Project Assistant

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.

WE RISE Together Programme

WE RISE Together is a three-year Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP) project developed by UN Women. It sits under MAP’s Economic Resilience Fund (MAP-ERF) and addresses its four drivers of resilience (including macroeconomic, household, business, and government resilience). The project responds to the prioritization of women’s economic empowerment by expanding market access for Women-owned Businesses1 (WOBs) and Gender Responsive Enterprises1 (GREs) through procurement opportunities.

WE RISE Together tackles the structural gender inequities that exist within the global procurement market in which WOBs secure only one per cent of spending worldwide2. By introducing and advancing increased market access through gender-responsive procurement1 (GRP), WE RISE Together operates with the overall objective to empower more women to equally access, lead, and benefit from expanded market opportunities in the Mekong sub region.

The project works across the Mekong sub region, namely Thailand and Viet Nam, where the concept of GRP is still in nascent stages of development. UN Women has established Country Offices in these countries and is therefore well placed to implement such an innovative programme.
Despite regional and national initiatives prioritizing financial inclusion of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, there is currently a limited amount of gender-sensitive data available to promote GRP practices and policies in the project’s geographical focus areas.

As such, WE RISE Together will introduce GRP as an opportunity to address and attempt to channel more procurement spend towards WOBs /GREs. The project will work on four interlinked outcomes:

• Outcome 1: More public and private organizations are promoting and developing policies and practices that advance GRP (Normative Change in the Ecosystem) • Outcome 2: WOBs/GREs have increased capacity to build more resilient and inclusive business models and utilize networking opportunities to better access markets. (Strengthening the Supply Side)
• Outcome 3: Public and private buying organisations3 have increased capacity to advocate, promote and implement GRP within their organizations and industries to enable market access for WOBs/GREs. (Strengthening the Demand Side) • Outcome 4: More equitable market opportunities are created through connecting WOBs/GREs to larger public and private buyers. (Connecting Demand Side and Connect to Supply Side)

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of WRT Regional Coordinator and Thailand Programme Specialist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV will:

1. Provide support to communications and advocacy outreach materials and activities of WRT Thailand in consultation with UN Women’s Women’s Economic Empowerment's communications POC and UN Women’s communications unit:  Provide event organizing and logistical support to communications and advocacy support and campaigns e.g. by supporting the organizations of workshops, dialogues, press conferences, roundtable discussions, as necessary;  Draft and design press release, success stories, articles, key messages and other advocacy materials;  Design and create social media content (infographics, videos, GIFs, social media cards, and other digital media work)  Coordinate with UN Women’s communications team in the increase of visibility of WRT Thailand through public website and social media; and  Collect and documents good practices, success stories and lessons learned and coordinate with relevant personnel to produce social media content.

2. Support project administration related tasks and knowledge building and knowledge sharing  Support WEE Programme Associate in performing WEE and WRT administration related tasks;  Contribute to the identification of best practices and lessons learned;  Work proactively with external partners and UN Women WRT teams in the Regional Office and Country Offices to identify opportunities for capturing and sharing knowledge, and disseminating information about progress and results;  Participation in the training for the operations/programme staff and other trainings as appropriate; and  Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

3. Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be 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, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/expected outputs:

• As an active UN Women team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high quality support rendered to UN Women and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: • Timely inputs to communications, events and advocacy materials • Timely organization of logistical and media support to discussions, conferences, briefings, and other events; • Timely and quality delivery of administrative support; • Visibility of WRT Thailand increased through social media use • Smooth implementation of planned activities, accurate flow of information, good analysis of overall • situation, and provide suggestion on the most beneficial solution to achieve the activity outcome • Completion of goods and service delivery according to the UN Women Rules and Regulations • The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counter-parts, including Implementing Partners (IPs); • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • 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, Client Orientation, Communication, Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

humanities, political science, communication, social science, economics, business administration and other relevant areas. Master’s degree is an asset. • At least 2 year of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in supporting development projects, communications and outreach support, event organizing; storytelling, knowledge management or other relevant programmes; experience working in the UN or other international development organizations is an asset; experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment is an asset; • Willingness to learn and ability to work in a fast pace environment; • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills; • Accuracy and professionalism in document and content 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; • Advanced IT skills are desirable, computer, web editing skills as well as proficiency photo and text editing are a must; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials.