Youth Engagement Officer

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.

• As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: • 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 during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision NOC ADAP specialist at ICO, the National UN Volunteer Specialist will:

• Support the management, implementation, and coordination of all U-Report activities and campaigns; support the production of interactive content and polls, and coordinate poll content with UNICEF programs, Governmental, CSO, and UN agencies. Manage online and offline U-Report Iraq community activities.
• Coordinate the implementation of UNICEF’s Young People’s Advisory Group, including designing and implementing workplans; developing communication plans; liaising with programs and sections; supporting youth members in preparation for events/media; documenting learning and successes. • Ensure adherence to principles of child/youth participation and safeguarding in the development/implementation of all campaigns, communication products and platforms. • Prepare and contribute to reports, including progress reports and final reports, and liaise with the relevant teams, divisions, and partners for report content. • Coordinate day-to-day delivery of key results, reviewing work plans to ensure progress and delivery while addressing obstacles and bottlenecks. Ensure effectiveness and transparent use of budget and resources. • Contribute to building partners capacities in youth engagement, through coaching, training, and sharing of expertise. • Assist in mapping, identification, and engagement of key partners for youth from CSOs and private sector and engage them in the implementation of the youth program activities. • Participate in organizing program activities (gatherings, workshops, trainings, etc.) and support implementing partners when needed in youth-related activities. • Support and drive the national scale up of U-Report and Learning Passport with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports and KRI Ministry of Culture and Youth. • Attend meetings with U-Report and Learning Passport Global Team and Regional T4D Business Analyst as necessary. • Support the implementation of the U-Report and Learning Passport Iraq scale plan including facilitating capacity trainings and orientation sessions to achieve concrete results and initiatives. • Support effective implementation and monitoring of the National Volunteering Programme and volunteering Platform, with special focus on adolescent and youth engagement, programme implementation, monitoring, documentation and research. • Support UNICEF with the Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) ensuring their meaningful participation across UNICEF programmes and sections. • Frequent field and monitoring and programme visit to project sites and meeting with partners. • Undertake other key responsibilities as required.

• Professionalism • Integrity • Teamwork and respect for diversity • Commitment to continuous learning • Communication • Flexibility

in social development planning and management in adolescent development-related areas is required. • Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset. • Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset. • Sound understanding of gender equality and gender issues in international development and in the Iraq context. • Experience implementing field programming and monitoring in low- and middle-income settings. • 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; • Experience developing case studies, documenting lessons learned, etc. desired; • 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; • 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; • Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers receive a living allowance to sustain a basic, adequate, safe lifestyle. This allowance varies from one location to another depending on local living costs, but all national UN Volunteers in the same location receive the same allowance. Below is a summary of the Conditions of Service. Allowances The purpose of allowances for national UN Volunteers is to enable the national UN Volunteers to sustain a modest and secure standard of living at the duty station. The allowances are in no way to be understood as compensation, reward or salary in exchange for the volunteer work. Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA): All national UN Volunteers are entitled to a monthly volunteer living allowance of USD 1,952.49 The purpose of this allowance is to cover the basic living costs of the national UN Volunteer, and her or his family when applicable. The allowance is to ensure that the volunteer can sustain a basic, adequate and safe lifestyle. The monthly allowance rate is a fixed rate for the duty station as established by UNV headquarters. Resettlement allowance: Eligible national UN Volunteers are entitled to receive a resettlement allowance upon satisfactory completion of the assignment. The allowance assists the volunteer to reintegrate into society both professionally and personally upon completion of their UN Volunteer service.