Community Officer

Contract

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

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 18 years old. Applicants must be local residents in the community of assignment.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the UN Women Programme Officer EVAW- SI, the UN Volunteer will:

• Provide technical support for SEII’s gender focal point and administration Gender Working Group in Municipal level (Viqueque/Ermera/Bobonaro)
• Work together with focal point to coordinate SEII’s program and activities at the Municipal level based on the plan orient by SEII and Ministry of State Administration.
• Contribution to relation and coordination between SEII and Municipal Administration on Gender Equality
• Support focal point to represent SEII in the all event that organize by Municipal and submit report to SEII based on the hierarchy at SEII
• Work together with SEII’s focal point to oversee municipal work, including annual planning activities base on SEII’s orientation.
• Support SEII’s focal point to prepare, coordinate regular municipal gender working group, including prepare of program budgeting proposal on gender issue for municipal.
• Participate and contribute to regular meeting of municipal Gender Working Group to monitor how gender mainstreaming into municipal’s plan, including municipal line ministries work plan, do monitoring, mentoring and evaluation for the implementation of activities.
• Work together with team and facilitate and coordinate with Women Potential Association at the municipal level – advocacy, women’s participation for the prevention and response to violence against women at the municipal level.
• Work together with SEII’s focal point and Ministry of State Adminsitration for the Gender Workin Group through EU-UN Spotlgiht Initiative, the partnership between UN Women and SEII to eliminate violence againts women and girls (particularly Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence) through SEII’s Focal point, particularly:
  • Work together with SEII’s focal point to create a plan, prepare and coordaiinte with president of municipal authroity in term of capacity building ofr GWG members regards to annual planning and budgeting process
  • Support with documentation on municipal contribution in the monitoring and report prepration on natinal Action Plan – gender based violence (2021)Tetum

Tetum

• Fó apoiu tékniku ba Pontu Fokal SEII nian no administrativu ba Grupu Traballu Jéneru iha Munisípiu (Viqueque/Ermera/Bobonaro)
• Servisu hamutuk ho pontu fokal hodi kordena atividades no programas Sekretaria Estadu Igualdade Jéneru no Inkluzaun (SEII) nian iha Munisípiu tuir planu nebe orienta husi SEII nomos Ministériu Administrasaun Estatál (MAE)
• Kontribui ba relasaun no koordenasaun entre SEII no Administrasaun Munisipal kona-ba Igualdade Jéneru;
• Apoiu Pontu Fokal hodi reprezenta Sekretaria Estadu Igualdae no Inkluzaun iha eventu hotu ne’ebé organiza husi Munisípiu sira no hato’o Relatóriu mai SEII tuir hierarkia funsionalismu públiku;
• Servisu hamutuk ho Pontu Fokal SEII nian hodi hare ba ba servisu hotu iha Munisípiu nian, inklui elabora Planu Anual Aktividade-sira tuir SEII nia orientasaun;
• Apoiu Pontu fokal SEII hodi prepara, kordena enkontru regular ba Grupu Traballu Jéneru, inklui prepara proposta orsamentu anual jéneru nian ba munisípiu;
• Partisipa no kontribui ba enkontru regular Grupu Traballu Jéneru hodi monitor oinsa integra perspetiva jéneru iha planu munisipiu inklui linha ministerial iha nivel munisipiu, halo monitorizasaun, akompañamentu no avaliasaun ba nia implementasaun aktividade-sira;
• Servisu hamutuk ho Ekipa hodi fasilita no kordena apoiu servisu ba Asosiasuan Feto Potensial nivel Munisipiu iha advokasia, partisipasaun feto nian ba prevensaun no responde ba violensia hasoru no feto iha nivel munisipiu.
• Servisu hamutuk ho pontu fokal SEII nian no pontu fokal generu husi MAE ba Grupu Traballu Jéneru liu husi UE-ONU Inisiativa Spotlight liuhusi parseira entre UN Women no SEII atu elimina violensia hasoru feto no labarik feto (Violensia Domestika/Violensia parseiru Intimu) liu husi servisu hamutuk pontu fokal SEII nian, tuir mai ne’e:
  • Servisu ho Pontu Fokal SEII nian hodi planu, prepara no kordena ho Presidente Autoridade Munisipiu nian ba iha kapasitasaun membru GTG relasiona ona ho prosesu planeamentu nivel municipiu kada tinan no prosesu planu orsamentu.
  • Ajuda ho dokumentasaun kontribuisaun husi munisipiu nian hodi halo monitorizasaun no prepara relatoriu planu asaun nasional – Violensia Bazeia ba Jèneru (2021)

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Secondary education

Education - Additional Comments:

• Secondary school education or equivalent.
  • Voluntary service, community engagement or work experience can be considered in lieu of any formal education; knowledge of social and economic issues, gender issues, relevant legislation (law against domestic violence) and policy such as the National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence national

Tetum - Ensinu Sekundaria, iha konesimenutu kona-ba servisu sosial, ekonomia, asuntu jeneru, Lei sira (Lei Kontra Violensia Domestika) no politika sira hanesan - Planu Asaun Nasional ba Violensia Bazeia ba Jeneru.

Required experience:

6 Months

Experience remark:

• Voluntary service, community engagement or work experience can be considered in lieu of any formal education; knowledge of social and economic issues, gender issues, relevant legislation (law against domestic violence) and policy such as the National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence national.

Tetum - Iha esperiensia serbisu voluntariu, partisipasaun komunitaria ka esperiensia serbisu bele konsidera mos hodi troka edukasaun formal; iha konesimenutu kona-ba servisu sosial, ekonomia, asuntu jeneru, Lei sira (Lei Kontra Violensia Domestika) no politika sira hanesan - Planu Asaun Nasional ba Violensia Bazeia ba Jeneru.

Language skills:

• Tetum(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• English(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise:

Community participation and development, Gender equality and the advancement of women, Social work

Area of expertise details:

* Knowledge of social and economic issues

* Gender, Law Against Domestic Violence, National Action Plan on GBV

* Skills in community development;

* Good communication skills

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Creativity, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup.

Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.

* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile.

Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply.

This is a national UN Volunteer assignment, therefore only nationals of Timor Leste and legal residents with a residency permit, the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: 17 March 2021