Working at project location : Bara, Nepal
Application closing date : 22 Sep 2022
Interview/Assessment date(s) : as soon as possible
Start date: as soon as possible

VSO

About VSO

VSO is the world’s leading international development charity that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. At VSO we pride ourselves on doing development differently. We fight poverty not by sending aid, but by working through volunteers and partners to create long-lasting change in some of the world’s poorest regions. We bring key stakeholders together to co-ordinate collective action, from local organisations to national governments. Our programmes in Africa and Asia focus on health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience, peace building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change that will improve the lives of generations to come.

Mode of Delivery overview

Working at project location – In this role, you will provide on-site support in the project location and/or VSO office, (full-time unless otherwise specified) for a set period of time.

Role overview

National Volunteer-Adolescent and Youth Health will work closely with VSO, strategic partners and Implementing partners team to facilitate the implementation of the ACTIVE project (The Active Citizenship Through Inclusive Volunteering & Empowerment).The ACTIVE project is aimed to create more inclusive, open, resilient, and gender equitable societies. The health initiative under the ACTIVE project will contribute to promote the right to quality health (SRMNCAHR) and well-being for All Adolescents and youth (aged 10 to 24 years) especially those who are marginalised and vulnerable through volunteering for development. It will focus to achieve improved lifelong learning outcomes and sexual reproductive health for marginalised children, adolescents and youths by supporting family and community self-reliance and livelihoods in transforming harmful norms, systematic integration of social accountability, social inclusion, and climate change within health systems, and integration of health information in schools

Skills, qualifications and experience required

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

Essential criteria (must have to be able to carry out the role successfully)

Knowledge/qualifications:

• Public Health/Nursing/HA/Gender studies/ other relevant field of study

Experience:

• At least a year of experience working on Sexual, reproductive, maternal, and neonatal health
• Previous experience of working in the field of women and girls’ empowerment, GBV, education, or sexual reproductive health rights is required.

Skills/Abilities:

• Facilitation of capacity building events on health specially youth and adolescent health
• Coordination with stakeholders, line agencies and partner organization
• Knowledge of the local language is preferred.
• Report writing, (preferably both in English and Nepali)

Desirable Criteria:

Knowledge/qualifications:

• Capacity building of youth, person with disability and their networks.

Experience:

• Previous experience of social accountability and resilience promotion.
• Previous experience of working with local government in influencing health financing.
• Previous experience of working collaboratively with Implementing Partner.

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Allowance

As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your travel, vaccinations, accommodation, and medical insurance costs, along with a local living allowance which will be paid in local currency. This allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home. You will also receive some financial support to contribute to your on-going expenses at home.

Accommodation

VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.

Some background about VSO

Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We’ve gone from being a UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016/2017 alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organisations, from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.