Content editing for UNDP and UNISS joint project in Sahel region

Contract

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The UNDP regional hub is looking for two (02) online volunteers to support us in editing content documents on governance, youth and climate change in the Sahel region. Due to the workload, it will be required volunteers who will be available for around two (02) months to work with upcoming information, in close collaboration with the support of our organization.

• Writing and editing

• Development programme/project administration

  The Sahel region of Africa is a land of opportunities and challenges. The United Nations Development System underscores the importance of the over 150 million youth who are under the age of 25 years and highlights the need to tap into the potential of the demographic dividend through this youth empowerment programme for the Sahel (YERPS). The overall strategic vision for the programme is to ensure an effective youth engagement in the Sahel through more inclusive stabilization and recovery processes as well as long term socio-political stability in the Sahel. Conflict, political instability, state fragility and divisive politics have eroded youth capacity and potential to be agent of change and transformation at different levels and left significant groups of young people marginalized and feeling excluded from political, social and economic trajectory of the Sahel region. YERPS, as an integrated and comprehensive programme, aims at fostering youth empowerment through a sustained and meaningful civic engagement, participation in decision making and political processes, to strengthen young people resilience so that they can contribute to the greening of the Sahel region.

• Volunteers: 2 needed

• 6-10 hours per week / 8 weeks

  Volunteers must have a very strong command of French. This task requires strong mastery of the English . Strong writing and editing skills are required. Familiarity with technical terms related to governance, youth and climate change will be considered an asset.

• Africa

• English, French