Job matching that understands your profile — not just your keywords

How does Civium score a vacancy against my profile?

Civium scores each vacancy on six signals that recruiters also screen on: seniority and grade, sector and thematic area, languages, education and qualifications, skills backed by evidence in your CV, and your preferences. It does not match on title alone, because a title such as Programme Officer covers very different jobs across the UN system, NGOs and development banks.

If you are unsure how grades translate between organisations, our guide to UN grade levels explains the P, NO, G and D categories in detail.

Why every match comes with a reason

A score on its own is hard to trust. Each recommended role therefore shows a short reason that points to something concrete: a mandatory requirement you meet ("Meets: 5+ years of project management experience"), a specific skill you share with the role, or the strongest part of your fit. Reasons are built from the structured analysis of the vacancy and your profile, not free-form text, so they stay specific and checkable against the vacancy notice before you apply.

A worked example

Take an illustrative candidate: an MSc in Public Health, eight years of international experience in health systems, fluent English and French, targeting P-3 and P-4 roles. On a typical day Civium reviews several thousand active postings. Filtering on sector alone leaves roughly a hundred health roles; adding grade alignment cuts that to a few dozen; requiring the language profile to fit leaves around twenty; and the roles where every signal lines up — the ones in the candidate's daily brief — are usually fewer than ten. That is the difference between reading a hundred vacancy notices and reading the handful that are genuinely worth an application.

Where does Civium get its vacancy data?

Civium explores the public career portals of UN agencies, funds and programmes, international financial institutions, international NGOs and think tanks every day. Each vacancy is analysed for grade, sector, languages, required skills, duty station and closing date, where the organisation publishes them. Closed roles leave your list once their deadline passes. You always apply on the organisation's own site.

Summary figures on advertised vacancies, such as role types and organisation types, are in our job market trends.

How to get better matches

Matches are only as good as the profile behind them. A few minutes of setup makes a noticeable difference:

• Upload your most recent CV, with dates, job titles and responsibilities for every role — gaps or undated roles make it harder to estimate your level.
• List every language you work in together with your level, including second UN languages you only use professionally.
• Set the grades and sectors you are targeting, especially if you are changing sector or stepping up a level, so stretch roles are not filtered out.
• Choose the organisation types and duty stations you would genuinely accept, and revisit them when your situation changes.

New vacancies appear every day, and closed ones leave your list once their deadline passes, so your ranked list changes as the market moves — which is why the daily brief focuses on what is new and still open.

Does Civium apply for me or send my CV to employers?

No. Civium does not apply on your behalf or send your CV to employers, so you decide where and when to apply. It does not decide your eligibility either: nationality, contract and age rules are set by each organisation. Civium is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any of the organisations whose vacancies it analyses.

Nationality, contract and age rules (for example for JPO or YPP programmes) are set by each organisation, so always read the vacancy notice.

How your data is handled is set out in our Privacy Policy, and the most common questions are answered in the FAQ.