UNV Programme Associate (Assignment Reserved for People with Disabilities)

Eligibility Criteria: Minimum age of 27 years old and up to 80 years. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment. This assignment is reserved for Persons with Disabilities.

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Programmatic
1.    Engagement in the planning, implementation, and advocacy on disability inclusion activities
2.    Support in community engagement activities such as: compiling feedback from community-based helpdesks, organising community consultations through focus group discussions and surveys, coordinate field visits and tracking recommendations highlighted in the back to office reports
3.    Support the protection officer in service mapping for referral of persons with disabilities

Reporting and Administrative
1.    Monitor and update progress in the implementation team workplans
2.    Compile weekly progress reports and monthly situational reports
3.    Tracking expenditure plans and supporting in procurement processes

Accessibility measures in place:

Main entrance, Office spaces, Office equipment, Facilities signposted, Sign language

• For visual impairment, some workaround may be explored:
  - Large prints by increasing fonts on the document.
  - Screen-reader options are available in the Microsoft Edge for PDF and Microsoft application suite for word documents.
  - However, the other components as braille note-takers are not available.
• Our readiness for hearing impairment is yet to be developed

Living Conditions for national Volunteers:

At the office level, WFP Lebanon already have some considerations on physical workspaces, such as disability friendly lifts and toilets, which facilitate easy access and convenient mobility. We are committed to make any accommodation as required.

REASONABLE ACCOMODATION The UN system wishes to create an inclusive workplace and commits to taking appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access and benefit equally from employment and other engagement opportunities such as volunteering, by providing reasonable accommodation. In this context, “reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modifications and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 2]

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.