UNV Youth Coordination Officer

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan, focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. UNFPA has been operating in India since 1974.

UNFPA works in partnership with tribal departments at both national and state levels to advance the health, rights, and wellbeing of tribal populations, with a strong focus on adolescents, women, and youth. UNFPA supports life skills education, sexual and reproductive health awareness, and gender equality initiatives among tribal youth through community-based interventions and school programs.

UNFPA collaborate with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in improving access to quality maternal health, family planning, and reproductive health services in tribal and remote regions including technical assistance in generating disaggregated data and conducting studies to inform inclusive planning and policy-making for tribal populations.

In India, UNFPA works closely with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs at national and in states of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan to mainstream adolescent development, support district-level planning, and improve service delivery in tribal-dominated districts/blocks.

As a part of the ongoing collaboration, UNFPA proposes to support the Aadi Karmayogi initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India by focusing on the supporting the capacity-building of frontline workers and creating awareness amongst the tribal communities around government programmes/schemes. Tribal Youth Advocates will be deployed from local tribal communities in targeted blocks and villages. These youth volunteers will play a crucial role in supporting village stakeholders in preparing village plans, raising awareness on govt schemes and SRH, linking communities to government schemes, and facilitating effective last-mile delivery of services.

The targeted states are Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and the deployment of 82 UNVs will be in the UNFPA priority districts or RKSK Districts where CSO Partners are available to facilitate implementation of program in both the states.

Rajasthan - The 17 UN Volunteers will be placed at the block level with the block level tribal welfare officers in priority districts and UNFPA District Facilitator will provide overall guidance and mentoring to these volunteers.

Madhya Pradesh: The 65 UN Volunteers will be placed at the block level with the block level tribal welfare officers in priority districts as well as RKSK Districts with local CSO partner. The District Facilitator and NGO District Coordinator will offer mentoring un UNFPA Priority district and RKSK Districts respectively.

The UNV Youth Coordination Officer will support talent acquisition and deployment of UN Volunteers, while also facilitating stakeholder coordination to ensure the effective implementation of this time-bound initiative.

Under the overall guidance and supervision of National Programme Specialist – Adolescent and Youth, UNFPA India and in coordination with the UNV Country Coordinator, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Support talent outreach in the targeted states for mobilization of UN Volunteers by coordinating with the UNFPA’s partners in the states as well as local CSOs/Youth networks;
• Coordinate and support the smooth onboarding and deployment of volunteers in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan;
• Support and coordinate orientation and capacity-building sessions for volunteers in
collaboration with UNFPA Program Associate - ADY, District Facilitators, Tribal Wel-fare Departments, and UNV Field Unit;
• Maintain constant engagement with the volunteer on their well-being;
• Document success stories, challenges, and best practices;
• Monitor regular performance of the UNV Volunteers and follow up with them to complete the tasks assigned to them.
• Assist in reporting and data collection to assess the outreach and contribution of the programme;
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor.