Application Deadline: September 29, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme.
The UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme gives opportunities to talented and passionate refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and migrants aged between 20 and 32 years to work with UNICEF through a 12-month paid UN Volunteer assignment.
This initiative aims to create a more inclusive environment at UNICEF for talented and passionate youth on the move who due to their migration or displacement face barriers to access UNICEF and other organizations’ internships and entry-level positions.
The UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme builds on the success of the Youth on the Move Fellowship Pilot Programme, which was implemented by UNICEF in partnership with the Migration Youth and Children Platform.
Under this pilot, 23 young people from refugee and displaced backgrounds from different nationalities worked with UNICEF country offices and teams worldwide between October 2022 and June 2024.
Eligibility Requirements
- Age limit between 20 to 32 years
- Refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and migrants
- Young people who face barriers in accessing learning-to-earning pathways due to their migration or displacement experience
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
UNICEF/UNV encourage candidates unable to upload a passport copy in the system to upload other forms of documentation issued by a government entity, UN agency (such as UNHCR refugee and asylum seeker certificates and documents), or officially registered civil society organization with a legal status. Identity documents can include national ID, proof of asylum seeker, refugee, IDP or migrant status, health or camp registration cards.
The Programme intends to create opportunities for young people on the move facing learning barriers and challenges to earn their living, therefore, we are not looking for candidates with a university degree or currently enrolled in university.
How to Apply
- Check UNV’s Unified Volunteer Platform or see the advertised positions listed below from Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kenya, Mozambique, Poland, Somalia, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vietnam.
- Disability Inclusion and Youth Participation Assistant (Cambodia)
- Emergency/Resilience Coordination Associate (Côte d’Ivoire)
- VNU Assistant en communication pour le changement social et comportemental (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Data Resilience and Emergency Digital Platforms Assistant (Kenya)
- Education and Young People Assistant (Kenya)
- Education and Young People Assistant (Kenya)
- Adolescent and Partnership Development Assistant (Poland)
- Child Protection Associate (Somalia)
- Humanitarian Information Management Assistant (Thailand)
- Adolescent and Partnership Development Assistant (Viet Nam)
Nomination Process:
- Civil Society Organizations, Non-governmental Organizations, Youth organizations, and other partners are invited to nominate candidates for the UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme through an online form.