Youth Empowerment in Climate Actions Coordinator

Contract

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Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP)

In the recent past, we are witnessing increased interest, engagement, and activism by young people towards the climate agenda. Through climate strikes etc. young people call for governments and other relevant stakeholders to take collective actions on climate change. With this context in mind, it is important to engage the voices of young people and identify actionable initiatives to lay the foundation for ambitious climate actions. Meanwhile, governments are also increasing their climate ambitions leading up to the COP26 and youth inclusion in this agenda has increased from 40% in 2015 to 75% in 2020. To foster this interaction and empower action, UNDP Asia-Pacific in collaboration with UNICEF East Asia and Pacific, UNICEF South Asia, UNFCCC Regional Collaboration – Bangkok, British Council, YOUNGO, Movers Program and 2030 Youth Force are co-convening a regional platform.

This platform is established in order to achieve following objectives;

1. Awareness for Action - Raising awareness of young people for climate actions (at individual, organizational and policy level)
2. From a Promise to Action – Support governments to engage young people in meaningful ways to implement NDCs (designing programs, implementation, monitoring and reporting)
3. Knowledge for Action – Enable thought leadership to reach wider and right audiences (curation, dissemination, impact measurement)
4. Resources towards Action – Support young people and youth organizations with re-sources in order to scale up their climate actions (financing, mentoring, showcasing)

Under the direct supervision of Program Specialist - Civil Society and Youth the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support the coordination of Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP) annual action plan, including reviewing intermediary outputs and providing regular feedback to platform co-conveners. • Support the formulation of partnerships strategy and mobilize resources in order to de-liver on YECAP’s objectives. • Support UNDP country offices under the Regional Youth Program and Climate Promise in the development, delivery and review of youth empowerment in climate actions initiatives at the national level to support program objectives. • Support review and approval processes for YECAP knowledge products. • Support the development of communications materials and other outputs to disseminate the outcomes of YECAP to reach key target audiences at regional and national levels. • Support YECAP impact measurement and management, including impact measurement and management of YECAP national programs, support to youth organizations on impact measurement and management and overall program monitoring and reporting activities. • Support the event coordination of Regional Dialogue on Youth Empowerment in Climate Actions 2022 (January 2022) • Enhance opportunities for UNV participation in the respective initiatives as well as promote UNV offers on youth empowerment in coordination with the UNV Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for in-stance in events that mark International Volunteer Day) • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Program for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

    Results/Expected Outputs:

• Over 80% achievement of YECAP action plan for 2021 with the support of convening partners. • Finalize partnerships strategy for YECAP platform and support to mobilize resources to achieve the key results of the platform during 2021-2022 • Finalize the impact measurement framework of YECAP platform and produce the YECAP annual report in January 2022 • Deliver support to communications and showcasing of YECAP platform. • Deliver support to host Regional Dialogue on Youth Empowerment in Climate Actions 2022. • Deliver support to UNDP country offices against YECAP workplans. • Ensure UNV is a partner to the respective initiatives with the enhanced opportunities for youth to serve for climate action as UN Volunteers • The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counter- parts, including Implementing Partners (IPs); • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development dur-ing the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

☒ Accountability ☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Client Orientation ☒ Communication ☒ Creativity ☒ Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒ Knowledge Sharing ☒ Planning and Organizing ☒ Professionalism ☒ Respect for Diversity ☒ Technological Awareness ☒ Working in Teams

youth empowerment and strategies to promote the role of young people as agents of change and advance social, political and economic inclusion of youth. - Experience related to strengthening community led climate actions, programming on cli-mate adaptation and mitigation, youth engagement in environmental causes; - Knowledge of the Asia and the Pacific region; - Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded; - Computer skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, social media, and others) and Working knowledge on adobe creative suites.

Thailand is located in Southeast Asia. The climate is tropical, with the monsoon season running from May/June through October/November. Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, and it is also the most populated city in the country. It is located in the Chao Phraya River delta in the central part of the country. Bangkok has an estimated population of 8.75 million as of 2017 (13% of Thailand’s total population), based on data from the 2010 census. Over the past decades, Bangkok has grown rapidly with little urban planning or regulation. This has led to traffic congestion and air pollution, and there is frequent flooding of streets during the rainy season in the City’s low-lying areas.

The cost of living in Thailand is relatively low, as compared to many other capitals in Southeast Asia. Housing is widely available in various sizes and at various price points. Private healthcare in Thailand is of excellent standard, and there are numerous top hospitals in Bangkok, which fall far below countries like the US in terms of price. There are numerous high-quality international schools available in Bangkok, with English as the language of instruction. Bangkok has different public transportation options, including the BTS Skytrain and MRT Underground, metered taxis, mobile-based ride-hailing services (Grab, All Thai Taxi, etc.), tuk-tuks, motorbike taxis, buses and boats.