United Nations University is hiring for 2 Remote Assistant for Global Youth MIDORI platform(CTC1) Positions: Apply Now
Closing Date: 9 June 2025
United Nations University is hiring for 2 Remote Assistant for Global Youth MIDORI platform(CTC1) Positions: Apply Now
About UN University (UNU)
The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in policy-oriented research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge, furthering the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The mission of UNU is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States.
For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial research on human survival, conflict prevention, sustainable development, and welfare. With more than 400 researchers in 12 countries, UNU’s work spans the 17 Sustainable Development Goals’ full breadth, generating policy-relevant knowledge to effect positive global change. UNU maintains more than 200 collaborations with UN agencies and leading universities and research institutions across the globe.
About Office/Institute
UNU-IAS is one of 14 research and training Institutes that comprise the think tanks in the UNU system. UNU-IAS is a UNU institute based at UNU Headquarters in Tokyo. The mission of UNU-IAS is to serve the international community through policy-relevant research and capacity development focused on sustainability, including its social, economic and environmental dimensions. Through its postgraduate education programmes UNU-IAS develops future international leaders with interdisciplinary understanding and skills needed to advance creative solutions to problems of sustainability. UNU-IAS builds on a strong tradition of UNU research and capacity development in Japan, undertaken in collaboration with a global network of professionals and scholars, particularly in Africa and Asia.
The Strategic Programme (SP) is a flagship programme implemented by the Strategy and Management Office .(SMO) in collaboration with Units of Thematic Programmes of the Institute and UNU-IAS partners under the Strategic Period 2020-2024. The Strategic Programme implements a research project on the governance for sustainable. Development focusing on synergies between climate change and sustainable development, budgeting and monitoring & evaluation system for SDGs.
Under SP, UNU-IAS launched a new programme “Global Youth MIDORI platform (GYM)” jointly with the AEON Environmental Foundation, aiming to enhance the capacity of youth to develop solutions for biodiversity loss and other global challenges, as well as to create a platform specifically for these young individuals. GYM programme activities mainly consist of international online training, international conference participation, platform development and the outreach activities. The Assistant for Global Youth MIDORI platform will undertake various tasks for the Global Youth MIDORI platform (GYM) as outlined in the responsibilities.
Responsibilities
Under the general supervision of the Head of Programme and Administration and the direct supervision of Programme Coordinator of the GEOC, the Assistant for Global Youth MIDORI platform shall;
- Implement GYM 2025 related activities;
- Assist in developing and organizing GYM2025 training course;
- Assist event planning and logistics for the preparation for youth attending international conferences;
- Support GYM2025 training course participants by providing advise;
- Assist in developing partnership with other youth organizations;
- Assist in preparation and operation of the outreach events to promote GYM;
- Perform other duties requested by the Head of Programme and Administration.
Qualifications
1) Education and certification
Completion of high school diploma is required
OR
Bachelor degree in Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, international relations and other relevant subjects will be given due consideration. Certificates from international organization is an asset.
2) Experience
- Effective working relations with people from diverse background.
- Demonstrates resourcefulness and creativity in problem-solving.
- Motivated to become a young professional who is equipped with capacity to participate in policy making and decision-making process in early career.
- Good team player with strong interpersonal skills with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
- ICT literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Language Requirements
- Fluency in English is required.
- Working knowledge of other UN official languages is an advantage.
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