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UN YOUTH VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME
The UN Youth Volunteer Programme for Korean nationals is financed by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Korea and implemented by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through
volunteerism worldwide. In 2016, UNV deployed 6,590 UN Volunteers in 126 countries. Some 352
were UN Youth Volunteers.
UN Youth Volunteer assignments are an opportunity for young individuals to work with UN agencies
on the frontlines of political, developmental and humanitarian operations. Korean UN Youth
Volunteers offer their services to developing countries for a 12 to 18 month period, and contribute
their skills and talents as agents of change for a new set of sustainable development goals. These
young people get international exposure, grow at the professional and personal level; strengthen
their professional expertise and skill set, broaden peer networks and gain experience within the
United Nations system.
List of Assignments
Country of
Assignment
UN Host Entity
Assignment Title
Belize
UNFPA
UN Youth Volunteer in Sexual and Reproductive Health
and Youth
Cambodia
OHCHR
UN Youth Volunteer in Civil Society & Fundamental
Freedoms
Congo Brazzaville
UNDP
UN Youth Volunteer in Project implementation Support
to the PDA
Cuba
UN HABITAT
UN Youth Volunteer for the New Urban Agenda
Guyana
UN Women
UN Youth Volunteer in Gender Awareness
Jordan
UNRWA
UN Youth Volunteer in Private Sector Donor Relations
Kosovo
UNDP
UN Youth Volunteer in Governance and Peacebuilding
Malawi
UNDP
UN Youth Volunteer in Climate Change
Mexico
UNEP
UN Youth Volunteer in Environment
Mexico
UNODC
UN Youth Volunteer in preventing wildlife and forest
crimes
Myanmar
UNICEF
UN Youth Volunteer in Climate Change and DRR
Rwanda
UNHCR
UN Youth Volunteer in Field Function
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Serbia
UNICEF
UN Youth Volunteer in Data Management and Statistics
Sri Lanka
UNV
UN Youth Volunteer in Youth and Peacebuilding
Zambia
UNHCR
UN Youth Volunteer in Community Services
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Age: Eligible candidates must be between 22 and 29 years of age throughout the entire duration of
their service, i.e. born between 1 August 1989 and 31 January 1996.
Qualifications: Candidates must hold a university degree.
Professional experience: Candidates should have up to two years of working experience.
While the UN Youth Volunteer is expected to substantively contribute to the work of the agency, the
youth modality has been carefully designed to also provide hands-on experience to those young
people who have not had the opportunity to gain a wealth of professional experience yet. In this
regard it aims at enhancing the skills and competencies of the Youth, including through a learning
component that is an integral part of the assignment. Based on this concept, candidate’s previous
work experience in areas relevant for the assignment, should not exceed two years, wherein
volunteer experience or internships count as work experience if they involve substantial work, or are
directly related to the candidates’ field of study.
Languages: Fluency in at least one of the three UNV working languages: English, French and Spanish.
The language requirements vary according to the country of assignment; the information is specified
in each Description of Assignment (DoA).
All Interested candidates are encouraged to indicate any internationally accepted English standard
test (e.g. TOEFL / TEPS) in their application under ‘Additional Remarks’. If another language is
required as per DOA, candidates are encouraged to indicate in their application certificates received
in that language.
Eligible nationalities: Korean nationals
HOW TO APPLY
*Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After
creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at
https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the
special call to which you would like to apply.
* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at
https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the
special call to which you would like to apply.
In case of technical problems when registering / updating your profile, please contact
roster@unv.org.
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Closing date: Profiles of interested applicants must be fully registered in the UNV Talent Pool of
candidates no later than 8 October 2017.
WHAT IS NEXT – SELECTION PROCESS
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the UNV programme and invited to do an initial
digital video interview. The final selection will be done by the UN Host Agency at the level of the
country of assignment. Some UN Agencies base their selection on a review of the profiles of the
shortlisted candidates including the video interview, some conduct competency based Skype or
phone interviews.
