Youth Engagement Officer

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.

Eligibility criteria

Candidate age: between 18 and 29 throughout the entire duration of their assignment. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the U-Report Manager and Youth & Adolescent Development Specialist, or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Youth Engagement Officer will:

• Support the management and implementation of the youth digital engagement strategy with a specific focus on using U-Report Iraq as a virtual platform for young people to express themselves.
• Manage online and offline U-Report Iraq community activities.
• Support the management and coordination of U-Report Iraq campaigns, support the production of interactive content and polls, and coordinate poll content with UNICEF programmes, the U-Report global community and partners.
• Support the coordination and management of U-Report activities, which will include orientation sessions with potential stakeholders and with partners including government counterparts, CSO partners and other UN agencies.
• Support the coordination and facilitation of the core programme partnerships with U-Report partners, both CSO (e.g. VOP, BROB), government (e.g. MoYS, Directorate of Youth, KRG) and private (e.g. Korek Telecom, Zain Iraq and Asiacell).
• Support the management and coordination of partnership activities, developing content, and facilitating partnership activity implementation both virtually and in person.
• Attend meetings with U-Report Global Team and Regional T4D Business Analyst as necessary.
• Support the coordination and facilitation of U-Report activities under the Prospects portfolio between UNICEF & other Prospects portfolio stakeholders and partners.
• Support the implementation of the U-Report Iraq scale plan including facilitating capacity trainings and orientation sessions with partners for U-Reporter engagement and sign up.
• Support the coordination and meetings with the U-Report Working Group, U-Report Steering Committee for the facilitation and implementation of U-Report and programme activities.
• Support the documentation of lessons learnt and good practices on U-Report Iraq.
• Contribute to the implementation of the strategic planning functions to support NYVP, including work plan development and monitoring.
• Create, coordinate and maintain an active network youth volunteer and partners’ database, organizing regular calls and sharing of information.
• Liaise with NYVP stakeholders to identify and mobilize youth volunteers and engagement opportunities with a focus on expanding the reach of digital solutions to the more marginalized and harder to reach young people.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area, e.g. Social Sciences, Community Development, International Relations or areas related to Communications and Project Management;
  • At least 1-2 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in community based organisations, or other relevant programmes; experience with RapidPro or other open source platforms is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization;

Required experience:

24 Months

Experience remark:

• Capacity to liaise and work collaboratively with CSO partners and government counterparts, service providers, telecoms, community and young people;
• Experience in conducting capacity building and orientation sessions with groups of people;
• Strong communication skills in English and Arabic; ability to also write and understand Kurdish is an asset;
• Analytical, negotiating, communication and advocacy skills, excellent writing skills.
• Good knowledge of adolescent and youth engagement, human rights and gender.
• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills;

• Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing;

• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development;

• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel;
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;
• Sound security awareness;
• Have affinity with or interest in working with young people, volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Arabic(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Kurdish(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise:

Resource mobilization, partnership and donor coordination, Community participation and development

Area of expertise details:

• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment;
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

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 assignment, therefore only nationals of Iraq and legal residents in Iraq with the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: 17-02-2021