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UN YOUTH VOLUNTEER DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT&nbsp;



Preamble:&nbsp;



The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to&nbsp;

support peace and development worldwide. Volunteerism can transform the pace and nature of&nbsp;

development and it benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peace&nbsp;

and development by advocating for volunteerism globally, encouraging partners to integrate volunteerism&nbsp;

into development programming, and mobilizing volunteers.&nbsp;

In most cultures volunteerism is deeply embedded in long-established, ancient traditions of sharing and&nbsp;

support within the communities. In this context, UN Volunteers take part in various forms of volunteerism&nbsp;

and play a role in development and peace together with co-workers, host agencies and local communities.&nbsp;

In all assignments, UN Volunteers promote volunteerism through their action and conduct. Engaging in&nbsp;

volunteer activity can effectively and positively enrich their understanding of local and social realities, as&nbsp;

well as create a bridge between themselves and the people in their host community. This will make the&nbsp;

time they spend as UN Volunteers even more rewarding and productive.&nbsp;



1. UNV Assignment Title: UN Youth Volunteer in Food Security Policy and Coordination&nbsp;



2. Type of Assignment: International UN Youth Volunteer&nbsp;



3. UNV Programme Strategy Outcome: Delivery of Basic Services (Outcome 2)&nbsp;



4. Project Title: Capacity Building of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research&nbsp;



5. Duration: 12 months&nbsp;



5. Location, Country: Islamabad, Pakistan&nbsp;



7. Expected Starting Date: Immediate&nbsp;



8. Brief Project Description:&nbsp;



WFP Pakistan has been collaborating with the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR)&nbsp;

since its establishment in 2011WFP has been engaged with various activities for the capacity building of&nbsp;

the Ministry for more than a year. These activities include supporting the Ministry in preparing state of food&nbsp;

security in Pakistan, support for the food security and nutrition policy, capacity building of the Ministry staff&nbsp;

on food security analysis and policy, national zero hunger programme, staff secondment, proposed policy level exchange with Brazil and support on ICT. WFP, also in collaboration with other UN agencies,&nbsp;

particularly FAO, is now looking forward to enhanced support to the Ministry in 2014 and beyond, in areas&nbsp;

such as food security policy, coordination for food security and zero hunger programmes, and evidence&nbsp;

based food security monitoring system. In addition, Pakistan has been one of the countries participating in&nbsp;

SUN (Scaling UP Nutrition), a joint initiative by the UN organizations to scale up nutrition initiatives&nbsp;

together with the Government. It is expected that ongoing capacity building project with the Ministry will&nbsp;

provide the support and coordination for food security and nutrition.&nbsp;



The basis for such collaboration mainly started with the conclusion of the first national conference on food&nbsp;

security, organized by the Ministry and supported by WFP and FAO, when the Government of Pakistan&nbsp;

announced a national zero hunger programme aimed at reducing hunger and malnutrition in the country.&nbsp;

This was followed by signing of letter of intent between the MNFSR and WFP, and continued collaboration&nbsp;

since then.&nbsp;



The proposed position is supposed to serve as the focal person of WFP’s ongoing work on policy level&nbsp;

support to the MNFSR, also in coordination with other UN agencies, particularly FAO and UNICEF.&nbsp;




8. Host Agency/Host Institute: World Food Programme (WFP)&nbsp;

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9. Organizational Context:&nbsp;

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1) Youth Volunteering Strategy&nbsp;

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On 25 January 2012, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced his Five-Year Action Agenda, which&nbsp;

includes an explicit reference to the importance of youth and volunteering as a theme and priority. In&nbsp;

response, UNV took this opportunity to engage with stakeholders to conduct a comprehensive review of its&nbsp;

youth volunteer initiatives with the intention to deepen and expand its activities in this area. This provided&nbsp;

the foundation for the UNV Youth Volunteering Strategy.&nbsp;

The focus of the strategy will be young people themselves as engaged actors and agents of change, as&nbsp;

well as on the communities they serve. As such, youth empowerment will be prioritized, with emphasis on&nbsp;

skills development, knowledge sharing and youth participation in decision-making. It will be guided by key&nbsp;

principles of inclusion, aiming to give young people of all backgrounds and orientations access to&nbsp;

volunteering opportunities. Further, it will actively promote South-South cooperation.&nbsp;

This specific Youth Volunteer position will be fund by the Brazilian Government through the Sergio Vieria&nbsp;

de Mello Scholarship launched in August 2013 with the purpose to fund the participation of young&nbsp;

Brazilian, recently graduated from university, in humanitarian actions for a period of one year.&nbsp;

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2) WFP in Pakistan&nbsp;

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WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide. WFP is a specialized food&nbsp;

assistance agency helping achieve food security in countries where it is working. Thus WFP’s assistance&nbsp;

to the countries includes not only support to the vulnerable households through assistance to achieve&nbsp;

household food and nutrition security, but also collaboration with the host governments in building&nbsp;

capacities to address hunger and malnutrition. WFP has been working closely with the Government of&nbsp;

Pakistan, particularly with the Ministry of National Food Security and Research since its establishment in&nbsp;

2011. WFP has agreed to support the Ministry in policy level support including training on food security&nbsp;

analysis, policy level visits, staff secondment and support for food security policy and coordination.&nbsp;

Learning from Brazilian experience is of particular interest in Pakistan because of remarkable progress&nbsp;

made by Brazil in achieving food security. Thus, WFP has also been in consultation with Centre of&nbsp;

Excellence Against Hunger in Brazil, which was valuable in the Brazil-Pak seminar on food security and&nbsp;

poverty alleviation held in December 2012.&nbsp;



WFP is also the convener of the strategic priority area (SPA-6) on food security and nutrition, which is a&nbsp;

joint initiative by the United Nations to support the Government under One UN. The proposed flagship&nbsp;

programmes being suggested includes integrated programme to increase household food and nutrition&nbsp;

security, as well as policy level support on nutrition (specifically SUN) and food security.&nbsp;

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Given this context, it is expected the proposed position shall play a key role in providing effective support&nbsp;

to the Ministry for policy and coordination on food security and nutrition.&nbsp;

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10. Type of Assignment Place: Assignment without family&nbsp;

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11. Description of tasks:&nbsp;

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The proposed candidate shall serve as the focal person for WFP’s ongoing efforts on capacity&nbsp;

building of the MNFSR on food security and nutrition. Under the direct supervision of the Head of the&nbsp;

Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) unit and in close consultation with the nutrition unit, the&nbsp;

UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following key tasks:&nbsp;





 Conduct mapping of the existing capacity of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research&nbsp;

(MNFSR) in terms of policy, food security analysis, and coordination; identify the gaps and prepare&nbsp;

the way forward for consideration by MNFSR and WFP;&nbsp;

 Prepare a work plan for the capacity building of the MNFSR and the support from the WFP in&nbsp;

collaboration with FAO for the same;&nbsp;

 Provide policy level inputs on food security and nutrition to the Ministry as desired ;&nbsp;

 Make recommendations for effective linkage for implementation of food security and nutrition&nbsp;

between the federal, provincial and grass root levels.&nbsp;

 Assist in coordination of food security and nutrition related activities within the Ministry, with other&nbsp;

institutions within the Government, and with WFP and other development partners;&nbsp;

 Support the Ministry for food security monitoring system with support from WFP and FAO;&nbsp;

 Provide technical support to food security and nutrition working groups, as part of Strategic Priority&nbsp;

Area (SPA) - 6, chaired by WFP, under the One UN Programme;&nbsp;

 SPA-6 Food security and nutrition working group&nbsp;

 Assist in the planning and implementation of policy level visits and trainings of relevant officials as&nbsp;

agreed between MNFSR and WFP, and also in coordination with FAO, where applicable;&nbsp;

 Assist the Ministry in providing coordination between food security and nutrition related activities and&nbsp;

provide inputs to SUN (scaling up nutrition activities) as needed;&nbsp;

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Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to:&nbsp;



 Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant&nbsp;

UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities;&nbsp;

 Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;&nbsp;

 Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in&nbsp;

ongoing reflection activities;&nbsp;

 Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences for publications, websites, newsletters, press&nbsp;

releases, etc;&nbsp;

 Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UNV volunteers;&nbsp;

 Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local&nbsp;

individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically&nbsp;

possible.&nbsp;

 Produce, as much as possible, communication materials that reflect their period of assignment such&nbsp;

as multimedia items (photos, videos, audio recordings, etc).&nbsp;





12. Results/Expected Output:&nbsp;

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 Mapping of the existing resources at the Ministry for food security analysis and monitoring, and for&nbsp;

policy and coordination on food security and nutrition; and identification of gaps;&nbsp;

 A plan of action for the capacity building of the Ministry in terms of policy level support, coordination&nbsp;

and staff training in consultation with the Ministry and WFP;&nbsp;

 Inputs to food security and nutrition policy as required, and a food security plan of action in&nbsp;

consultation with the Ministry and WFP;&nbsp;

 A system for coordination between the Ministry and related government institutions for food security&nbsp;

and nutrition and documentation of the same;&nbsp;

 A proposed mechanism for linkage between the federal, provincial and grass roots level for food&nbsp;

security and nutrition;&nbsp;

 Joint publication of policy briefs, food security bulletins, crop updates by the Ministry, WFP and FAO&nbsp;

 Report and documentation on policy level visits and the way forward&nbsp;

 A final statement of achievement covering the period of assignment&nbsp;

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13. Qualifications/Requirements:





 University degree in food security, agriculture, economics, social science and other related discipline;&nbsp;

 At least two years of progressively responsible experience in food security and nutrition, policy and&nbsp;

coordination, preferably with at least one year of international experience;&nbsp;

 Good knowledge of WFP’s mandate, particularly in relation to food and nutrition security;&nbsp;

 Good analytical and drafting skills;&nbsp;

 Good communication skills;&nbsp;

 Fluency both in oral and written English&nbsp;

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14. Living Conditions:&nbsp;

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Pakistan is situated in South Asia. Located along the Arabian Sea, it is surrounded by Afghanistan&nbsp;

to the west and northwest, Iran to the southwest, India to the east, and China to the northeast.&nbsp;

Pakistan has an extremely varied geographical outlook, including mountains, deserts, major rivers&nbsp;

and the sea. Pakistan experiences frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe, especially in north&nbsp;

and west.&nbsp;

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Climate: The climate is generally characterized by hot summers and cool or cold winters. From&nbsp;

June to September, most of the country is lashed by the South West Monsoon, which leads to&nbsp;

heavy rainfall and high humidity. Islamabad has a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers&nbsp;

accompanied by a monsoon season followed by fairly cold winters. The hottest months are May and&nbsp;

June, where average highs routinely exceed 38 °C (100.4 °F).&nbsp;

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Security: Pakistan is a non-family duty station and is currently under Security 3 and 4. An NOC is&nbsp;

required to visit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas which should be applied at least 2 weeks in advance. A&nbsp;

police escort is required to travel to all the flood affected areas. Petty crimes and muggings are fairly&nbsp;

common though less in Islamabad. Use common sense. Registration with home embassy is highly&nbsp;

recommended.&nbsp;

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Respect: Pakistan is a conservative country and it is advisable for women to wear long skirts or&nbsp;

trousers in public (Pakistani women wear the traditional shalwar kameez, but in the big cities,&nbsp;

women wearing jeans and khakis is not very uncommon sight, especially in casual settings,&nbsp;

shopping malls and around picnic spots). Dress codes for men are more lax, though shorts are&nbsp;

uncommon. Men should never shake hands with or touch a woman they don't know very well. As&nbsp;

with most of South Asia, the right hand is used for eating, shaking hands and giving or receiving&nbsp;

everything (including money), while the left hand is reserved for handling shoes and assisting in&nbsp;

toilet duties. Discussion about religion and Islam should remain respectful and positive.&nbsp;





Health: State of the art health facilities are available throughout the country and especially&nbsp;

Islamabad. Dental care facilities are also available. There are no mandatory vaccines required to&nbsp;

travel to Pakistan. Currently dengue fever is on the rise in Pakistan especially in Punjab. Mosquito&nbsp;

repellents are recommended.&nbsp;

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Diet, Food and Water: Most staple foods can be found in the markets, including rice, meat,&nbsp;

vegetables, cooking oil, salt and sugar. There are many local markets around Islamabad as well as&nbsp;

various supermarkets that are stocked with imported goods. Islamabad has a large number of&nbsp;

restaurants and cafes. There is a variety of food ranging from Western to South Asian fare. You can&nbsp;

also find several local dhabas with less expensive meals. The price range for a meal can range from&nbsp;

$3 to $20+. Tap water is not advisable and bottled water is available almost everywhere. Using&nbsp;

alcoholic drinks in public is illegal in Pakistan.&nbsp;

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Telecommunications: There is one major fixed line provider (PTCL) and 5 cellular companies&nbsp;

(Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong). Call rates vary but are extremely cheap for some&nbsp;

Western countries. All cellular operators in Pakistan use GSM platform. Cybercafés can be found on virtually every street corner and the rates are as low as Rs.15-20 per hour. Most of the cafes have a&nbsp;

decent speed internet connection, but not always fast operating systems.&nbsp;

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Guest Houses: The UNV Field Unit will help arrange your initial accommodation, at your expense&nbsp;

(Settling-in Grant is foreseen for this). Most of the guest houses in Islamabad are aimed at&nbsp;

internationals and offer a good level of comfort with air-conditioned rooms and en-suite bathrooms.&nbsp;

Average cost is US$ 50 to 80 per night.&nbsp;

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Permanent Accommodation: International UN volunteers are required to reside in a MORSS&nbsp;

compliant residence. Secure and comfortable accommodation can be found in Islamabad but cost&nbsp;

will generally depend on distance from the city centre and number of rooms. Sharing an&nbsp;

accommodation with another international colleague is also possible. Rent may start from US$ 800&nbsp;

onward. Power outages are frequent and installation of electricity generator is required as per&nbsp;

MORSS. Generally there is no water shortage in Islamabad.&nbsp;

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Money/banking: Current US dollar exchange rate is 1 USD = PKR 107. In order to receive&nbsp;

payments locally, UNV unit will help you open a bank account with Standard Chartered Bank. This&nbsp;

will be a paired account where you can use it both for US dollar as well as Pak Rupee. ATM&nbsp;

machines can be found throughout the country.&nbsp;

15. Conditions of Service&nbsp;

The contract is issued for 12 months and is not renewable. A Settling-In-Grant is provided as well as a&nbsp;

monthly UN Youth Volunteer living allowance (intended to cover housing, utilities and normal cost-of-living&nbsp;

expenses). Life, health and permanent disability insurances are included, as well as return airfares.&nbsp;

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Description of Assignment prepared by the Project Manager/UN Agency:&nbsp;

Krishna Pahari, Head, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit, WFP Islamabad&nbsp;

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Date: 23/12/2013&nbsp;

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UN Volunteers - UN YOUTH VOLUNTEER DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT