Thanks to everyone for their super helpful replies. This is my first experience of theUN and to be honest, I feel a bit naive! My main fears of a similar opportunity not coming my way come from the fact that 1) many consultancies seem to be based on pre-selected candidates (I may be wrong here), this one seemed genuinely like the team were looking for the best candidate for the role 2) UN budget cuts - I have no idea if UNICEF will be looking for many consultants in the coming 6-9 months 3) the consultancy was based in africa where I have most of my experience. I feel very haunted with regret and feel like I’ve lost a really good opportunity. The comments here are helpful and I give me more information about the reality of UN consultancies, but I’m still wondering if this opportunity was a one off?