Type: Onsite

Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)
 

Duty stations: Kathmandu

Age: 27 – 80

Nationality: Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

Required experience:

• 3 years of experience in international professional work on climate, energy or environment sector, preferably with the UN, multilateral development organisations.
• Data and evidence generation, analysis and its interpretation and visualization for wider network.
• Prior knowledge on developing communication and advocacy strategies, knowledge products (case stories, blog, website content, news articles) on climate and environ-ment is considered as an asset.
• Familiarity with children’s rights in the context of climate change, environmental degra-dation and climate related disaster risk reduction is an asset.
• Self- motivated, well organized and structured; good attention for details; ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Have affinity with or interest in volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Area(s) of expertise: Development programmes, Communication, Energy and environment

Driving license: –

Languages: English Level Fluent Required

Required education level: Bachelor degree or equivalent in international development studies, climate change, environmental science, energy, or related engineering field is required.

Additional eligibility criteria:

This assignment is funded by the Government of Korea and therefore specific criteria apply:

• Candidates must be Korean nationals.
• Candidates who have already served as UN Volunteer Specialist funded by the Government of Korea are not eligible to apply (former UN University and UN Youth Volunteers are eligible).
• Serving UN Volunteers will not be considered for other UN Volunteer assignments until they reach three (3) months before the End of Contract date of their current UN Volunteer assignment. This provision applies equally to first and subsequent contracts.
• Candidates may apply to a maximum of three assignments and indicate the order of preference in the ‘Additional remarks’ field when filling in the application form.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The selection will be done by the UN Host Entity at the level of the country of assignment.

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