United Nations Volunteers & Interns

Description:UNV roster

You may be interested in applying to be included in our resource bank of candidates. This bank allows UNV to respond quickly to requests for volunteers. Currently, we welcome applications in the following professional fields:

• Policy Advisors (health, governance, education) (E-F)
• Natural heritage protection specialists (E-F-S)
• Human Resources development specialists (E-F)
• Environmental coastal zone specialists (E-F-S)
• Volunteerism specialists (A-E-F-P-R-S)
• HIV/AIDS workplace programme specialists (E-F-P)
• Micro-credit specialists (E-R-S)
• Participatory development specialists (A-E-F)
• Medical doctors with various specializations (E-F-P)
• Crisis prevention specialists (A-E-F-R)

Applicants should have five years of work experience and a good working knowledge in at least one of the languages mentioned in brackets:
A=Arabic; E=English; F=French; P=Portuguese; R=Russian; S=Spanish.

The United Nations Volunteers programme is committed to ensuring gender equity among UNV volunteers and strongly welcomes applications from women.

Important note:Given that UNV responds to requests from over 140 countries, it is not possible to provide details of forthcoming assignments requiring these skills.

The waiting period can vary from two months to two years. You will be informed as soon as your application has been selected for a particular UNV assignment. Please note that inclusion on the roster of candidates does not guarantee that you will be assigned as UNV volunteer.

 Interns

there also appears to be some UN volunteer intern program as referred to in this article  which appears to be different to what is described here on the official United Nations Volunteer intern site.

Online volunteers

UNV’s Online Volunteering (OV) service connects development organizations and volunteers over the Internet and supports their effective online collaboration.It gives development organizations access to a broader pool of knowledge and resources to enhance their capacities, while it offers individuals worldwide additional opportunities to volunteer for development and contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.The OV service has enabled more than 900 non-profit development organizations (CSOs, government institutions, academic institutions, United Nations organizations) to benefit from the support of more than 9,500 individuals from 172 countries (60% women, 40% from developing countries in 2006) who:

• Provide technical expertise (e.g. advice on waste disposal, contract drafting)
• Support project and resources management (e.g. project planning, volunteers management)
• Contribute to knowledge management (e.g. data collection, database development)
• Facilitate communication and networking (e.g. newsletters production and translation, moderation of online discussion groups)

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