United Nations Volunteers: Support relief & peace efforts

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UNV volunteers support relief and peace efforts. They work in various capacities with UN agencies and the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. They also assist in democratic elections and serve in projects dealing with conflict resolution and confidence building.

UNV volunteers supporting relief and peace efforts have at least three years of professional experience. They are able to work under difficult circumstances and offer a broad range of expertise, including administration, communication, electoral processes, food aid, humanitarian law, logistics and refugee settlements.

Assignments usually last from six to 12 months.

As a UNV volunteer, you offer your services on a voluntary basis. We support you through several benefits.

If you are interested to volunteer with UNV, check our vacancies.

If you wish to add your CV to our resource bank of candidates, please apply here. You will be contacted if and when opportunities arise.

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UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)