Commonwealth 2023 Young Professionals Program (YPP) for Young Graduates

The Commonwealth Secretariat is proud to be supporting youth empowerment through their Young Professionals Programme (YPP). The Commonwealth Secretariat has various opportunities available, including within health, youth, climate change, and international trade, among others.

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal sovereign states. Its unique strength lies in the combination of its diversity and shared inheritance. The Commonwealth Secretariat in London is the principal intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth and its backbone, promoting democracy, rule of law, human rights, good governance, and social and economic development.

• Table of Content
• About The Commonwealth
• Young Professionals Program (YPP)
• Aim and Benefits of Young Professionals Program (YPP)
• Requirements for Young Professionals Program (YPP) Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent and equal countries. It is home to 2.4 billion people, and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. 32 of our members are small states, including many island nations. Our member governments have agreed to shared goals like development, democracy and peace. Our values and principles are expressed in the Commonwealth Charter. The Commonwealth's roots go back to the British Empire. But today any country can join the modern Commonwealth. The last country to join the Commonwealth wa... continue reading

Young Professionals Program (YPP)

Aim and Benefits of Young Professionals Program (YPP)

The Commonwealth Secretariat is proud to support youth empowerment through our Young Professionals Programme (YPP). The YPP creates multiple opportunities for talented and qualified young people from across the Commonwealth to contribute to our core work through the transference of technical expertise, innovative ideas, specialist knowledge, and fresh perspectives.

Requirements for Young Professionals Program (YPP) Qualification

• To be considered for the Commonwealth Young Professionals role, you must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 27 or younger at the time applications close, and possess a strong bachelor degree or equivalent in IT/Computing. Degrees in related fields such as Mathematics or Engineering may be considered. Also,
• You should also have at least one year’s experience in the development and deployment of web and mobile applications. The work experience may be gained through a combination of paid employment, volunteer, placement, apprenticeship or internship positions.

Documents Required for Application

Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter. Covering letters should be structured to address the key criteria required in the person specification, giving clear examples.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

The list of available opportunities is below. To apply, please click the ’apply’ button to be redirected to our website, where you are able to find further information about each opportunity:

• Assistant Research Officer YPO (Trade Competitiveness)
• Assistant Research Officer (Office of the Secretary-General)
• Assistant Research Officer (Economic, Youth & Sustainable Development Directorate)
• Assistant Research Officer (Governance and Peace Directorate) x2

Individual applications will need to be made for each position.

Document: Application guidelines(693.92 KB)

• Document: Terms and conditions(124.71 KB)

For more details, visit Commonwealth website