United Nations (UNV) invites skilled professionals to support the UN system’s response as national UN Volunteers. The selected candidates join efforts to mitigate the economic, social and health impacts of this crisis, and to safeguard progress made towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. International UN Volunteers may telecommute or be deployed once travel restrictions are lifted.
Areas (Volunteers required):
1) Health professionals
Medical
- Intensivists
- Respiratory Physicians
- Pathologists
- Radiologists
- ICU/Anesthetic Nurses
- Infection Control Nurses
- Psychologists (with experience in trauma/stress counselling)
- Biomedical/Medical Laboratory Technicians
- Physiotherapists
Public Health
- Epidemiologists
- Public Health Specialists (other)
- Health Statisticians
- Health Surveillance Specialists
2) Non-health professionals
Emergency & Crisis management
- Health Emergency Managers
- Child Protection Specialists
Programme Management
- Monitoring & evaluation Specialists (related to health and/or emergencies), and Reporting
- Gender-based Violence Project/Programme Specialists
Health systems
- Logisticians
- Health Procurement Specialists
- Health Supply Chain Specialists (pharmacist, equipment, cold chain)
Sanitation & Hygiene
- WASH (with a focus on hygiene) Specialists
- Medical Waste Management Specialists
Communications & Data management
- Communications for Development Specialists
- Information Management Specialist (with experience in health emergencies)
- Data Collection & Management Specialists (related to health)
Statistics & others
- Socio-economic & Health Assessment Specialists
- Economic Development Specialists
- Livelihoods Specialists
- Anthropologists
- Sociologists
Requirements:
- Candidates need to have at least two years of professional experience,
- Candidates need to be at least 22 years old for national UN Volunteer assignments, and at least 25 years old for international UN Volunteer assignments.
- Candidate should highlight any prior experience in health-related emergencies.
About the job:
Duration: from 3-12 months (with possibility of extension)
Starting date: many will require candidates to be available at short notice (1-2 weeks)
Remuneration: monthly living allowance to cover housing, basic needs and utilities; settling-in-grant; life, health and permanent disability insurance; return airfares (if applicable).
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| Organization | United Nations |
| Country | All countries |
| Fellowship Level | Grants |
| Subject areas | Any disciplines |
| Fellowship amount | Fully-funded |
| Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
| Deadline | Varies |
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