Skilling and Employment Officer

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Overview

Support the Passport to Earning program for youth skilling and employment opportunities.

You have:

• Minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible experience in program implementation, coordination, and stakeholder management in the development sector.
• Proven experience in youth skilling, employability, other relevant large-scale programs.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple partnerships, MIS, and reporting.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement, including government agencies, private sector, and civil society organizations.
• Track record in event coordination, training facilitation, and outreach campaigns.
• Proven experience with digital learning platforms and technology-enabled solutions.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with a results-oriented approach.
• Ability to work independently, proactively, and under pressure in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment.
• Strong presentation, writing and communication skills, including proposal development, donor reporting, and storytelling.
• Proficiency in working tech platforms/portals, MS Office Suite, online collaboration tools, and basic data analysis.
• Strong interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and a demonstrated passion for youth development and empowerment.

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.

In recent years, UNICEF’s work to support the unique needs of young people has gained momentum, as the challenges facing them have come more sharply into view. UNICEF is committed to deliver for all children and adolescents through its overall impact goal of ‘realizing the rights of every child, especially the most disadvantaged.

Building on the current work with, and for, adolescents, in line with the United Nations Youth Strategy, UNICEF is developing a new global partnership, Generation Unlimited (GenU), which is dedicated to expanding opportunity for young people from ages 10 to 24 years. Maximising the potential of the United Nations system, Governments, Civil Society Organizations and the private sector, and of young people themselves, GenU is focused on finding new ways to ensure that every young person is in school, undergoing formal or informal learning or training, or is employed by 2030. The focus will be on reaching those in the greatest danger of being left behind: including girls, the poor, young people with disabilities or on the move, or affected by conflict and natural disasters.

The India version of GenU has been named YuWaah! It signifies catalytic partnerships to unleash the potential of adolescents and young people. YuWaah has been designed to allow co-creation of solutions that are relevant and scalable for ensuring that young people in India have opportunity and choices for learning; have avenues and spaces for functional and vocational training, and can choose between employment and entrepreneurship which are accessible locally.

Passport to Earning (P2E) is a flagship skilling platform which provides young people (14-29 years old) with free, job-relevant skills, and position them for job opportunities. It is a Public-Private-Youth Partnership (PPYP) hosted by UNICEF, through Generation Unlimited, which aims to connect youth to opportunity by upskilling them towards employment and social impact.

Since October 2022, P2E has skilled more than 4 million learners in India with 50% young women. To ensure providing skilling opportunities to young people at large scale, the program works with a wide range of government and non-government agencies. P2E recently also started focusing on the learning-to-earning pathways for the young people, especially young girls. These initiatives are focused on building and delivering solutions that provide easy skilling opportunities and access to relevant employment opportunities for young people.

Given the nature of the program, wide range of implementation and government partners and digital systems in place, it becomes very important to regularly manage, coordinate and support various partners and systems. To provide this support for the program, YuWaah-UNICEF is currently on-boarding a UNV Volunteer, who will be supporting P2E team in managing program operations related to implementation partners, program monitoring and data management, supporting communication and documentation requirements.

Under the overall guidance of the Chief of GenU, Youth Development Partnerships and secondary supervision of Program Specialist – Passport to Earning, the national UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support the planning, coordination, and implementation of the Passport to Earning (P2E) program, ensuring alignment with agreed targets and timelines. • Support effective management of multiple program platforms like Learning Management System (LMS), Dashboards, MIS systems, through efficient coordination with digital learning partners. • Coordinate with state teams, on-ground partners, and implementing agencies to facilitate youth mobilization, course enrolment, skilling activities, and placement support. • Liaise with digital learning partners to onboard and update courses on the P2E platform, including Hindi and other regional language content. • Support outreach and engagement activities with schools, colleges, and community-based partners to increase P2E participation, particularly among young women. • Track and monitor key performance indicators such as youth registration, course completion, and employment linkages; maintain updated dashboards and progress reports. • Document success stories, case studies, and lessons learned for program visibility and donor reporting. • Assist in organizing review meetings, field visits, capacity-building sessions, and promotional events related to P2E. • Provide coordination support for piloting innovative models under P2E, and scaling proven interventions. • Collaborate with UNICEF/YuWaah teams to ensure effective knowledge management and sharing of best practices. • Any other related tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work.

Results/expected outputs: As an active team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and the YuWaah Secretariat in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: • Timely and accurate coordination with partners for smooth implementation of P2E activities. • Increased youth enrolment, course completion, and successful job/self-employment placements, particularly among young women. • Effective management of program’s digital solutions and platforms. • Well-documented program progress, impact stories, and lessons learned. • Effective knowledge sharing and collaboration across UNICEF/YuWaah teams and partners. • Strong visibility of the P2E program through events, communication materials, and stakeholder engagement.

• Professionalism: demonstrated understanding of operations relevant to UNICEF; technical capabilities or knowledge relevant or transferrable to UNICEF procedures and rules; discretion, political sensitivity, diplomacy and tact to deal with clients; ability to apply good judgement; ability to liaise and coordinate with a range of different actors, especially in senior positions; where appropriate, high degree of autonomy, personal initiative and ability to take ownership; resourcefulness and willingness to accept wide responsibilities and ability to work independently under established procedures; ability to manage information objectively, accurately and confidentially; responsive and client-oriented; • Integrity: demonstrate the values and ethical standards of the UN and UNICEF in daily activities and behaviours while acting without consideration of personal gains; resist undue political pressure in decision-making; stand by decisions that are in the organization’s interest even if they are unpopular; take prompt action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behaviour; does not abuse power or authority; • Teamwork and respect for diversity: ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and harmonious working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, mixed-gender environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity; sensitivity and adaptability to culture, gender, religion, nationality and age; commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of UN operations; ability to achieve common goals and provide guidance or training to colleagues; • Commitment to continuous learning: initiative and willingness to learn new skills and stay abreast of new developments in area of expertise; ability to adapt to changes in work environment. • Planning and organizing: effective organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner; ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor (own) work; ability to work under pressure, with conflicting deadlines, and to handle multiple concurrent projects/activities; • Communication: proven interpersonal skills; good spoken and written communication skills, including ability to prepare clear and concise reports; ability to conduct presentations, articulate options and positions concisely; ability to make and defend recommendations; ability to communicate and empathize with staff (including national staff), military personnel, volunteers, counterparts and local interlocutors coming from very diverse backgrounds; capacity to transfer information and knowledge to a wide range of different target groups; • Flexibility: adaptability and ability to live and work in potentially hazardous and remote conditions, involving physical hardship and little comfort; to operate independently in austere environments for protracted periods; willingness to travel within the area of operations and to transfer to other duty stations within the area of operations as necessary; • Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance; and commitment towards UNICEF’s mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.

• Minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible experience in program implementation, coordination, and stakeholder management in the development sector. • Proven experience in youth skilling, employability, other relevant large-scale programs. • Demonstrated experience in managing multiple partnerships, MIS, and reporting. • Experience in stakeholder engagement, including government agencies, private sector, and civil society organizations. • Track record in event coordination, training facilitation, and outreach campaigns. • Proven experience with digital learning platforms and technology-enabled solutions. • Strong organizational and project management skills, with a results-oriented approach. • Ability to work independently, proactively, and under pressure in a fast-paced multi-taking environment. • Strong presentation, writing and communication skills, including proposal development, donor reporting, and storytelling. • Proficiency in working tech platforms/portals, MS Office Suite, online collaboration tools, and basic data analysis. • Strong interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and a demonstrated passion for youth development and empowerment.

New Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region is a large and bustling metropolis of some 14 million people undergoing rapid changes. The capital city is an administrative, cultural and commercial center with modern amenities and well connected by air. It is a safe place with large expatriate community drawn from embassies, UN agencies, MNCs and foreign businesses. It has short moderate winter and long hot summer.

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. This position is based in New Delhi. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan. National UN Volunteers are expected to be culturally sensitive and adjust to the prevailing culture and traditions.

The contract lasts for the period indicated above with possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment.

The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. You can check full entitlements at https://app.unv.org/calculator . For information specific to your assignment, please see below: • Monthly Voluntary Living Allowance (VLA): INR 51,969.20 • Entry lump sum (one-time payment): USD 400 (equivalent in INR) • Relocation costs: $200 at beginning and end of assignment if duty station is outside of commuting distance (as determined by UNV) • Exit allowance (paid on successful completion of the assignment): INR 5,413.46 for each month served, paid on completion of contract • Insurance: Comprehensive coverage for health, life and malicious acts • Annual leave: 2.5 days per month • Learning: Access to UNV's learning and career development resources

For more information on entitlements, please read the Conditions of Service (https://explore.unv.org/cos).

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