Advertisement End date: 02/02/2024
Description of assignment title: Support Knowledge Management and Sharing
Assignment country: Nepal
Expected start date: Invalid Date
Sustainable Development Goal: 4. Quality education
For how many hours per week will the volunteer be required?
6 - 10
Host entity: UNICEF
Type: Online
Duration: 12 weeks
Number of assignments: 1
Details
Mission and objectives
UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. In all of its work, UNICEF takes a life-cycle based approach, recognizing the particular importance of early childhood development and adolescence. UNICEF programmes focus on the most disadvantaged children, including those living in fragile contexts, those with disabilities, those who are affected by rapid urbanization and those affected by environmental degradation. UNICEF was created with a distinct purpose in mind: to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path.
We advocate for measures to give children the best start in life, because proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a person’s future. We promote girls’ education – ensuring that they complete primary education as a minimum – because it benefits all children, both girls and boys. Girls who are educated grow up to become better thinkers, better citizens, and better parents to their own children. We act so that all children are immunized against common childhood diseases, and are well nourished: no child should suffer or die from a preventable illness. We work to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among young people because it is right to keep them from harm and enable them to protect others. We help children and families affected by HIV/AIDS to live their lives with dignity. We are UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Context
The UNICEF Regional Office of South Asia (ROSA) is committed to accelerating learning, reduce learning poverty, and increase skills development and earning opportunities for all children in South Asia. To do this, UNICEF ROSA is prioritizing the agenda for learning recovery, foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN), early childhood education, out-of-school children with a focus on girls, and digital transformation and innovation. To that end, UNICEF ROSA is seeking to collaborate with Online Volunteers to support us in the development communication materials on the abovementioned agenda.
Task type
Writing and Editing
Task description
Specifically, the Online Volunteers will support the ROSA Education Team in the development of the following activities: • Newsletters highlighting UNICEF ROSA's key initiatives, success stories and important updates. • Writing/editing stories, reports and other communication materials on successful education interventions in the region. • Developing PowerPoint presentations and related materials.
Requirements
Required experience
Bachelor’s or master’s degree (currently enrolled or graduate), preferably in a field related to communications and journalism, education, international development, media studies, social sciences or another relevant technical field. Excellent writing/editing skills in English. Experience in creating newsletters, PowerPoint presentations and other communication materials. Experience writing/editing texts/reports in English.
Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Other information
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Reasonable accommodation
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.
JOB ONLINE LINK:
