Research Assistant: Inclusive Social Development

Contract

This is a UNV International Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Youth contracts.

UN-Habitat, jointly with ILO and WHO is implementing a project: ‘Provision of essential services, protection, social and economic empowerment to support the reintegration of returned migrants in Addis Ababa’ with the funding from Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund. This project aims to support Ethiopia’s federal government, the Addis Ababa city administration, and local organizations to provide returning migrants access to essential services, including health, skills development, social protection, labour market reintegration, and employment promotion. It seeks to reduce vulnerability especially for women, to migration, trafficking, and smuggling. The UNV under this call is expected to join a team of professionals to pursue a nexus-based multi-dimensional and integrated approach to contribute towards sustainable reintegration of returned migrants in Addis Ababa City, with a focus on health and socio-economic well-being.

Under the direct supervision of the Project’s Team Leader and the Country Program Manager of UN Habitat Ethiopia programme, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Assist in mapping, procedure review and institutional capacity assessment of relevant offices under the Addis Ababa City administration in enabling gender-sensitive service provision for returning migrants, conduct assessments of housing and living conditions of returned migrants, analysis of the rental market, accessibility and connectivity of urban services and livelihood opportunities. • Support in the development of actionable and gender-sensitive policy recommendations for improved reintegration assistance to Ethiopian migrants by the city administration and local government to provide reintegration services through individual profiling and referral and using digital solutions. • Support relevant offices under the Addis Ababa City administration in the development and approval of a minimum compliance standard for shelter and other centres for returning migrants, ensuring the participation of returnee representatives, including women and physically impaired, • Contribute to the development of policy recommendation and support institutional capacity of relevant offices under Addis Ababa City administration for increased transparency of procedures that enable timely and gender-equitable service provision for a fluctuating number of returning migrants (e.g. land and property acquisition, access to housing, identification and acquisition of working space, increased access to procedure guidance) and to ensure the needs of the returning migrants are fed into the city development plans. • Conduct intentional training and mentoring to build capacity of local counterparts.
• Support the works of UN Habitat Ethiopia country programme and the team with drafting and editing of a variety of reports, presentations, tables, lists, charts, data sets, and/or diagrams, press releases, and articles. • Assist the programme team in coordinating with partners and stakeholders. Participate in the project implementation and perform other relevant duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Building Trust
• Client Orientation
• Commitment and Motivation
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Communication
• Creativity
• Ethics and Values
• Knowledge Sharing
• Planning and Organizing
• Respect for Diversity
• Working in Teams

• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in protection of civilians, return and reintegration, advocacy, protection services for affected population, community services, social work (e.g., gender, GBV and child protection programs, women’s empowerment and protection, work with migrants and street children’s) or/and human rights or related tasks
• Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded; • Demonstrated interest and/or knowledge of community communication and engagement approaches. • Preferred: Demonstrated experience in community development, Crisis and emergency response, Development programmes • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision.

Addis Ababa is the capital of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The population is estimated at about 4 million. Addis Ababa is located in the Ethiopian highlands at an altitude of 2,500-2,700 meters. The climate is sunny and temperate, but it can be very cold at night, with freezing temperature at times. It is therefore advisable to bring warm clothing and foresee using heaters and/or log fires when necessary. Addis Ababa is the headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa as well as the African Union. Thus, there is a very large community of expatriates from all over the world. There are some 80 embassies/diplomatic missions. Housing is readily available, but rent can be expensive. However, shared housing is common and more affordable. Most foodstuffs, beverages, household goods, furniture, and clothing, mostly imported from the Middle/Far East, South Africa and Europe can be found, although they can be expensive. Meat, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables are cheap and abundantly available. The basic infrastructures - roads, utilities, and telecommunications - are below standard, as are medical facilities, which are still largely inadequate, although a few private clinics and hospitals provide reasonably good routine care. Several restaurants around the city serve local or international cuisine and numerous social and sports facilities (fitness, tennis, swimming, riding, golf, etc.) exist in the major hotels or in different establishments around the city. There are no major or special security concerns within Addis Ababa city limits.