UNICEF Youth Advocates Programme 2024 for Young Professionals
Applications are now open for the 2024 UNICEF Youth Advocates Program. UNICEF and UN Volunteers have partnered to launch the Youth Advocates program, a talent recruitment initiative.
UNICEF aims to empower youth, including those with disabilities, to drive change and advocate for children’s rights.
UNICEF is partnering with UNV to recruit a second cohort of Youth Advocates (18-24 years old), following the success of the first initiative in 2018-2019.UNICEF/UNV seeks 20 passionate and skilled advocates to advocate for children’s rights and drive change.
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
Application Deadline: April 20th, 2024
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the UNICEF Youth Advocates Programme
Also Apply:
- Ongoing International Scholarships in 2024 (Undergraduate, Masters, and PhD)
- Women for Africa Foundation Learn Africa Scholarship Programme 2024/2025 for young African women
- Flat6Labs/Organon Women’s Health Accelerator Program 2024 for Femtech startups
- Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship Award 2024 for Young Nigerians