Project Coordination Officer

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children’s rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress.

UNICEF and China have a long history of collaboration. In 1947, China became the first country in Asia to welcome a partnership with UNICEF, and our first programme provided emergency relief services to children. Between 1948 and 1951, our work in China included child feeding, as well as training to build capacity for maternal and child health care, sanitation and first aid. This training programme later influenced China's “barefoot doctor” rural healthcare system. Our partnerships in China resumed in 1979. Since that time, we have contributed to many of China's most significant developments for children.

The UNICEF Child Health and Development Team is responsible for ensuring that every child survives, thrives and can grow to meet their full potential. In partnership with the Government, and in alignment with the national priorities outlined in The Healthy China 2030 plan, UNICEF invests in actions that directly and indirectly impact the health of women and children.

Under its new 5-year programme of cooperation, UNICEF is partnering with relevant government ministries including National Disease Control and Prevention Administration, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Education, and technical institutions to implement projects and advocate for actions that specifically address the environmental and climate change related health risks to children.

Under the direct supervision of Programme Officer, the UN Associate Volunteer will:

· Provide technical support on CEHI platform evaluation and improvement, including contribution to consultation, data analysis and documentation;
· Provide coordination support to the climate change and health project with the government partners, including supporting meetings and field missions;
· Support organizing relevant events, including the Global Conference on Children’s Environmental Health;
· Any other related tasks required or assigned by the supervisor.

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.