UNV Jobs - 72463- Internship in Volunteer Recruitment Resources Sect

Internship in Volunteer Recruitment Resources Section (VRRS)

Advertised on behalf of

UNV

Location :

Bonn, GERMANY

Type of Contract :

Internship

Starting Date :

05-Jun-2017

Application Deadline :

26-May-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

Intern

Duration of Initial Contract :

3 Months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

3 Months

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust, solidarity and reciprocity among citizens, and by purposefully creating opportunities for participation.

UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for recognition of volunteers, working with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing number and diversity of UN Volunteers throughout the world. UNV embraces volunteerism as universal and inclusive, and recognizes volunteerism in its diversity as well as the values that sustain it: free will, commitment, engagement and solidarity.

In 2013 UNV engaged over 6,300 UN Volunteers of which approximately 4,700 were international UN Volunteers. With an average age of 38 years and the requisite professional skills and qualifications of some 5 to 10 years relevant experience, UN Volunteers served in 129 countries in 2013 and came themselves from 152. More than 80% of UN Volunteers come from developing countries. The financial equivalent of the programme activities exceeds US$200 million annually. In addition, as the focal point in the United Nations for the International Year of the Volunteers (IYV) 2001 and IYV+10 in 2011, UNV is active in the follow-up to the IYVs, for which the key objectives are the recognition, facilitation, networking and promotion of volunteerism.

UNV is headquartered in Bonn, Germany and has approximately 150 staff– the majority in Bonn with some dozen positions in different UN peacekeeping missions, and other Headquarters locations (e.g. New York and Tokyo).

The Volunteer Recruitment Resources Section (VRRS) is responsible for the UNV's global talent pool and for outreach, identification, assessment and submission of candidates for international UN Volunteer assignments.

In cooperation with the UNV Human Resources Section (HRS), VRRS is currently building up a UNV Programme Officers Pool, which includes qualified, pre-assessed and evaluated candidates earmarked to become the next generation of UNV Programme Officers . UNV Programme Officers (are the senior country level representatives of the organization in ensuring and delivering key results of the UNV Strategic Framework. UNV has approximately 70 UNV Programme Officers in the field worldwide.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the Chief Volunteer Recruitment Resources section and the direct supervision of the VRRS Programme Officer team, the intern will support VRRS’ recruitment activities with a focus on the establishement of the UNV Programme Officer pool.

The intern is expected to:

Review all background material relevant for this Internship;
Support the VRRS UNV Programme Officer pool team in establishing the talent pool;
Provide support in contacting candidates for pre-screening telephone screening/video interviewing, administrating of technical assessments and scheduling interviews of short-listed candidates;
Provide support in obtaining reference checks for short-listed candidates;
Familiarize him/herself with the UNV’s mission and desired outcomes;
Become familiar with MyProfile (UNV’s volunteer registration tool), descriptions of assignment and the UNV global talent pool;
Prepare statistics;
Support in collecting information and creating content for social media to attract potential candidates for the next call of UNV Programme Officer pool;
Carry out any other duties as required.

The intern is also expected to strengthen his/her knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and other publications.

Learning opportunities for the intern

General understanding of the work and mission of the UNV programme, and of volunteerism’s contribution to peace and development effectiveness;
Insight into the recruitment processes of VRRS in recruiting and sourcing candidates;
Hands-on experience in UNV’s role in advocating and promoting volunteerism for peace and development; and
Become more familiar with working in a United Nations / international organization and in a multicultural environment.

Competencies

Teamwork: Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity;
A proactive attitude, with flexibility, spontaneity, initiative, an open and positive mind with a genuine desire to learn while doing and taking on new tasks;
Time management skills, an ability to prioritise and work independently and at times under pressure.

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

Currently enrolled or within 1 year post completion of either a Master’s or Bachelor's degree programme in Development, Social Science, Human Resources, Communications, Political Science, or related field.
Strong interest in development cooperation and in the work of the United Nations Volunteers programme.
Knowledge of the UN work environment an advantage.
Experience in volunteering a strong asset.
Excellent oral and written communications skills and demonstrated research abilities and interest
Internet proficiency as well as proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required, as is experience with the development of statistics, charts in Excel.
Proficiency in Photoshop, Visio or similar application is an asset.
Fluency in English is required; Fluency in French or Spanish an asset.