Communication Assistant

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Mission and objectives

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 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.

Context

UNV has been active in Burundi since 1970. Based in the UNDP Country Office, the UNV field unit comprises a UNV Programme Analyst and a UNV Programme Assistant. The field unit is an integral part of the Portfolio Country Team based at UNV headquarters. The UNV Field Unit is responsible for the day-to-day management of UN Volunteers, managing UNV programs and initiatives, responding to local requests, and promoting new opportunities for UNV.
In addition to programmatic and administrative tasks, including those related to UNV assignments and contributions, the UNV Field Unit is also responsible for outreach and communication activities. Until now, the field unit has relied on the support of UN Volunteers in charge of communications within the Host Agencies. It is within this framework that the UNV Burundi Field Unit submits this description of assignment for a young UN Volunteer living with a disability, on the one hand, to fill this communication gap, and on the other hand to serve as an example to empower people living with disabilities and help ensure that no one is left behind. It’s noteworthy that UNICEF currently employs just one UN Volunteer living with limited mobility. In addition, other Host Entities are also working on diversity and inclusion, and this constitute an entry point for UNV living with disability within UN System.
We as host entity commit to the following statementWe as host entity commit to the following statement
The UN system is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and commits to taking appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access employment opportunities and benefit equally from employment related opportunities by providing reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation may differ depending on the disability and individual requirements. Reasonable accommodation means “necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms “(Article 2, UN CRPD).
For UN Volunteer assignments reserved for persons with disabilities and funded by UN Entities, reasonable accommodation provisions and funds will be provided by UN Host Entities in line with their policies, guidance, and funding for reasonable accommodation. Host Entity agrees to budget additional USD 5,000 per assignment.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Country Coordinator of the UNV program in Burundi, the UNV volunteer will perform the following tasks:
– Contribute to the visibility of the UNV Programme through the production and dissemination of communication documents and content;
– Contribute to computer graphics projects initiated by the office;
– Participate actively in the day-to-day activities of the UNV program;
– Support the production of content in the form of small posters, factsheets, images with messages to feed the country office accounts UNV Field Unit but also to disseminate to partners and / or beneficiaries.
– Contribute to the visibility of the UNV programme in Burundi, via the website and social networks of the UNV programme in Burundi;
– Participate in UNV programme outreach activities for talent acquisition;
– Participate in the production of visual and audiovisual documents on the activities and results of the United Nations in Burundi.
In addition to the above, Young UN Volunteers are encouraged to:
– Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading documentation made available by UNV, external publications and take an active part in UNV activities, for example getting involved in activities commemorating International Volunteer Day (IVD) on December 5;
– Become familiar with and develop all forms of traditional and/or local volunteering in the host country;
– Reflect the type and nature of voluntary actions they undertake, including their participation in substantive reflections;
– Contribute to the drafting of articles on field experiences to be submitted for UNV publications/website, newsletters, and press notes, etc;
– Contribute to the Welcome Program for newly arrived UN Volunteers in the country of assignment;
– Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteers or encourage individuals and organizations to use online volunteer services where technically possible.
Expected results:
– The visibility of the UNV programme in Burundi strengthened and supported by publications of edited documents and communication materials, and communication media and/or documents (posters, factsheets, etc.) produced and disseminated/shared;
– Contribution to the visibility of the UNV Field Unit via the website and social networks is ensured;
– Participation in the production of visual and audiovisual documents on UNV activities and results is ensured;
– Participation in UNV Programme outreach activities;
– The contribution of UNVs is documented through success stories;
– A report produced on achievements in the field of volunteering for peace and development during the assignment, such as the number of volunteers mobilized, participation in activities and contribution to capacity development.