Onsite-online Volunteering Pillar - Bonn, Deutschland - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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Bonn, Deutschland

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Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

Onsite-Online Volunteering Pillar:

Advertised on behalf of:

Location:

Bonn, GERMANY
Application Deadline:
23Aug23

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(Midnight New York, USA)

Time left:

14d 7h 54m
Additional Category:
Management
Type of Contract:
Internship
Post Level:
Intern
Languages Required:
English
Starting Date:
01Sep2023
Duration of Initial Contract:
3 to 6 Months
Expected Duration of Assignment:
3 to 6 Months
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 and volunteers 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 the recognition of volunteers, working with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing number and diversity of volunteers, including experienced 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.

UNV engages over 12,400 UN Volunteers and 4,000 Online Volunteers annually.

With an average age of 35 years of UN Volunteers and the requisite professional skills and qualifications of some with 5 to 10 years of relevant experience.

The majority come from developing countries themselves. Half of the UN Volunteers served in their own countries, with the other half carrying out international assignments. The financial equivalent of programme activities exceeds US$ 235 million annually.

UNV is headquartered in Bonn, Germany and has approximately 120 staff positions - with a large presence in Bonn and some positions with different UN peacekeeping and political missions and in other Headquarters' locations (e.g., New York and Tokyo) and Regional Offices (Nairobi, Dakar, Bangkok, Panama, Istanbul, and Amman).

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the overall guidance of the Programme Associates within the Volunteer Solutions Section, the Intern will support the Onsite Solutions team of VSS as follows:

Management of document translations

Translate using AI tools and recruit online volunteers to complete edits
Upload updated translations to document repositories and systems for end users

Review and maintenance of Onsite content on the SharePoint knowledge base

Review and analyze the content of the UN Volunteer knowledge portal;
Design a structure to best present the information to end users;
Reorganize knowledge pages content in line with the new design;
Support the Programme Associates with document management, including uploading documents and ensuring links are active and up to date.

Create step-by-step guides to using UNV systems

Build knowledge of UNV systems, key workflows, policies and processes.
Develop stepbystep guides using UNV's tools on key system processes, including user interface interactions, policy guidance and related instructions
Investigate further integration of UNV guidance tools with UNV systems
Ensure guides are incorporated into knowledge portals, SOPs and systems, as applicable

Deliverables

Stepbystep instructions are removed from SOPs and replaced by standalone guides.
A report on suitability of UNV guidance tools for UNV systems
Observable improvement of knowledge portal usability and up to date content

Competencies:

Competencies

Strong interest in development cooperation and in the work of the United Nations Volunteers programme;
Excellent oral and written communications skills;
Analytical mindset and approach to problem solving
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required;
Proficiency with SharePoint or other knowledge management tools is an asset

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 and handson experience in UNV's broad range of operational and programmatic issues on volunteer management;
Become more familiar with working in an International Organization and in a multicultural environment.
Insight and handson experience in technical writing, policy, process and system analysis, and translation

Required Skills and Experience:

Education:

Currently enrolled or having recently graduated from a Master's / Professional degree / academic programme in Social Sciences, Information technology, Education, Business or a related field;
Have recently graduated with a university degree