General
Description of assignment title: Research Assistant: Inclusive Social Development
Assignment country: Ethiopia
Expected start date: 02/01/2025
Sustainable Development Goal: 11. Sustainable cities and communities
Volunteer category: International UN Youth Volunteer
Host entity: UN-HABITAT
Type: Onsite
Duration: 12 months
Number of assignments: 1
Duty stations: Addis Ababa
Details
Mission and objectives
UN-Habitat works in over 90 countries to promote transformative change in cities and human settlements through knowledge, policy advice, technical assistance and collaborative action.
UN-Habitat’s new strategic plan 2020-2023 adopts a more strategic and integrated approach to solving the challenges and opportunities of twenty-first century cities and other human settlements. The mission embodies the four main roles of the organization, which can be summarized as: think, do, share and partner.
Context
UN-Habitat, jointly with ILO and WHO is implementing a project: ‘Provision of essential services, protection, social and economic empowerment to support the reintegration of returned migrants in Addis Ababa’ with the funding from Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund. This project aims to support Ethiopia’s federal government, the Addis Ababa city administration, and local organizations to provide returning migrants access to essential services, including health, skills development, social protection, labour market reintegration, and employment promotion. It seeks to reduce vulnerability especially for women, to migration, trafficking, and smuggling.
The UNV under this call is expected to join a team of professionals to pursue a nexus-based multi-dimensional and integrated approach to contribute towards sustainable reintegration of returned migrants in Addis Ababa City, with a focus on health and socio-economic well-being.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of the Project’s Team Leader and the Country Program Manager of UN Habitat Ethiopia programme, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
- Assist in mapping, procedure review and institutional capacity assessment of relevant offices under the Addis Ababa City administration in enabling gender-sensitive service provision for returning migrants, conduct assessments of housing and living conditions of returned migrants, analysis of the rental market, accessibility and connectivity of urban services and livelihood opportunities.
- Support in the development of actionable and gender-sensitive policy recommendations for improved reintegration assistance to Ethiopian migrants by the city administration and local government to provide reintegration services through individual profiling and referral and using digital solutions.
- Support relevant offices under the Addis Ababa City administration in the development and approval of a minimum compliance standard for shelter and other centres for returning migrants, ensuring the participation of returnee representatives, including women and physically impaired,
- Contribute to the development of policy recommendation and support institutional capacity of relevant offices under Addis Ababa City administration for increased transparency of procedures that enable timely and gender-equitable service provision for a fluctuating number of returning migrants (e.g. land and property acquisition, access to housing, identification and acquisition of working space, increased access to procedure guidance) and to ensure the needs of the returning migrants are fed into the city development plans.
- Conduct intentional training and mentoring to build capacity of local counterparts.
- Support the works of UN Habitat Ethiopia country programme and the team with drafting and editing of a variety of reports, presentations, tables, lists, charts, data sets, and/or diagrams, press releases, and articles.
- Assist the programme team in coordinating with partners and stakeholders. Participate in the project implementation and perform other relevant duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Eligibility criteria
Age: 18 – 80
Additional eligibility criteria
This assignment is funded by the Government of the Czech Republic and therefore specific criteria apply:
- Only nationals of the Czech Republic can be considered.
- Candidates must be between 18 and 29 years at the time of application.
- Candidates who already served twice on a UN Youth Volunteer assignment funded by the Government of the Czech Republic are not eligible.
APPLICATION
- You may apply to a maximum of three assignments and indicate the order of preference in the ‘Additional remarks’ field when filling in the application form.
- Application deadline: 31 October 2024
SELECTION
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The selection will be done by the UN Host Entity at the level of the country of assignment. Interviews will be conducted by the UN Host Entities in November 2024.
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Nationality
Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.
Donor priorities
Requirements
Required experience
1 years of experience in or demonstrated interest in protection of civilians, return and reintegration, advocacy, protection services for affected population, community services, social work (e.g., gender, GBV and child protection programs, women’s empowerment and protection, work with migrants and street children’s) or/and human rights or related tasks.
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- Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;
- Demonstrated interest and/or knowledge of community communication and engagement approaches.
- Preferred: Demonstrated experience in community development, Crisis and emergency response, Development programmes
- Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision.
Area(s) of expertise
Development programmes, Community development, Crisis and emergency response
Driving license
Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in International Development, Human Rights, International Social Work, Social Science, Political Science, Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, or another relevant/similar fields
Competencies and values
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Building Trust
- Client Orientation
- Commitment and Motivation
- Commitment to Continuous Learning
- Communication
- Creativity
- Ethics and Values
- Planning and Organizing
- Respect for Diversity
- Working in Teams
Other information
Living conditions and remarks
Addis Ababa is the capital of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The population is estimated at about 4 million. Addis Ababa is located in the Ethiopian highlands at an altitude of 2,500-2,700 meters. The climate is sunny and temperate, but it can be very cold at night, with freezing temperature at times. It is therefore advisable to bring warm clothing and foresee using heaters and/or log fires when necessary. Addis Ababa is the headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa as well as the African Union. Thus, there is a very large community of expatriates from all over the world. There are some 80 embassies/diplomatic missions. Housing is readily available, but rent can be expensive. However, shared housing is common and more affordable. Most foodstuffs, beverages, household goods, furniture, and clothing, mostly imported from the Middle/Far East, South Africa and Europe can be found, although they can be expensive. Meat, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables are cheap and abundantly available.
The basic infrastructures – roads, utilities, and telecommunications – are below standard, as are medical facilities, which are still largely inadequate, although a few private clinics and hospitals provide reasonably good routine care. Several restaurants around the city serve local or international cuisine and numerous social and sports facilities (fitness, tennis, swimming, riding, golf, etc.) exist in the major hotels or in different establishments around the city. There are no major or special security concerns within Addis Ababa city limits.
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy
More Information
- Job City Addis Ababa
