Programme Coordinator

Contract

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

Organizational Context & Description of the UNTGY The UNSDCF 2021-2025 for China, signed between the Government of China and participating UN entities, represents the strategic and programmatic framework for the UN to support the Government in its implementation of national development priorities and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To ensure an integrated and coordinated UN response to UNSDCF implementation, the UN in China established an internal coordination architecture consisting of cross-cutting Theme Groups and Results Groups. Overall, the coordination architecture aims to facilitate joint planning and programming under the UNSDCF outcome areas, enable more effective results reporting, and provide a platform for information exchange and identification of synergies in key areas in which multiple UN agencies work.
Youth development and youth engagement are cross-cutting issues in the UNSDCF implementation and the SDGs. The UNTGY is established as an integral part of the UNSDCF implementation to ensure that all UN agencies and their youth stakeholders can advance their strengths in all contexts, so that the UN’s work on youth issues is pursued in a coordinated, coherent, and holistic manner while involving dynamic youth voices, thus delivering as one. The UNTGY is also an accountable body at the country level to best apply the UN Youth Strategy, which was launched in 2018 as an umbrella framework to guide the UN as it steps up its work with and for young people. As of March 2024, the UNTGY members include (in no particular order): United Nations Resident Coordinator Office (RCO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labor Organization (ILO), UN-Habitat, UN Women, The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Volunteers (UNV), World Food Program (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and United Nations University (UNU). Specifically, the UNTGY aims to: ● Provide opportunities for strategic discussion and exchange of information on the UN’s work with youth in China; ● Ensure the operationalization of the UN Strategy on Youth through ongoing agency-led initiatives, as well as through the development of new joint knowledge management, advocacy and partnership initiatives; ● Facilitate meaningful youth involvement and participation in all outcome areas of the UNSDCF. ● Provide technical leadership and strengthen UN system coordination and coherence to deliver as one on the youth agenda, aligned to the UNSDCF; ● Serve as an advisory group to the UNCT on priority youth-related policy, programming, and advocacy actions to be taken by the UNCT; ● Provide coordinated technical assistance, policy advisory, and quality assurance support to all Results Groups for mainstreaming youth needs in groups’ work plan, priority actions, and joint WPs; ● Mobilize a wide range of partners, including government institutions, academia, and youth groups to advocate and fully utilize the potential of youth in achieving SDGs through coordinated and joint knowledge product, policy advocacy, campaigns and initiatives.

Under the primary supervision of Ms Ira Ovesen, Deputy Representative of UNFPA China, the UN Volunteers will undertake the following tasks: Programme Coordination including:

1. Provide coordination, communication and administrative support to the Chair, the Secretariat, and members of the UNTGY to jointly deliver the annual work plan for the adolescent and youth programme, including but not limited to online and offline events organization, advocacy activities, knowledge products, and youth engagement, etc.
2. Provide assistance to coordination, communication, liaison, and administration to regular and ad hoc UNTGY meetings and joint activities.

Cross-agencies programme management, including

3. Provide technical and administrative support on knowledge products management such as the development of a youth situation analysis in coordination with youth, various UN agencies and external experts.
4. As part of the UNTGY team, work across UN thematic and results groups on certain topics and occasions.
5. Provide translation support on meetings and relevant documents from Chinese to English and vice- versa.

Partnership Management, including

6. Support the development and partnership building on the Generation Unlimited (GenU), including but not limited to event organization, resource mobilization, liaison with partners in diverse backgrounds, and documents drafting and reporting.
7. Assist the operationalization of the UN Strategy on Youth through ongoing agency-led initiatives, as well as through the development of new joint knowledge management, advocacy, and partnership initiatives.

Others: 8. Perform other duties as required by the UNTGY Secretariat and the Chair. 9. Support Adolescent and Youth (A&Y) programmes at UNFPA as per required by the UNFPA Programme Analyst on A&Y

Furthermore, UNVs are encouraged to:
● Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and taking an active part in UNV activities (for instance, IVD celebration events);
● Get acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; ● Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking; ● Contribute news and articles on field experiences and submit them to UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; ● Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UNV volunteers; ● Promote online volunteering and encourage individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering Service whenever technically feasible.

Results/Expected Output: 1. Successful coordination, communication and administrative support to the Chair, the Secretariat, and members of the UNTGY, to jointly deliver the annual work plan for the adolescent and youth programme.

2. Satisfactory facilitation of meaningful youth involvement and participation in all outcome areas of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).

3. Delivered meeting minutes and accomplishment of UNTGY meetings and joint activities in time with high quality.

4. Satisfactory translation of meetings and relevant documents from Chinese to English and vice-versa.

5. Completed knowledge products, such as the development of a youth situation analysis in coordination with youth, UN agencies and external experts.

6. Completed other duties performed as required by the UNTGY Secretariat and the Chair.

7. Provided support to UNFPA A&Y programmes and office-wide activities.

8. Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.

9. A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

☒ Accountability ☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Building Trust ☒ Commitment and Motivation ☒ Communication ☒ Creativity ☒ Empowering Others ☒ Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒ Knowledge Sharing ☒ Leadership ☒ Planning and Organizing ☒ Professionalism ☒ Respect for Diversity ☒ Self-Management ☒ Technological Awareness ☒ Vision ☒ Working in Teams

● Demonstrated interest and/or experience in programme/project designing, coordination, implementation, administration, event organization, communications, and/or research ● Proven knowledge of the United Nations system and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with interests in working in international development, youth development, leadership, and participation ● Experience with the non-for-profit sector in capacity of studies, volunteer work or internship would be highly regarded ● Strong analytical and writing skills in both English and Chinese ● Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members from different national and cultural backgrounds. ● Excellent skills in communications, events planning and implementation, with innovative, can-do attitude and detail-oriented work approaches.

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The duty station of the national UN Volunteer is located in Beijing city, where modest public infrastructure and excellent health services are available. It is the foremost political and cultural metropolis in China.
In general, rent for apartments in central locations is high relative to other regions in China, but quality is good. Beijing is well served by many shopping malls, large supermarket chains and international brands. Buses and subways are the most common form of mass transportation. Metered taxis are widely available and domestic and regional travel by train and airplane is popular.

Conditions of Service for national UN Volunteers The National UN Volunteer receives a standard volunteer living allowance (VLA), which is intended to cover their accommodation and basic living expenses. In China the VLA is about 8161.91 RMB per month. The National UN Volunteer is entitled to an excellent health, life and disability insurance package. A modest Settling-in Grant and end of assignment allowance will also be provided, along with travel to and from the duty station. International travel to duty station will not be covered by UNV. The National UN Volunteer is entitled to 2.5 days personal leave per month and government official holidays.