Online Volunteer with the UN :Graphic Design and Translation Support for Reports on Japanese UN Volunteers
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
UN Volunteers platform is offering an online volunteer opportunity with UNV Tokyo Liaison Office for Graphic Design and Translation Support for Reports on Japanese UN Volunteers.
UNV Tokyo Liaison Office (TLO) has collaborated with multiple Japanese partners to implement the full funding programmes that deploy talented Japanese nationals to different UN offices across the world for sustainable peace and development. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is one of TLO's longstanding partners. TLO in collaboration with MOFA has long implemented a human resource development programme where young Japanese professionals enhance their knowledge and skills through UN Volunteer assignments to support UN organizations’ activities for peace and development. As a part of the programme, TLO will publish volunteer stories in a form of a short report. This report will aim to improve the visibility of deployed Japanese UN Volunteers and amplify their voices through communication platforms such as publishing volunteer stories on UNV's and the partners' website.
Volunteer duration and working hours:
6-10 hours for 2 weeks.
Duties & responsibilities
TLO is looking for an experienced and creative Online Volunteer(s) who will support our team in producing reports with volunteer voices to feature Japanese UN Volunteers' activities in their duty stations. Under the supervision of the Partnership Development Specialist at the UNV Tokyo Liaison Office (TLO), the Online Volunteer(s) will support in Graphic Design Task and another volunteer will support in language translation.
- Be responsible for designing reports of MOFA-funded Japanese UN Volunteers’ stories in a two-pager layout so that their activities will be widely promoted through MOFA and UNV’s communication platforms.
- Produce 2 or 3 reports by integrating texts of 4-5 volunteer stories, their pictures, and other visual elements each.
- Translate the reports from English to Japanese.
Eligibility criteria
- Skills and experience: Candidates should have previous experience in report design and English Japanese translation.
- Proficiency in graphic design softwares is required.
- A degree in designing and media related studies is considered an asset
- Languages: Japanese, Level: Fluent, Required English, Level: Fluent, Required
About UN Volunteers:
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program contributes to sustainable human development through volunteerism worldwide.
Online volunteering allows organizations and volunteers to team up to address sustainable development challenges – anywhere in the world, from any device. Online volunteering is fast, easy – and most of all, effective.
Through the Online Volunteering service, UNV offers:
- A global platform for organizations and online volunteers to connect.
- An easy-search database of online volunteering opportunities.
- Tools to manage volunteers’ and organizations’ online collaboration.
- Access to online volunteering experiences, best practices and lessons learned.
- The possibility for volunteers and organizations to expand their networks.
- The advantage of the universal reach and neutrality of the United Nations.
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