Support to Write Up UN Volunteer Stories in Indonesia

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Mission and objectives

The United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) supports the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) in Indonesia. As designated representative of the UN Secretary-General, RC leads and strategically positions the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in support of national priorities, development strategies, and plans. RCO coordinates activities related to common programming of UN in Indonesia. The support includes strategic planning, programme and operations management, policy guidance, data management and results reporting as well as knowledge management, advocacy, and communications – all seeking to enhance UN coherence and improve overall programme impact to better achieve development results.

Context

RCO supports the mobilization of UN Volunteers. In 2021, 84 UN Volunteers from Indonesia and twelve other countries served across 12 UN agencies in the country. Former and serving UN Volunteers reflect and write about their volunteer experience. The stories are published in the UNV global website (https://www.unv.org/) and/or social media, during the International Days and Weeks observed by United Nations (https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-days-and-weeks) and other relevant occasions. The stories inspire people around the world, by reading unique experiences of UN Volunteers gained during their assignments assisting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Task description

The expected result of this online volunteering is to assist UN Volunteers to write up their volunteer stories and finalize in coordination with RCO. The final product of this online volunteering should present drafts of the volunteer stories. To produce the stories, selected online volunteer will be linked with UN Volunteers who expressed interest in writing up their volunteer stories. Topics of the stories will be varied depending on the UN Volunteers’ assignment areas, experiences as well as reflections. Specific assistance to be provided by the online volunteers includes: 1. Initial online meet up and discussion to sketch story lines on topics decided by the UN Volunteers; 2. Advise with tips and practical guidance to draft full stories in English by the UN Volunteers; 3. Provide the UN Volunteers with feedback on the draft stories; 4. Coordinate with Volunteerism Mainstreaming Officer at RCO and communication team at UNV Asia Pacific for editing and finalization of the stories.