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  • Posted: Mar 6, 2020
    Deadline: Mar 10, 2020
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    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network. Headquartered in New York City, UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. It provides expert advice, training, and grants support to developing countries, with increasing empha...
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    Consultant- Development of Blueprints


    The Plan of Action to Integrate Volunteering

    In 2015 the UN General Assembly endorsed a Plan of Action to Integrate Volunteering into the 2030 Agenda, most recently re-confirmed under General Assembly Resolution 73/140 in December 2018. Under this process, UN Member States, Private Sector, Civil Society, Academia and Stakeholders are working together to collate and share knowledge on volunteering for the SDGs. A Global Technical Meeting (GTM2020) will be held in July 2020 at the High-level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York, to present regional and country experiences on partnerships with volunteers under the 2030 Agenda. UNV hosts the Secretariat of the Plan of Action to integrate volunteering into 2030 agenda and beyond (Plan of Action), co-leading the initiative with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

    The Plan of Action seeks to develop strategies, tools, generate data and evidence with the objective to advance the proposition that when deliberately planned and applied, volunteering can become a powerful means for implementing development plans, including the 2030 Agenda.

    ‘Next generation’ volunteering support

    The world is facing complex global peace, development and humanitarian challenges that require solutions driven by national ownership and leadership. In the context of the 2030 Agenda and the universality and inter-relatedness of the SDGs, a government has to ensure a whole-of-society and whole-of-government approach to tackling global challenges, inclusive of those who volunteer and support volunteering.

    Volunteering itself is changing and evolving all the time. The changing nature of work and technology are in many parts of the world playing a crucial role in shaping the world we live in and may free up more time for individuals to volunteer in new forms. While informal and community volunteering continues to prevail, online volunteering is crowdsourcing new skills and micro-volunteering is promoting new forms of engagement. Meanwhile, volunteering in increasingly challenging environments raises concerns about the effective management, safety, security and well-being of volunteers.

    To date, an enabling environment for volunteering has focused on a number of key pillars. Firstly, laws and policies setting out the scope for volunteer work. Secondly, governments, civil society organizations and corporates have worked to directly create (formal) volunteering opportunities through schemes and programmes, including online platforms. Thirdly, actors have worked to develop support for volunteering within societies through demonstrating impact, influencing attitudes and raising awareness.

    In this context, workstream 3 of the Plan of Action on the next generation volunteering support will provide Member States and other volunteering stakeholders with enabling environment blueprints which can be contextualized to their environment. The next generation volunteering support blueprints will be developed by IFRC, UNV through selected UNDP Accelerator and Innovation labs and IAVE. The blueprints will be designed and developed through innovation, future and foresight processes.

    Duties And Responsibilities

    The Consultant will report to the Plan of Action Coordinator at UNV with day-to-day discussions on the scope and content with IFRC, Geneva and work in close conjunction with the task team for workstream 3 including IAVE, European Volunteer Centre (CEV) and Volunteer Groups Alliance (VGA) of the Plan of Action. The consultant will be responsible to produce a future-thinking and context-based blueprint on humanitarian volunteering that could be used to create an enabling environment for the 21st century. The consultant will help guide the coordination of the work on the design and production of 3 other blueprints (on climate change, future of work and inequality by UNDP Innovation lab and IAVE) and lead the design of and conduct a session “into the future” during the global technical meeting on volunteering (GTM) in July 2020, under IFRC’s guidance

    Description Of Deliverables And Due Dates

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    Description

    Estimated Working Days

    Due date

    % of deliverables

    1

    Develop and present an inception report with the methodology for the overall delivery of workstream 3 blueprints for Next Generation volunteering support and suggested ways to present the materials for review.

    2 working days

    15 March 2020

    10%

    2

    Design a think piece on participatory futures process to produce narrative on how volunteering is changing across the humanitarian and development sectors, and what is driving the change. This will include the identification, research and analysis of drivers of change, systemic factors, future snapshots and identifying strategic opportunities for change.

    10 working days

    25 March, 2020

    30%

    3

    Submit final think piece on futures process based on feedback from Plan of Action partners for Next Generation volunteering support (IAVE, IFRC, CEV, VGA and UNV).

    3 working days

    9 April 2020

    4

    Using the above narrative, guide the work of the other blueprints ensuring a coherent approach across workstream 3 and the blueprints developed by UNV and IAVE.

    5 working days

    30 May 2020

    40%

    5

    Develop and submit a ‘blueprint on humanitarian context’ with recommendations for implementation at the global, country and organizational levels

    10 working days

    28 April 2020

    6

    Prepare and deliver a virtual workshop to discuss and agree, and ensure overall coherence of all the draft blueprints above to Plan of Action Partners for Next Generation volunteering support (IAVE, IFRC, CEV, VGA and UNV).

    2 working days

    7 May 2020

    7

    Submit final package of blueprints after incorporating feedback from Plan of Action partners above

    10 working days

    25 May 2020

    9

    Lead the design of and conduct a session “into the future” during the GTM2020

    2 working days

    15 July

    20%

    Total

    44 working days

    100%

    Competencies

    Competencies

    Corporate Competencies

    • Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards, and those of the partner organizations,
    • Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP/UNV, and partner organizations,
    • Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability,

      Functional Competencies:
    • Strong research, conceptualization, analysis and writing skills in relation to volunteering and civic engagement;
    • Strong understanding and practical application of futures and strategic foresight methodology processes;
    • Ability to work independently but remain focused on the assignment and timeline management;
    • Willingness to develop/adapt processes and procedures to meet UNDP standards;
    • Experience in development of strategies and manuals;

      Management and Leadership:
    • Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback,
    • Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude,
    • Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
       

    Required Skills And Experience

    Education: Master’s degree in social sciences, development studies, international development, or related field.

    Experience

    • At least 10 years’ experience working on volunteering in the humanitarian or development sector is required
    • At least 3 years’ experience in designing innovation and futures methodologies across global humanitarian or development organizations
    • Proven expertise in undertaking policy/strategic foresight across diverse geographies, contexts with proven strategic outcomes for transformational change
    • Demonstrates practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary humanitarian and development trends

    Language requirement: Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to UNDP on jobs.undp.org to apply

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