وظائف شاغرة لدى متطوعو الأمم المتحدة (UNV): مطلوب مساعدين/ت بحوث (UNV Research Assistant)

UN Entity: ESCWA

Assignment Context:

The position is in ESCWA’s Cluster 2 on Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development. Specifically, the UNV will provide technical and non-technical support to the Urban development portfolio lead.

Task Description:

Under the supervision of the Social Affairs Officer, the UN Volunteer is responsible to perform the following functions:

– Support the implementation of the urban development portfolio projects including the projects on “Fostering COVID-19 recovery and SDG implementation through local action in Asia-Pacific, Arab and African countries”, the “Quality of Life Initiative” among others

– Compile information on local development including from a wide variety of information sources, prepares inputs on the subjects as required

– Keep abreast of urban development advances and Voluntary Local Reviews in the region and identify related knowledge gaps and prepare summaries accordingly

– Support the process of designing the executive training of the first Mayors’ Academy in the Arab region aimed at strengthening the capacities of local authorities

– Support the development process of the Quality-of-Life Index in urban settings – Assist in drafting the knowledge products of the urban team and undertake related research needed

– Assist in the preparation of agenda, info notes, presentations, background substantive material related to urban development meetings

– Draft routine correspondences to relevant stakeholders as needed and keep the contacts database of urban experts updated;

– Provide support in preparing presentations and visualizing the outputs of the urban portfolio

– Translate from English to Arabic and vice versa, as needed

– Undertake other tasks as needed.

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. This position is based in Beirut, Lebanon. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan. National UN Volunteers are expected to be culturally sensitive and adjust to the prevailing culture and traditions. Conditions of Service for national UN Volunteers The contract lasts for the period indicated above with possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment. The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life, health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents – except for UN Community Volunteers), as well as final repatriation (if applicable). You can check full entitlements at https://app.unv.org/calculator . Furthermore, in non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, a Well-Being Differential (WBD) will be provided monthly.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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