GCC Youth Programme Officer & Y-Peer Coordinator

Volunteering

Overview

Manage youth programming and coordinate Y-PEER activities effectively.

You have:

• Bachelor degree in management or any relative field.
• Experience in programme/project management.
• Experience in designing and implementing youth and peer education programs (e.g. Y-PEER).
• Experience in gender, health and education promotion with special focus on ASRH.
• Interest and experience in facilitating interactive training, virtual learning and innovation programs.
• Interest in the use of arts, e.g. drama, theatre and music for social change.
• Experience in monitoring youth based activities.
• Fluent in English (Mandatory).
• Fluent in Arabic (Mandatory).

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.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision and overall guidance of the NPO/ Youth Programme Analyst, the UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Manage and coordinate GCC Youth and other tasked programming areas linked to UNFPA mandate, e.g. ICPD PoA, SDGs
• Facilitate UNFPA support and act as the liaison for all GCC Y-PEER related activities
• Ensure quality assurance and monitoring mechanisms are in place to follow up on the quality and outreach of Y-PEER interventions, including pre/ post polls/ tests
• Facilitate organization of meetings, workshops and training sessions & support campaigns and events, with focus on social media, virtual platform engagements and innovative approaches
• Support CO with all ICPD related programmes and activities
• Consolidate reports on implemented activities for CO reporting (including reach, knowledge gained and maintained databases of capacities built).

Educational additional comments

Bachelor degree in management or any relative field.

Experience remark

• Experience in programme/ project management
• Experience in the area of designing and implementing youth and peer education programs (e.g. Y-PEER)
• Experience in gender, health and education promotion with special focus on ASRH
• Interest and experience in (facilitating) interactive training, virtual learning and innovation programs
• Interest in the use of arts, e.g. drama, theatre and music for social change
• Experience in monitoring youth based activities

Language skills

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Arabic(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Competencies values

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure

• Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please 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? Please 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 Oman and legal residents in Oman with the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply. Application deadline: 26-07-2021

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