National Youth Peace Consultants

Assignment Title:

National Youth Peace Consultants (6 Positions)

Duration:

11 Months

Duty Station: 

1. Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Signatories Ethnic Armed Organisations Office (NCA-S EAO Office), Yangon
2. Center for Peace and Reconciliation (CPR), Yangon
3. Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security (MIPS), Yangon

Closing Date for Application:

25 June 2018 (5:00 PM Yangon Time)

Starting date of Assignment:

As soon as possible in July 2018

With support from the United Nations Peace Building Fund (PBF) and in partnership with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, UNFPA is implementing a new youth, peace, and security project in Myanmar aimed at empowering young women and men to become agents in peace building across the country. Under the PBF’s project “Empowering young women and men as agents in peace building”, these young peacebuilders will be active at the sub-national and national level, supporting peace process actors to stay in touch with developments, perceptions and issues at the grassroots, while achieving greater transparency in particular with a view to Myanmar’s youth.

UNFPA wishes to enlist the services these youth peace consultants to be hosted by peace process actor offices across Myanmar. A declared aim of this initiative is to promote positive inter-ethnic cooperation and collaboration among the diversity of identity groups within Myanmar. Accordingly, the consultants in this project will be recruited with a view to their potential for engaging actors from various ethnic backgrounds, thus bridging barriers and obstacles that prevent an inclusive peace process, and promoting the views and voices of young people in peace dialogues in support of UNSCR resolution 2250.

This vacancy is for a youth peace consultant to be hosted as team member in one of three peace process organisations in Yangon until June 2019:

1. Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Signatories Ethnic Armed Organisations Office (NCA-S EAO Office)
2. Center for Peace and Reconciliation (CPR)
3. Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security (MIPS)

Youth with specialist skills and strong commitment on Myanmar peace process are strongly encouraged to apply this position. People of ethnic heritage and in remote area are particularly encouraged to apply to build a vibrant, representative, inclusive and multi-lingual workforce.

Individuals working within this youth consultant program will be required to work confidentially and discretely in line with requirements of the host organisation.

Please note: This consultancy will provide a fixed payment of $817 per month based on UN volunteering standards.

The youth peace consultants will primarily report to the Senior Management of the three organizations: NCA-S EAO, CPR and MIPS for day-to-day tasks and will secondarily report to Programme Specialist of UNFPA for monitoring of the overall experience and perspectives towards self and others including the peace process.

Under the direct supervision of the host organisation’s senior management, the youth peace consultant volunteer will assist in ensuring smooth day to day operations in the host organisation’s peace program implementation in addition to specialized tasks. Specialized tasks include:

• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Video production and editing
• Transcription
• Public Service Delivery analysis
• Social media & Conflict analysis
• Communications

Please refer to the TOR for each of the six individual position to see the specialized tasks and outputs required.

Please note: This is an overview TOR for six positions that UNFPA is advertising. Each position has a specific TOR (numbered 1-6). In their applications, applicants need to refer to the name of the position they apply for. All six specific TORs can be accessed through web links below.

Video Editing

Documentation (Transcription)

Monitoring & Evaluation

Social Media & Conflict Research 

Public Service Delivery Research

Communication

• For the duration of 11 months.
• Anticipated start date in July 2018

• This position is a full-time role within the host organisation’s office as part of UNFPA’s youth & peace program.
• Employment conditions and entitlements are in line with UN policies.
• The salary of this position is 817 USD per month.
• The eligible age of the young volunteer must be between 18 and 29.
• The duty station for work is Yangon.
• There may be travel within Myanmar associated with this position.

All work to be delivered at the host office in electronic format.

General expertise required:

• At least one to two years’ experience working in an office environment
• Interest in Myanmar’s peace process
• Working knowledge of oral and written English
• Fluent in Burmese
• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with colleagues from various cultures and professional backgrounds
• Commitment to team work and willingness to learn.
• Strong commitment to complete the volunteering period and information security
• Teamwork-oriented, proactive and demonstrated ability to work independently and under pressure
• Must have critical thinking skills and ability to multi-task

Applicants from ethnic minority areas affected by conflict are particularly encouraged to apply.

(Please refer to the TOR for each of the six individual positions to see specific expertise required.)

The youth peace consultant will be based at the host organisation’s Yangon office, will receive office space (desk), and will be part of the Yangon team.

The consultant will be using a laptop computer supplied by UNFPA for the duration of the assignment (the laptop is to be returned to UNFPA upon finishing the assignment).

•     Employment conditions and entitlements are in line with UN policies.

•     The salary of this position is 817 USD per month.