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Practical exercise · Humanitarian Coordination Officer

United Nations agency · Written recruitment test

Practical exercise

Humanitarian Coordination Officer

Duty station
Pemba, Cabo Delgado province (Mozambique)
Time allowed
90 min
Marks
100 marks
Pass mark
60 %
Profile
Officer, 2 to 4 years of experience

Instructions

  1. The test lasts 90 minutes. It is marked out of 100; the pass mark for the interview is 60.
  2. You are a coordination officer in the Pemba sub-office. You took the raw notes in document 1 during the inter-cluster coordination group (ICCG) meeting, which you were supporting on behalf of the head of sub-office.
  3. Show your workings. A spreadsheet is allowed. Any outside help (another person, artificial intelligence) is forbidden.
  4. The data are fictional. Do not make unjustified assumptions.

Original practice test, built on the format of written tests used by United Nations agencies and international NGOs. The context and figures are fictitious.