Project Assistant

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.

UNDP has been long supporting the Government of Timor-Leste in fostering youth-led MSMEs. The initiative was sharpened in 2021 under the Supporting Employment and Entrepreneurship for Women and Youth (SEEWAY) Project and later was scaled up and sustained under the Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Skills (YEES) Project from 2022-2027. To this date, UNDP has been supporting over 300 youth-led enterprises across the country in different sectors and value chains aligning with the government’s priority, such as in agriculture, tourism, and small industry. The youth entrepreneurs were supported through a series of business training and financial access, such as soft loans and grants through the Business Innovation Challenge.

The YEES project is focusing on producing two medium-term sub-outcomes: 1) youth become employed and 2) youth become entrepreneurs, which will contribute to UNSDCF/CPD outcome 2: By 2025, institutions and people throughout Timor-Leste in all their diversity, especially women and youth, benefit from sustainable economic opportunities and decent work to reduce poverty, with three interrelated outputs:

Output 1: Youth obtain skills, competencies, and knowledge to be employed. Output 2: Service providers are available to deliver holistic support to enhance employability. Output 3: Youth, including migrants/returnees, obtain skills, knowledge, and services to start or expand their business.

In order to achieve outputs 1 & 2, the YEES Project will deliver numerous activities to enhance the employability of youth and to foster an enabling environment to facilitate the match-making between job seekers and job providers. Against this backdrop, the YEES Project will hire a Youth Employment Associate to oversee and facilitate project activities related to increasing the capacity of Timorese youth to be employed and encouraging service providers to deliver holistic support to raise employability.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Youth Employment Assistant will perform assignments as below but not limited to:

• Support in implementing the activities to enhance employment access to Timorese youth, such as internships, soft skills training, career counseling, job fairs, etc. • Provide logistical support in organizing events, workshops, training courses/ field visits when it is required. • Providing on-site support in training related to the area of work. • Collecting and managing results data of the project. • Support in developing communication materials for the project. • Sharing lessons learned and knowledge with relevant project and country office staff. • Support project/program by taking meetings and interview minutes when required. • Support payment requests for facilitating events including training. • Contributing to a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and positive working environment. • Other administrative related task

​​☒​Accountability ​​☒​Adaptability and Flexibility ​​☒​Building Trust ​​☐​Client Orientation ​​☒​Commitment and Motivation ​​☒​Commitment to Continuous Learning ​​☒​Communication ​​☒​Creativity ​​☐​Empowering Others ​​☒​Ethics and Values ​​☐​Integrity ​​☐​Judgement and Decision-making ​​☒​Knowledge Sharing ​​☒​Leadership ​​☒​Managing Performance ​​☒​Planning and Organizing ​​☐​Professionalism ​​☒​Respect for Diversity ​​☐​Self-Management ​​☒​Technological Awareness ​​☐​Vision ​​☒​Working in Teams

Implementing activities to enhance employment access, soft skills training, and career counseling. Organize training and workshop Developing communication materials

Timor Leste is half of a tropical island on the Australian continental shelf characterized by a rugged mountain chain running east-west that divides the country into a generally warmer north coast and a milder south coast. The capital city, Dili, is located in the north. Climate: The climate along the coast is relatively warm hot year-round with an annual average temperature of 30°C. There are two distinct seasons: the north-east monsoon season, which runs from November to March, constitutes the rainy season throughout the country. The south- east monsoon season, which runs from March to October, constitutes the dry season with some rain on the southern coast but otherwise dry and windy conditions in the rest of the country. The climate inland with its high mountains can be very cold with an annual average temperature of 15°C. Health: At the moment, Stamford clinic serves as a recommended medical facility for UN staff. It has two approved UN physicians that can perform primary healthcare and simpler treatments or recommend medical evacuation to Singapore. There is a national hospital with some international staff and a limited number of other private clinics in Dili. For more complex medical treatment and assessment, it is necessary to evacuate to neighbouring countries such as Darwin or Singapore. Diet, Food and Water: Most staple foods can be found in the markets such as rice, meat, vegetables, cooking oil, salt and sugar. There are many local markets around Dili as well as four supermarkets that are stocked with imported goods, mainly from Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and China. Dili has a large number of restaurants, cafes and bars. There is a variety of food ranging from Western to Southeast Asian fare. You can also find several local restaurants with less expensive meals. The price range for a meal can range from $3 to $14+. Telecommunications: At the moment, there are three telecommunication providers in country, Timor Telecom and Telcomcel and Telemor. While Timor Telecom has been long present, Telcomcel and Telemor were newly launched in Timor-Leste, and started operating in February 2013. The SIM cards cost $2-3 and pre-paid/pulsa cards range from $1 to $50. Further, depending on UN Agency, you may receive a PIN code to make international phone calls that will be charged to your VLA. Hotels: The UNV Field unit in Dili will help arrange your initial accommodation in a hotel, at your expense. Most of the hotels in Dili are aimed at internationals and offer a good level of comfort with airconditioned rooms and en-suite bathrooms. You can expect to pay from $30 to $50 per night. Permanent Accommodation: Expect that your accommodation will range from the very basic to adequate, although many private houses in Dili have been renovated to a reasonable or even considered ‘luxurious’ level of comfort. The rate of reconstruction and renovation in the districts has been much slower than in Dili. Accommodation is far more likely to be of a very basic level Cost range from $250 to $600 per month. Note on Covid19 vaccination requirements Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy. https://www.unv.org/