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JOB OPPORTUNITY
Green Job Junior Officer
General
Description of assignment title: Green Job Junior Officer
Assignment country: Nepal
Expected start date: 01/09/2023
Sustainable Development Goal: 11. Sustainable cities and communities
Volunteer category: International UN University Volunteer
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Host entity: UNDP
Type: Onsite
Duration: 12 months
Number of assignments: 1
Duty stations: Pokhara
Details
Mission and objectives
UNDP in Nepal VISION STATEMENT UNDP Nepal works with the people and Government of Nepal, and other development partners to pursue equitable and sustainable human development goals through eradication of poverty, increase in livelihood opportunities, improvement in community resilience against conflict, disasters and impact of climate change, while laying down strong foundations for a society based on rule of law with an inclusive and participatory democracy.
Context
The UN Volunteer will be associated with the Green Job Creation for Recycling and Upcycling in Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) project. PMC generates 188 metric tons/day including the waste generated by the fluctuating population, of which most of dumped directly to the landfill site without proper collection and recovery process. Despite the increasing volume of waste, PMC has limited choices for recycling and upcycling waste. To promote green economy by establishing recycling and upcycling enterprises based on the model of the circular economy against the ongoing ‘throw away’ approach, UNDP has developed the concept of “Green Job Creation through Recycling and Upcycling in Pokhara Metropolitan City Project (GCRU)”, in partnership with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The objective will be achieved through three interlinked areas of interventions – policy and coordination, promoting of green businesses and empowering communities of increased awareness and community level green business initiatives.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of Economic Advisor, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
- Assist UNDP to prepare detailed implementation plan of GCRU.
- Support the GCRU team to prepare concept note, terms of references as necessary for the effective project implementation
- Support UNDP in compiling good practices and lessons from across the globe on recy-cling and upcycling.
- Assist UNDP to connect with international organisations and private section working on recycling and upcycling.
- Support UNDP in carry out monitoring, communication and quality assurance of the im-plementation
- Support UNPD in producing necessary reports for the compliance including donor report-ing.
- Support UNDP in knowledge management including research and learning on recycling and upcycling
Eligibility criteria
Age
18 – 26
Additional eligibility criteria
ELIGIBILITY
Candidates must be Korean nationals between 18 and 29 years of age at the time of application.
You must be enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree or have recently graduated (no longer than 12 months ago at the time of application).
Candidates who already served on a UN Volunteer assignment funded by KOICA are not eligible.
APPLICATION
If you are currently enrolled in a university and have not yet obtained a university degree, indicate in the section ‘Academic qualifications’ under ‘diploma/degree obtained’ that you are still studying and towards which degree. In the ‘to’ field, enter the current date, as the system does not allow you to enter a future date. Instead of the degree certificate, upload any evidence of your enrollment, for example a transcript.
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.
If you are above the age of 26, a notification will be displayed that you are not eligible to apply. You may ignore this and proceed with submitting your application.
Application deadline: 1 May 2022
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 Entity between 19 May and 9 June. – Selected candidates will be invited to attend a mandatory online preparation training on 21 and 24 August.
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Nationality
Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.
Donor priorities
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Requirements
Required experience
0 years of experience in and/or demonstrated interest in recycling and upcycling, community enterprise, private sector, waste management.
Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded.
Area(s) of expertise
Business management, Energy and environment , Community development
Driving license
Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in (currently enrolled or recent graduate) in environment science, economics, or management (enrolled in bachelor’s degree or recent graduate).
Competencies and values
- Accountability
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Building Trust
- Client Orientation
- Commitment and Motivation
- Commitment to Continuous Learning
- Communication
- Creativity
- Integrity
- Knowledge Sharing
- Professionalism
- Working in teams
- Respect for Diversity.
Other information
Living conditions and remarks
Pokhara, the capital city of Gandaki Province is the second largest city of Nepal which is approx. 200 km far from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. It is roughly 6-7 hours drive from Kathmandu. there are more than five flights between Kathmandu and Pokhara with 25 minutes flight time. Pokhara is normally considered as the safe city with rare crime events. it is also considered a tourism capital of Ne-pal with more than half of million tourists visiting every year.
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
Fully funded
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