Y-Peer Coordinator & Quality Assurance Support

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 order to scale up awareness raising and address social norms change vis-à-vis family planning, and promoting small family size concept in Egypt among youth and to support Youth mobilization, volunteer management, humanitarian activities and capacity building of UNFPA IPs. UNFPA Egypt is utilizing entertainment education and other awareness techniques in order to sensitize youth and to deliver population education in schools as well as out of school settings. UNFPA is conducting several youth activities( to foster messages related to family planning, small family size concept and harmful practices, where youth will be engaged in a participatory approach to develop a better understanding of these issues and youth responsibilities in relation to population growth in Egypt. In addition, UNFPA Egypt is working on a premarital project that requires support in the implementation and quality assurance. The Y- Peer coordinator will be supporting the overall implementation, quality assurance, deliver training workshops on SRH, GBV, FP, FGM and TBT and develop training materials for training courses on SRH, GBV, FP and FGM.

Under the direct supervision and overall guidance of the Youth programme specialist, the UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Facilitate UNFPA support and act as the liaison for all Y-PEER related activities; • Ensuring proper quality assurance and monitoring mechanisms are in place to follow up on the quality and outreach of Y-PEER interventions; • Maintain database of Y-PEER trainers in different thematic areas; • Facilitate organization of workshops and training sessions & support campaigns / events with Y-PEER engagement; follow up on the analysis of Y-PEER training outreach and commission/ analyses pre / post-tests; • Support CO with all ICPD related activities; • Consolidating and reviewing reports on implemented activities for CO reporting (including reach, knowledge gained and maintained databases of capacities built). • Administer Y-Peer Website and related follow up • Manage Y-Peer work plan through the umbrella NGO

Results/Expected Outputs

• Progress reports will be reviewed and provided regularly to responsible officers.
• Most of the required coordination work to be conducted from office/ travel to governorates if coordination requires;
• The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs);

• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment;

• Accountability

• Adaptability and Flexibility Building Trust
• Client Orientation
• Commitment and Motivation
• Commitment to Continuous Learning Creativity
• Ethics and Values
• Knowledge Sharing
• Planning and Organizing
• Professionalism Technological Awareness
• Working in Teams

public health, health promotion, education with special focus to ASRH; Extensive experience in designing and implementing Y-PEER programs; and • Sound understanding and knowledge of Y-PEER training methodology; • Experience in facilitating interactive training sessions with the focus at the use of drama and theatre for social change; Experience in monitoring youth based activities; • Monitoring and evaluation • Social work • Logistics and supply management • Strong writing skills in Arabic and English. • Strong computer skills and good knowledge of relevant software applications

Cairo, Egypt is a family duty station with a wide range of services (health, education and leisure) and good living conditions. It has long been a center of the region’s political and cultural life, with high levels of tourism. Like other similar cities, Cairo offers good quality of life in terms of access to shopping centers, banks, medical services, educational facilities, cultural events, etc. The Arab Republic of Egypt has a unique geographical position in Northeast Africa, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, on the Mediterranean and Red Sea, and its connection to Sub Saharan Africa through the Nile Valley.

UN Youth Volunteer gets the following package: • Volunteer Living Allowance (around EGP 12,911/Month) • Entry Lump-Sum = USD 400 (one-time payment paid in EGP) • Exit Lump-Sum upon completion of contract. • Medical and life Insurance premium/Cigna (100%) and dependents policy. • Access to UNV E-Campus for training and learning including access to LinkedIn learning.

Further entitlements and information available at: https://www.unv.org/volunteer-your-country-conditions-service