Programme Officer

UNWomen KOR organization mission TBD

The UNV will report to the Gender Training Specialist. Under the Specialist’s supervision, the UNV will be responsible for designing, operationalizing, and implementing various capacity development activities for the Centre including trainings and policy workshops targeting at stakeholders in the Asia and the Pacific, including the Republic of Korea on the priority themes of UN Women. The UNV is expected to contribute to the creative formulation and exciting implementation of many exciting initiatives of the Centre and build his/her professional capacities and networks as well.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Gender Training Specialist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the Programme Officer will:

Main responsibilities entail operationalizing, and implementing activities for the Center, particularly:

• Participate in technical meetings to prepare for the activities, including the formulation of the concept note, agenda and logistic notes, and technical presentations.
• Prepare and design pre-learning workshop need assessment and draft the draft evaluation report.
• Deploy feedback tools to assess the effectiveness of the capacity development activities.
• Develop supporting materials for the organization of the training and programme activities.
• Attend relevant activities and provide technical and logistic support for the organization of the activities.
• Attend meetings with relevant stakeholders for the implementation of the programme activities.
• Support the development of the communications activities, including the news and press releases, the activity videos for UN Women website and social media.
• Provide logistic support for the implementation of the activities.
• Participate in the staff meetings if needed.
• Support the translation of the documents from English into Korea and via versa.
• Other tasks requested by the Gender Training Specialist to ensure the deliverables for the Annual Work Plan.
• Organization of various regional and international meetings for the Center

The UN Volunteer must be highly skilled in multitasking and possess practical expertise in organizing training sessions and policy events to promote gender equality and women's empowerment, as well as supporting event organization for UN Women. Specifically, the UNV should demonstrate creativity and strategic thinking in designing, operationalizing, and implementing diverse capacity development activities, including both domestic and international meetings for the Centre throughout the year.

The UN Volunteer will collaborate closely with various Korean stakeholders and UN Women offices in the Asia-Pacific region for the organization of the activities. The UN Volunteer should possess strong technical communication skills, and a deep understanding of Korean stakeholders involved in advancing gender equality.

As the Centre is a small team, the UN Volunteer is expected to work closely with other teams and is expected to have an independent, problem-solving mindset, with proactive attitude to overcome any operational challenges along the way, by working closely with all members of the Center.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Key Performance Indicators:

• As an active [Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality] team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to [Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality] and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:
• High quality capacity development products on gender equality and the empowerment of women both in English and Korean are designed and produced, under the guidance of [the Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality] as well as the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific;
• High-impact events such as training, policy workshops and forums on various topics are well organized in close collaboration with Korean as well as international partners and stakeholders;
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed