How To Become A UN Volunteer In Uganda

How To Become A UN Volunteer In Uganda

United Nations Volunteers(UNV) programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. It can be technical cooperation with governments, community initiatives, humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and electoral as well as peace building.

Requirements to become a UN volunteer

Apart of sharing UN values, the volunteers have to correspond the following professional qualifications:

A university degree or higher technical diploma;

Two years of relevant working experience;

At least age 25 when taking up an assignment (there is no upper age limit);

Good working knowledge in at least one of the three UNV working languages: English, French and Spanish.

In addition, you should be able to demonstrate:

A strong commitment to the values and principles of volunteerism;

The ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;

The ability to adjust to difficult living conditions;

Strong interpersonal and organizational skills;

Prior volunteering and/or working experience in a developing country is an asset.

Duration

Short term assignments of three months or less may be required from time to time but the vast majority of assignments are based on six to twelve month renewable contracts with the expectation that the UN Volunteer will serve a year or more.

Maximum length of service is four years.