UNV District Facilitator – Adolescent & Youth

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.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of the National Programme Officer – Gender and Adolescents and Youth (A&Y) and overall guidance of the Programme Specialist A&Y, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Work closely with relevant programme staff in the field and in Dhaka, of the A&Y unit, to support the implementation of all A&Y unit’s interventions at district level by;
• Providing administrative support to the A&Y related projects implemented in the relevant district.
• Liaising with the Department of Women Affairs/MoWCA and Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education/MoE at district level, as appropriate, to support the provision of life skills education interventions to adolescents and motivate adolescents to engage in the A&Y unit’s project interventions.
• Supporting the project interventions by ensuring the availability of resource material, conducting effective sessions and enabling adolescents to use project resources and communication materials.
• Acting as the youth focal person whom adolescents can reach out to for addressing specific issues and questions.
• Networking with other adolescent groups/clubs/organizations to ensure their participation in UNFPA’s programmes.
• Providing necessary support to ensure effective field missions, hospitality events and small scale training programmes.
• Supporting the quarterly fund disbursement processes of the Implementing Partners using FACE form.
• Assisting the A&Y unit on all programming and procurement related issues.
• Preparing bill payments and create requisitions (as applicable) for the A&Y unit.
• Working with different partner organizations including the media, as and when required.
• Maintaining documents for filing purposes of the A&Y unit – with a special emphasis on project interventions.
• Work in coordination with other UNFPA staff (field officers), as appropriate, at the field to implement UNFPA mandated activities
• Writing reports, blog entries and articles related to adolescent and youth related projects.
• Working closely with programme staff and the UNV secretariat on developing training modules on volunteerism, sustainable development goals, social entrepreneurship and gender issues for young people;
• Networking and building relationships with local and international youth organizations, community initiative groups, NGOs and participate in local initiatives that promote volunteerism;

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

University Degree (Bachelor) in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Communications or other relevant field.

Required experience:

36 Months

Experience remark:

• Proven ability to reach out effectively to large groups of people;
• Experience in working on issues of A&Y, especially life skills education, child marriage and adolescent friendly health services;
• Demonstrated ability to work in teams and in harmony with persons of different national background and cultures;

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Bengali(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise:

Gender equality and the advancement of women, Other communications related experience, Public information and reporting

Area of expertise details:

Adolescent and Youth Development, Life Skills Education, Gender, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

Application procedure * Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. This is a National UN Volunteer Specialist assignment, therefore only nationals of (Bangladesh) and legal residents in (Bangladesh) with the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply.