Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Climate Resilience Assistant

Medical & Health Environment

Overview

Support regional activities for Youth SRH climate resilience.

You have:

• Demonstrated interest in international health and development, especially in the Asia and Pacific region.
• Knowledge of UNFPA mandate and priority areas, the intersection of youth, health, gender equality, and climate justice is a plus.
• Interest in youth-led solutions for climate resilient education, health and youth empowerment programmes.
• Interest in building youth-led efforts and the co-creation process of new models for youth SRH programmes that are climate-resilient.
• Skills in strong writing and clear communication; graphic design, presentations, and social media experience an asset.
• Project management, research, advocacy, or stakeholder mapping and engagement skills are assets.
• Critical thinking and strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze and interpret adolescent and youth-related data and trends, data visualization skills are a plus.
• Team-oriented with good emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan, organize and multi-task across activities.
• Strong computer skills and high level of comfort using Microsoft Office programmes and Google suite.

The Asia Pacific region is home to nearly one billion young people aged 10-24 years, representing 23.7% of people in this region and accounting for 60% of the world’s adolescents and young adults. The region is also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with significant implications for the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents and youth. Climate change-related events such as heat waves, floods, and droughts disrupt access to the essential health, education and community programmes that all adolescents and youth, especially girls and young women to early, unintended pregnancy and poor maternal health outcomes. Moreover, displacement caused by climate disasters increases their risk of sexual violence and exploitation, while economic hardship can lead to child marriage and transactional sex, all of which have negative consequences for adolescent girls and young women.

This generation of adolescents and youth face the difficult reality of growing up amidst the climate crisis. This includes issues of resource scarcity, stressors on their families and communities, disruptions to their education and other adolescent-focused programmes and services, and elevated insecurity and risks to their individual well-being. Unless existing adolescent and youth-focused programmes are adapted for the climate crisis, or young people are left out of these efforts, the potential for negative intergenerational impacts and inequalities for young people are significant.

Given this context, the International UNV will support regional activities to promote and strengthen UNFPA’s adolescent and youth programming knowledge, models, and partnerships for Youth SRH climate resilience. These activities will focus on youth leadership, promising practices and innovative approaches that transform adolescent sexual and reproductive health services, comprehensive sexuality education, life skills and development, and youth activism for the new climate realities. It will also involve stakeholder mapping in the youth and climate resilience sectors to strengthen the quality and relevance of regional and country office’s activities and advocacy to reach the most vulnerable adolescent girls and young women.

Under the direct supervision of the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Under the direct supervision of the Technical Advisor on Adolescents and Youth, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Support knowledge management activities to understand the evidence and age-differentiated impact of climate change on adolescent girls and young women and their sexual and reproductive health.

Support the development of key knowledge products and messages on youth SRH and climate change that can be used for regional and country offices’ advocacy efforts.

Contribute to analytical review of relevant national and regional youth development frameworks to identify entry points for adolescent and youth programming and advocacy for climate resilience.

Support the mapping of different entities and networks involved in the youth, health, and climate resilience sectors with respect to advocacy and promising projects underway in the Asia Pacific region.

Participates in and contributes to regional webinars and learning exchanges with country offices on youth programming, and linkages to climate change.

Contribute toward building strategic activities on youth-led engagement in climate action and SRHR

Contribute to resource mobilization through development of concepts and proposals on climate change and adolescent SRH linkages.

Develop areas/topics for climate-related SRH research and policy that leverages community engagement and includes diverse key stakeholders.

​​☒​Accountability

​​☒​Adaptability and Flexibility

​​☐​Building Trust

​​☐​Client Orientation

​​☒​Commitment and Motivation

​​☒​Commitment to Continuous Learning

​​☒​Communication

​​☐​Creativity

​​☐​Empowering Others

​​☒​Ethics and Values

​​☒​Integrity

​​☒​Judgement and Decision-making

​​☒​Knowledge Sharing

​​☐​Leadership

​​☐​Managing Performance

​​☒​Planning and Organizing

​​☒​Professionalism

​​☒​Respect for Diversity

​​☒​Self-Management

​​☒​Technological Awareness

​​☐​Vision

​​☒​Working in Teams

Demonstrated interest in:

International health and development, especially in the Asia and Pacific region

Knowledge of UNFPA mandate and priority areas, the intersection of youth, health, gender equality, and climate justice is a plus

Interest in youth-led solutions for climate resilient education, health and youth empowerment programmes

Interest in building youth-led efforts and the co-creation process of new models for youth SRH programmes that are climate-resilient

Skills in:

Strong writing and clear communication skills; graphic design, presentations, and social media experience an asset;

Project management, research, advocacy, or stakeholder mapping and engagement skills are assets  

Critical thinking and strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze and interpret adolescent and youth-related data and trends, data visualization skills are a plus

Team-oriented with good emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills;

Ability to plan, organize and multi-task across activities

Strong computer skills and high level of comfort using Microsoft Office programmes and Google suite.

The duty station will be Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok is a highly developed modern city with excellent accommodation that includes single house, apartments etc. The cost of living in Bangkok is relatively low compared to Europe and other capitals in Asia. Health facilities and services are among the best in Asia. Bangkok is a major regional hub with many daily flights connecting Bangkok with other cities. There are numerous high quality international schools available in Bangkok with English as the language of instruction. Bangkok has extensive public transportation options including the BTS skytrain and MRT underground, metered taxis, mobile based ride hailing services (Grab, All Thai Taxi, etc.), taxis, buses, and boats.

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