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Junior Programme Assistant – Education for Health and Well-being

UNESCOSouth Africa
Category | Grade:Volunteer | UNVDeadline:20 Aug 2026Job ID:1784888021271356Posted on:6 Aug 2026
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Overview

Supports UNESCO South Africa’s Education for Health and Well-being programme, with emphasis on gender equality, safe learning and school-related gender-based violence. The UN Volunteer coordinates activities, youth participation, digital advocacy, monitoring, reporting, events, procurement and programme records.

Department: Education for Health and Well-being Programme, South Africa

Languages

Required: English

Minimum Experience

Not listed

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate education, health and well-being programme activities and logistics
  • Support United Nations gender and youth theme-group inputs and joint initiatives
  • Engage youth networks and learners in gender-violence prevention programming
  • Organize consultations, peer learning and safe-learning advocacy activities
  • Develop digital content on gender equality, online safety and violence prevention
  • Document programme results, stories, photographs and videos with safeguarding consent
  • Compile monitoring information, reports, briefs and knowledge products
  • Process travel, procurement, payments, correspondence and programme records

Requirements

  • Education in social sciences, international relations, public administration, development studies or a related field; relevant diploma holders are considered
  • Interest or experience in project administration, programme coordination, education, youth development, health and well-being or development cooperation
  • Administrative, report-writing, records-management and event-coordination skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Teams
  • English language ability

Skills

Programme AdministrationEducation ProgrammingYouth EngagementGender-Based Violence PreventionDigital AdvocacyEvent CoordinationMonitoring and ReportingKnowledge ManagementProcurement Support

Tools

Microsoft Office SuiteMicrosoft TeamsSocial Media PlatformsDigital Content Tools

Additional info

Not available