Application Deadline: April 20th, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 UNICEF Youth Advocates Programme. UNICEF has launched the Youth Advocates programme, a new initiative to recruit talent in partnership with United Nations Volunteers (UNV). UNICEF aim at empowering young people, including youth with disabilities, to become agents of change and champion children’s rights.
After the success of the first initiative in 2018 – 2019, which mobilized 42 Youth Advocates (18-24 years old) in 27 countries, UNICEF, in partnership with UNV, is now looking for the second cohort. UNICEF/UNV are searching for 20 young, passionate, and skilled advocates to join us and become agents of change advocating for the protection of children’s rights.
Benefits
- The Youth Advocates Programme offers young people the chance to gain one-year professional experience through a National UN Volunteer (UNV) assignment with UNICEF, while also imparting their valuable insights into the organization’s work for children and young people.
- The recruited Youth Advocates will have access to learning and professional development opportunities, including a suite of online learning programmes.
Young professionals with disabilities and from under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
Youth Advocates Assignments
- U-Report and Youth engagement Specialist – UNICEF Congo
- Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (Nexus Resilience and Private sector) – Democratic Republic of Congo
- Child Protection Officer – UNICEF Liberia
- Programme Officer (Climate Change and Environment focus on Adolescents) – UNICEF Mozambique
- Adolescent Health Programme Associate (HIV/AIDS) – UNICEF Namibia
- Social and Behaviour Change Officer – UNICEF Rwanda
- Adolescent Health Specialist – UNICEF Sao Tome and Principe
- Adolescent and Youth Programme officer – UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (Dakar, Senegal)
- Programme Officer – UNICEF Zimbabwe
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the UNICEF Youth Advocates Programme