Job Description:
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to support peace and development worldwide. Volunteerism can transform the pace and nature of development, and it benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for volunteerism globally, encouraging partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing volunteers.
In most cultures volunteerism is deeply embedded in long-established, ancient traditions of sharing and support within the communities. In this context, UNV volunteers take part in various forms of volunteerism and play a role in development and peace together with co-workers, host agencies and local communities.
In all assignments, UNV volunteers promote volunteerism through their action and conduct. Engaging in volunteer activity can effectively and positively enrich their understanding of local and social realities, as well as create a bridge between themselves and the people in their host community. This will make the time they spend as UNV volunteers even more rewarding and productive.
The Regional Joint Programme for Gender Based-Violence Prevention in Asia-Pacific, “Partners in Prevention: Working with Boys and Men to Prevent Gender-based Violence” is an inter-agency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM and UNV. The programme seeks to address the challenges of gender inequality and reduce the prevalence of gender-based violence in the region. The Partners for Prevention (P4P) Team, representing the participating organisations and located in Bangkok, provides consolidated responses and support for gender-based violence prevention. The Team also provides technical and substantive support to key partners including UN country offices and teams.
P4P is partnering with Rozan, a leading gender specialized NGO in Pakistan.
The duties associated with this post will be carried out within a framework of voluntary commitment and engagement, which are the foundations of volunteerism. United Nations Volunteers is the UN Organization that supports sustainable human development globally through the promotion of volunteerism and through the mobilization of volunteers. It serves the causes of peace and development by enhancing opportunities for people’s participation. It supports the notion that volunteerism is universal, inclusive and embraces volunteer actions in all its diversity. Volunteerism is diverse and is embedded in all cultures. Voluntary action in its various forms brings benefits to others as well as to the individual volunteer. It makes important economic and social contributions, and it contributes to creating social capital and cohesion by helping to build trust and reciprocity among people.
In this context, as a United Nations Volunteer, the successful candidate is expected to seek opportunities to identify and stimulate local expressions of volunteerism. S/he is expected to regard national colleagues as peers and together uphold the trust of the communities and the organization to which the UNV volunteer is assigned.
Host Agency/Host Institute:Rozan & Partners for Prevention Programme
Organizational Context:Rozan is an Islamabad based NGO working on emotional health, gender and violence against women, youth and children. Many of the Rozan professionals have been pioneers in this field, having worked on these issues for several years, and the children’s program (Aangan) began functioning as early as 1993. However, Rozan was officially registered in December 1998 under the Society’s Act 1860 and achieved its tax exemption status in 2005. In 2006, Rozan acquired special consultative status with the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
There are currently 4 Programs and 2 Projects at Rozan;
Programs:
1)Zeest: working on the emotional and mental health of women, addressing the issue of Violence against women in particular. Zeest also worked on Psychosocial Support Program for earthquake survivors.
2)Aangan: working on the emotional health of children, focusing on child sexual abuse, in particular.
3)Rabta-Police Training Program: training policemen/ women on issues of self-growth, gender and violence against women and children.
4)The Youth Help line: Providing telephonic counseling and referral services to the youth on issues of emotional, reproductive and sexual health.
Projects:
1)Hamqadam: Strengthening male involvement to end gender based violence.
2)Munsalik: media initiative that seeks to sensitise media personnel gender on gender issues and involve them as change agents to advocate for a gender just society.
Type of assignment place: assignment with family
Description of Duties:
The UNV volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
- Support to the project team in carrying out qualitative research (data management and analysis, report writing and dissemination etc) on masculinities being conducted by Rozan in the community.
-Support to the project team in conducting project activities of the intervention phase in the community
-Document Rozan’s community-based interventions on strengthening male involvement on GBV for learning and sharing
-Support in coordination of networking nationally and regionally with organizations/ networks working to engage men and boys to end gender based violence.
- Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteers (www.onlinevolunteering.org), or encouraging relevant local individuals and groups to use the service whenever technically possible
-Identify the contribution of volunteerism in the implementation of GBV prevention programs specific in the context of Pakistan.
- Support Rozan’ volunteer program to expand opportunities to mobilize volunteers for GBV prevention.
-Any other duties required by the Rozan and Partners for Prevention.
Furthermore, UNV volunteers are encouraged to:
-Strengthening their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and taking active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD);
-Getting acquainted with and building on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
-Reflecting on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
-Contributing articles/write-ups on field experiences and submitting them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
-Assisting with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UNV volunteers;
-Promoting or advising local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encouraging relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
Results/Expected Output:
-Report of Rozan’s interventions with boys on GBV in the community
-Strengthened networking of Rozan at national and regional level in reference to work with men and boys for gender equality
-Rozan’s volunteer programme improved and implemented with increase in Rozan’s volunteers
-Have contributed for Rozan’s in analysis and reporting of research on masculinities
-A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for development during your assignment such as specific quantification of mobilized volunteers, activities, capacities.
To Apply:
UN House #12
F-7/2, Islamabad
Pakistan
92-51-8355600 ( Tel )
92-51-2655014 -15 ( Fax )
http://un.org.pk
info@un.org.pk
