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Application Deadline: Varying
UNV and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched an initiative to recruit early to middle career women professionals in Africa to promote health and boost gender equity across 47 countries in the region.
In a region with some of the highest rates of disease in the world, the Africa Women Health Champions initiative will provide women with the opportunity to serve to improve the health and well-being of people in Africa.
UNV will recruit around 100 national and international UN Volunteers from around the world, with a special focus on the recruitment of female professionals, nationals from the African continent, who have at least two years of professional experience related to public health, epidemiology, health research, health emergency management, data management, statistics or other health related fields, as well as information management, innovation, communications or external relations.
Professionals with the qualifications and experience required for one of the following assignments are invited to apply by registering (or updating) their profiles on UNV’s web application system and then clicking on the corresponding link below to apply:
Algeria (Algiers)
International: UN Volunteer External Relations & Partnerships
Benin (Cotonou)
International: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Botswana (Gaborone)
International: UN Volunteer for Surveillance & Emergency Risk Management
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
International: UN Volunteer for External Relations
Cameroon (Yaounde)
National: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Chad (N’Djamena)
International: UN Volunteer for External Relations
National: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Congo (Brazaville)
International: UN Volunteer Technical Officer for Environmental Health Promotion
International: UN Youth Volunteer in Public Health
International: UN Volunteer Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
International: UN Volunteer Resource Mobilization Officer
International: UN Volunteer Procurement Officer
International: UN Volunteer Data Manager
International: UN Volunteer Nutrition and Food Safety Officer
International: UN Volunteer Laboratory Officer
International: UN Volunteer Non-Communicable Diseases Risk Factors Officer
International: UN Volunteer for Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
International: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
International: UN Volunteer for Project Management
Eritrea (Asmara)
International: Emergency Country Preparedness Officer
Eswatini (Mbabane)
National: UN Volunteer External Relations Officer
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
International: UN Volunteer Emergency Country Preparedness Officer
Gambia (Banjul)
International: UN Volunteer for External Relations and Communication
Ghana (Accra)
National: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Guinea (Conakry)
National: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Liberia (Monrovia)
International: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Malawi (Lilongwe)
International: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
National: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Mali (Bamako)
National: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Namibia (Windhoek)
International: UN Volunteer Communications and Partnerships Officer
Rwanda (Kigali)
International: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
International: UN Volunteer Human Resources for Health
Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome)
International: UN Volunteer for Strategic Health Information
International: UN Volunteer for Resource Mobilization
National: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Uganda (Kampala)
National: UN Volunteer Human Resources for Health Technical Officer
United Republic of Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam)
International: UN Volunteer Communications Officer
Requirements
Candidates need to have at least two years of professional experience and be at least 22 years old for national UN Volunteer assignments, and at least 25 years old for international UN Volunteer assignments. This joint initiative targets nationals of the African continent and female professionals are particularly encouraged to apply.
Languages
English and French for Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Guinea Conakry, Madagascar, Mali, Rwanda and Togo.
English and Portuguese for Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe.
French and Arabic for Algeria.
English for Eritrea, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.
Assignment information
Duration: 12 months (or until 31 Dec 2020, with possibility of extension)
Starting date: Any time during 2020, with ideally a large number of UN Volunteers taking up their assignment in July 2020
Conditions of service: monthly living allowance to cover housing, basic needs and utilities; settling-in-grant; life, health and permanent disability insurance; return airfares.
Important notice:
Only complete profiles can be considered. Please make sure that you click on ‘Submit UNV Profile’ once you have created your UNV account and completed all mandatory information. As confirmation of your successful registration, you will receive an email with your UNV roster number.
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