Call for Interests - Türkiye Earthquake Response Support

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

All around the world, UN Volunteers help people lead more productive and fulfilling lives, such as through their work on projects in quality education and improved healthcare, or by ensuring equitable access to community resources and sustainable practices. UN Volunteers at times also work with governments and other local partners, helping to boost local capacity and augment knowledge.

In the early hours of 6 February 2023, multiple earthquakes, the strongest being of 7.7 magnitude struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria. The earthquakes have created a disaster of colossal proportions. Some 15 million people live in these affected 10 provinces, including over 1.7 million Syrian refugees and around 4.6 million children. Following the Flash Appeal, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Principals agreed to designate a humanitarian system-wide Scale-Up for the earthquake response in Türkiye. The Scale-Up helps organizations and partners to rapidly mobilize the necessary operational capacities and resources to respond to critical humanitarian needs on the ground. The resources will allow humanitarian organizations to swiftly ramp up their operations to support Government-led response efforts in the areas of food security, protection, education, water, and shelter, among others. In this context we invite interested candidates in contributing to aid coordination, emergency and humanitarian, and early recovery efforts of the United Nations Türkiye Country Team, to express their interest by applying to this generic Description of Assignment (DoA).

The application will be considered as a confirmation of general interest and availability at short notice to serve as a UN Volunteer. To become part of a recruitment process, you will have to apply to specific DoAs when they become available.

Deployment will be made on a rolling basis and according to the open calls. We encourage interested applicants to apply early as there may be some positions required to be filled urgently.

This is a generic call for applications and does not contain a task description.

We welcome applications from candidates with diverse academic and professional backgrounds aligned with the specific areas mentioned in this call. To increase your chances of being considered, please ensure that your profile is complete and up-to-date, including information about your professional experiences, internships, volunteer work, academic qualifications, trainings, language skills, and any other relevant information. We will reach out to you when your profile matches the requirements of a respective UN Volunteer opportunity.

The duration of assignment and city could be varied according to the needs of UN entities.

For instance, the duration of contracts can range from 3 months to 1 year with possibility of extension. Detailed information about each upcoming opportunity will be made available to you once your profile matches with the upcoming volunteer opportunities.

Required competencies and values vary depending on the UNV assignment from this list in overall: Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Client Orientation, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Creativity, Empowering others, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Judgement and Decision-making, Knowledge Sharing, Leadership, Managing Performance, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for diversity, Self-Management, Technological Awareness, Vision, Working in Teams.

Additionally, genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance; and commitment towards UN Entities’ mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.

national and/or international level.

Please apply to this assignment if you have experience in the areas below: • Logistics, supply management, procurement
• Mental health and psycho-social support
• Public Health
• Protection of displaced persons, refugees, children • Sexual Reproductive Health • Gender Based Violence
• Civil engineering and construction supervision • Debris and Waste Management • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
• Humanitarian affairs, coordination, information management • Food safety and nutrition, livelihoods
• Communication, public information and reporting
• Resource mobilization, partnership, and donor coordination
• Programme implementation, management, and development
• Administration, finance and human resources support

For this specific call, the requirements are minimized to allow all candidates from 18-80 years old with and no requirement of specific year of work experience to successfully complete the application process.

In general, UNV assignments require the following: • Volunteering or work experience at the national and/or international level • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills; • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines; • Sound security awareness; • Have affinity with or interest in volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Duty Stations for these assignments will be mainly in the earthquake affected cities (Gaziantep, Hatay, Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya). Selected volunteer will be responsible for arranging their housing or they may need to stay in the temporary accommodation areas by their host entities, depending on the conditions according to the duty station of assignment.

UNV Entitlements in a Nutshell for National UN Volunteer (Specialist): • Current Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) is USD 937.16. An additional expertise differential might be applicable based on the qualifications of the volunteer. • 100% health, life and dismemberment coverage by CIGNA. As per UN’s diplomatic mission status, it is not included in National Security Institution’s (SGK) system but can be initiated on private basis. • Entitlement to annual Leave at the rate of 2.5 working days per completed month of volunteer assignment • Entry allowance for covering relocation expenses • Exit allowance upon completion of service • Several learning opportunities

Unified Conditions of Service is available on UNV's website. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan.