Programme Specialist, Volunteer Offer

UNDP Careers; Bonn; Vor Ort; EUR 55.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading organization seeks a Programme Specialist to enhance volunteer offers, ensuring strategic alignment and responsiveness to emerging needs. The role involves managing onsite and online volunteering, guiding regional offices, and facilitating knowledge sharing. Ideal candidates will have significant experience and advanced degrees in relevant fields.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 5 years experience with master's or 7 years with bachelor's.
• Experience with volunteer offers and web-based management systems is advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Lead development and refinement of the UNV volunteer offer.
• Analyze volunteer supply and demand, and address gaps.
• Guide regional offices on volunteer offers, ensuring compliance.

Kenntnisse

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Client Management

Ausbildung

Advanced university degree

First-level degree with additional experience

Tools

MS Office 365

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Background

The Volunteer Solutions Section (VSS) develops policies and solutions to support the mobilization of UN Volunteers and Online Volunteers across the UN system. VSS is responsible for providing innovative volunteer service offers, including policies, talent acquisition, and volunteer management expertise. It collaborates closely with all UNV units to support volunteer mobilization.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief of the Volunteer Solutions Section, the Programme Specialist, Volunteer Offer, reviews and updates the UNV Volunteer Offer, providing technical guidance for its implementation and strategic direction to ensure it aligns with organizational needs and stakeholder feedback. The role involves working closely with regional and field offices, the NY Office, and external partners.

UNV adopts a portfolio approach, requiring personnel to work across units and projects to enhance collaboration.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the development and refinement of the UNV volunteer offer, ensuring strategic alignment and responsiveness to emerging needs.
• Analyze volunteer supply and demand, and address gaps through innovative catalog offerings for onsite and online solutions.
• Coordinate the alignment of policies, entitlements, and processes to maximize effectiveness.
• Provide technical guidance for integrating onsite and online volunteer offers into broader strategies.

Manage onsite and online volunteering offer management

• Guide regional and field offices on volunteer offers, ensuring compliance and quality.
• Monitor and improve the quality and usage of volunteer assignments.
• Support customization of offers to meet partner needs and develop online volunteering strategies.

Facilitate knowledge management and dissemination

• Share best practices, maintain institutional repositories, and engage with communities of practice.
• Participate in training and learning activities for UNV personnel.

People Management

• Supervise the Programme Associate, oversee performance, and foster a positive work environment.

Competencies

Core competencies include achieving results, innovating, learning, adapting, acting with determination, engaging and partnering, and promoting diversity and inclusion. Technical competencies cover system thinking, strategic thinking, communication, knowledge generation, client management, portfolio management, relationship management, and more.

Education and Experience

• Advanced university degree in relevant fields or a first-level degree with additional experience.
• Minimum 5 years (with master’s) or 7 years (with bachelor’s) of relevant experience.
• Experience with MS Office 365, volunteer offers, UN conditions of service, online volunteering, and web-based management systems is advantageous.

Additional Information

• Note on appointment continuation, application process, and UN policies on non-discrimination and misconduct.