Volunteerism Mainstreaming Officer  

Organizational context

This National UN Volunteer assignment is with UN Resident Coordinator's Office Indonesia and UNV Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Initially till 31 Dec 2021, with the possibility of extension.

This National UN Volunteer assignment is jointly hosted by the UN Resident Coordinator's Office and UNV Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, to leverage contributions of volunteerism and UN Volunteers' support in the UN programmes/projects as well as other related activities in Indonesia.

UN Resident Coordinator's Office

The Resident Coordinator’s (RC) Office provides the necessary support, analysis, and information to allow the RC to co-chair key coordination fora by identifying priorities and setting agendas. The RC can take the lead on common issues that require the UN Country Team to speak with one voice and present a common position and/or view. On this basis, the Resident Coordinator’s Office is also positioned to strengthen collaboration within and between development partners and promote more comprehensive and multi-faceted programming and the use of technical expertise. Partnerships are critical to leveraging all the interests, knowledge, and resources necessary to achieve collective results.

The Resident Coordinator’s Office with its current structure is well-positioned to provide strategic and operational coordination support for development partners to achieve efficiency and optimal use of limited resources against priorities.

UN Volunteers (UNV) programme

The United Nations Volunteers programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. We work with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated, and well-supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism.

UNV headquarters are based in Bonn, Germany, with 6 Regional Offices around the world. UNV deployed over 9,400 UN Volunteers in about 150 countries in 2020.

For more information about UNV, please refer to UNV global website (https://www.unv.org/); UNV Strategic Framework 2018-2021; (https://www.unv.org/about-unv/unv-strategic-framework-2018-2021); as well as UNV Annual Report 2020 (https://www.unv.org/Annual-report/Annual-Report-2020).

Task description

The National UN Volunteer Volunteerism Mainstreaming Officer will be based in Jakarta. S/he will be working under the overall guidance of the UN Resident Coordinator and UNV Regional Manager and the matrix supervision of the Head of the UN Resident Coordinator's Office and the Regional Portfolio Specialist of the UNV Regional Office. S/he will also work in close collaboration with other UN agencies operating in Indonesia, UN inter-agency thematic groups as well as government and non-government partners, by carrying out the below-outlined roles and responsibilities :

• Assist mainstreaming of volunteerism in key intervention areas of UN in Indonesia, such as COVID-19 response and recovery; youth; prevention of violent extremism, peacebuilding; environment & climate change, etc.
• Identify opportunities for UN Volunteer mobilization and innovative volunteering initiative integration in UN programmes/projects, including online volunteering, in the context of the One UN approach and joint programming.
• Identify and assist in forging partnership opportunities with ministries, universities, and the private sector on UNV fully funding program.
• Plan and lead International Volunteer Day 2021 celebration with UN partners, government partners, and volunteer-involving organizations.
• Assist the 4th State of the World Volunteerism Report launch and public engagement in Indonesia.
• Identify and carry out UN Volunteer team building and capacity development activities in Indonesia.
• Promote contributions of UN Volunteers and local volunteers in Indonesia for creating synergy in peacebuilding, development cooperation, and humanitarian response through identification and dissemination of volunteer and partnership stories.
• Any other relevant tasks may be assigned by the UN Resident Coordinator's Office and UNV Regional Office for the Asia Pacific.

Results/Expected Outputs

As an active team member of the UN Resident Coordinator's Office and UNV Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly, and high-quality support rendered to the offices and beneficiaries, by accomplishing the roles and responsibilities outlined under the Task Description of this Description of Assignment in partnership with the key stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

This is a national UN Volunteer assignment, therefore only nationals of Indonesia and legal residents with a residency permit, are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: 6-Aug-2021

Education

• Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Majored in Social Science, Political Science, International Relations, Development Studies, and/or related fields

Experience

• At least 3 years of professional work experience at the national or international levels in the field of volunteerism, civic engagement, partnership, advocacy, development cooperation, and/or related fields.
• Experience in working with the UN, Government, NGOs, Volunteer Involving Organizations, or other international development organizations is a strong asset.

Area of Expertise Requirement

• Volunteer programmes and volunteer management
• Resource mobilization, partnership, and donor coordination
• Development programme/project experience

National UN Volunteer Conditions of Service

The position will be based in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, where basic living needs, including accommodation, banking facilities, medical facilities, and telecommunications/internet services are readily available. All staple foods can be found in the markets, e.g.: rice, meat, vegetables, fruit, cooking oil, salt, etc.

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials in the duty station. National UN Volunteers are part of the insurance plan (medical, life, permanent disability), including recognized the primary family unit (dependents) if applicable.

• National UN Volunteer Specialist receives approximately IDR 8,237,403.08 as a Monthly Living Allowance.
• Provided with assignment travel cost and settling in grant (if relocated to duty station from another location which is beyond the commuting distance).
• Enrolled in health, life, disability insurance.
• Applicable dependents (primary family unit, up to 3) are eligible for health insurance.
• Entitled to annual leave, 2.5 days per month.
• Provided with resettlement allowance to support transition at the end of the assignment.

For more information about UNV Conditions of Service and Entitlements, please refer to the following:

• https://www.unv.org/become-volunteer/volunteer-your-country
• https://vmam.unv.org/calculator/entitlements