Organization Mission

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

But one thing has stayed the same: it remains the one place on Earth where all the world’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems, and find shared solutions that benefit all of humanity.

Context

Peace is not something done to or for young people. It must be built with them. At a time when the world faces the highest number of conflicts since the Second World War, nearly two billion people live in fragile contexts marked by insecurity. While trust erodes and inequalities deepen, young people continue to lead the call for peace as a daily demand. With half the world’s population under 30, youth are peacebuilders, mediators, educators, artists, volunteers and innovators. Yet they are too often excluded from the spaces where solutions are shaped.

Peace is not just the absence of war. It means different things to different people: access to education, the ability to feed one’s family, safety, human rights, justice and dignity.

Hear Us. Act Now for a Peaceful World (https://www.un.org/en/peace-and-security/hear-us) is a year-long global youth campaign, and a direct outcome of the Pact for the Future. Led by the UN Department of Global Communications in partnership with the UN Youth, Peace and Security Secretariat, the campaign advocates for inclusion, investment and partnership with young people to build peace.

At the centre of the campaign are Peace Circles (https://www.un.org/en/peace-and-security/hear-us/peace-circles): inclusive, intergenerational dialogues where youth and elders come together to imagine and co-create solutions for peace using “How might we…” prompts. Insights gathered at the circles together with short surveys will feed directly into the UN Secretary-General’s 2026 Independent Study on youth’s positive contributions to peace and into the campaign’s global outputs.

This assignment expands participation worldwide, ensuring that youth-led and intergenerational perspectives from all geographic regions, including global majority countries, are documented, amplified and heard.

Key Responsibilities

We are seeking online volunteers as Peace Mobilizers, aged 18 and above, from all regions of the world to support the United Nations campaign Hear Us. Act Now for a Peaceful World (https://www.un.org/en/peace-and-security/hear-us).

Over a 12-week period from 15 December 2025-15 March 2026, Online Volunteers will help host Peace Circles online: inclusive, intergenerational dialogues designed to surface youth-led solutions for peace.

Under the guidance of the UN Department of Global Communications (DGC), each Online Volunteer will:

• Participate in a UN onboarding session and periodic check-ins.
• Organize, host, and/or mobilize focal points to conduct three (3) Peace Circles online in their community, country or region, provided it is safe to do so.
• Ensure that all participants of the peace circles complete the short surveys that accompany each Peace Circle.
• Upload optional assets (short summary, photos, quotes or short video/audio clips), following the instructions in the Activist Toolkit.
• Ensure inclusivity in Peace Circles, with at least 50% youth 18-30 and representation of elders (30+) to enable intergenerational dialogue.

Peace Circles will take place online and can include community gatherings, school or university groups, podcasts, interactive online chats and more. They can range from small circles of 5 or more people to larger group sessions. Participants should ensure it is safe to conduct and participate in discussions on the topic before hosting the online peace circles.

Full Activist Toolkit and Peace Circle Host Guide:
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/hearusactno-activisttoolkit-hostguidetopeacecircles-final-sept2025edition.pdf

Benefits to the Online Volunteer

– Direct contribution to a global UN campaign informing the UN Secretary-General’s 2026 Independent Study. (https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/StrategyandPartnerships/YPS)
– Gain experience in inclusive online dialogue facilitation and youth engagement.
– Connection to a global network of changemakers.
– UNV Certificate of Completion.
– Hands-on experience in online community mobilization, SDG 16, and global peace advocacy.

Expected Deliverables

Each Online Volunteer is expected to deliver:

• Required: Participation in onboarding and adherence to the hosting principles provided in the Activist Toolkit.
• Required: A minimum of three (3) Peace Circles hosted or coordinated online over 12 weeks from 15 December 2025-15 March 2026.
• Required: Surveys completed by all participants for every Peace Circle.
• Optional: Documentation package for each Peace Circle (summary, photos, optional video/audio/quotes), uploaded via the campaign folder link.

Required Skills and Experience

Experience and Skills:
• Experience in community engagement (online or offline).
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate and engage diverse groups.
• Familiarity with hosting dialogues or reaching out to local networks.
• Familiarity with community spaces, schools, civil society organizations, and/or youth networks.
• Experience with online platforms for hosting discussions.

Languages

Working knowledge of English. Additional languages highly desirable (Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Kiswahili, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, etc.).