JOB SUMMARY:
Millions of people worldwide support UNICEF and its mission by raising money, campaigning, and volunteering to help children in various ways. This global support presents an opportunity to elevate engagement with a committed group of volunteer supporters, significantly extending UNICEF’s reach and transforming the organization.
Volunteers can uniquely enhance UNICEF’s efforts by:
Since 2020, the Brazil Country Office has an online volunteer program, #tmjUNICEF, designed to share information, co-create advocacy campaigns, and promote behavior change around children’s rights, mental health, and climate change and combating fake news. The #tmjUNICEF initiative provides tools for young people to create content for social media, such as videos, podcasts, blog posts, and newsletters. Entering its fifth year, the program has recruited more than 20,000 volunteers, 5,000 only in 2024. These individuals help spread UNICEF’s messages on both their own social networks and UNICEF’s platforms. In 2021, a core group of 20 volunteers was selected to regularly produce content for UNICEF’s social media platforms, aligning with UNICEF’s communication strategy.
In 2022, the Brazil Country Office expanded its focus to combat climate change and environmental degradation, both online with #tmjUNICEF and offline through a partnership with OMO under the Dirt is Good (DIG) initiative. To engage in offline and local actions, existing volunteers from the government-run adolescent citizenship groups (NUCAs) in each municipality, established by the UNICEF Municipal Seal Initiative, were asked to start local Climate Action Clubs. These targeted municipalities include indigenous and traditional populations living in the Amazon and Semiarid regions, some of the most socially vulnerable and most affected by climate change in Brazil. Young volunteers come together in person at the Climate Action Clubs to discuss, take action, and mobilize others, especially young people, in their communities on locally relevant issues around pre-determined monthly themes. The new challenge of #tmjUNICEF is to promote local action.
Under the direct supervision of the Digital Communication Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
Key Tasks:
1. Support Volunteer Engagement:
– Assist volunteers in producing and disseminating related communication materials.
– Facilitate collaboration between volunteers and the Communication section.
– Facilitate collaboration between volunteers and relevant program areas.
– Engagement and coordination with the youth and adolescents of the program.
– Coordination of events, development of ideas, text review, blogs, podcasts, scripts, and videos.
– Monitoring the relationship with volunteers through Discord and WhatsApp groups.
– Coordination of #EntreNoClimaUNICEF action days and its related contents.
– Focus on climate change and other related areas as part of the Dirt Is Good partnerships.
– Assist UNICEF Communications with cards and videos as needed.
– Assist UNICEF Communications at internal and external events as needed.
Key End-Results:
By undertaking these tasks, the UN Volunteer will play a crucial role in enhancing the engagement and effectiveness of UNICEF’s volunteer program, particularly in the context of climate change initiatives and the Dirt Is Good partnership.
Core Values: Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Integrity
Core Competencies: Communication; Working with People; Drive for Results
Functional Competencies: Formulating Strategies and Concepts; Relating and Networking; Persuading and Influencing; Applying Technical Expertise; Learning and Researching; Planning and Organizing
Digital Communications, Content Production, and Audiovisual Production (Practical Professional Experience)
Common Technical Knowledge Required:
– Media Formats: Understanding of various media formats including print, audio, video, and web.
– Community Engagement: Practical knowledge of community engagement practices, methodologies, and tools to mobilize and retain young audiences.
– Technical Proficiency: Competence in computer systems, graphic design, video editing, social network analytics, office applications, interactive digital media and project management tools such as ClickUp.
– Strategic Communication: Knowledge and expertise in communication strategy and networking.
Additional Skills and Assets:
– Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills;
– Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing;
– Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development;
– Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;
– Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous candidates are encouraged to apply
Brasilia is a family duty station and classified A (hardship). The living conditions in Brasilia are good as well as the access to health services. The accommodation facilities are in general good, and the choice is wide. As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging their own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan.
Brazil is security level 3 (moderate). United Nations Department of Safety and Security UNDSS Brazil advises to exercise a high degree of caution in Brazil due to high levels of serious and violent crime, particularly in major cities. Violent crime as muggings, armed robbery, kidnappings, and sexual assault, is very high. Avoid shanty towns (favelas) in the big cities and if you are attacked or robbed, do not resist. Demonstrations can occur at any time and may turn violent with little or no warning. All United Nations personnel must scrupulously comply with UNDSS procedures and recommendations during their assignment in Brazil. For missions in rural areas or indigenous reservations, special procedures may apply; UN personnel should consult with the local DSS office in advance.
Information on full entitlements is available at the duty station at https://app.unv.org/calculator.
The complete UN Volunteer Conditions of Service is available at https://explore.unv.org/cos.
ABSTRACT:
United Nations Children’s Fund Volunteer Engagement Assistant Brazil UNICEF Jobs 2024
United Nations Children’s Fund looking for “Volunteer Engagement Assistant”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 30-Jul-24.
The United Nations Children’s Fund has published a job vacancy announcement on 16-Jul-24 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Volunteer Engagement Assistant to be based in Brasilia, Brazil. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: United Nations Children’s Fund
Job Title: Volunteer Engagement Assistant
Duty Station: Brasilia, Brazil
Country: Brazil
Application Deadline: 30-Jul-24