for UNDP’s leadership programme - Leaders for 2030. 
• 2021 Award for Innovation in Recruitment from the International Organizations Career Development Roundtable for the Graduate Programme. 

UNDP was also ranked as Second-best UN entity for Internships at the 2021 Fair Internship Initiative.