Project Coordination Assistant, Beijing

General

Description of assignment title: Project Coordination Assistant

Assignment country: China

Duty stations: Beijing

Work location: On UN premises

Expected start date: 11/06/2026

Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)

Sustainable Development Goal: 17. Partnerships for the goals

Host entity: UNV

Modality: Onsite

Type: National

Volunteer category: Associate UCoS from Apr2026

Work schedule: Full-time

Number of Assignments: 1

Details

Mission and objectives

The UN Volunteers China Field Unit, which is administered by the UN Development Programme, oversees all UNV programmes and operations in China to fulfill UNV’s strategic priorities in mobilizing UN Volunteers, integrating volunteerism into UN and national government development initiatives, and advocating for voluntary civic engagement.

Context

As a crucial implementer of UNV China’s expanded scope of work, the national UN Volunteer will assist the UN Volunteers Field Unit in China to implement the UNV-CYVA Full Funding Partnership (Chinese Youth Volunteer Overseas Volunteering Programme).

Chinese Young Volunteers Association (CYVA) is a national volunteering organization founded in 1994. It is administered by the Central Communist Youth League(CYL) and is a member of the All China Youth Federation and the United Nations Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS), and in May 2010, it was granted Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. CYVA has over 40 million registered volunteers in local branch offices across China.

CYVA implements the project under CYL supervision through the Project Management Office (PMO), with strong technical and financial support from UNV and the China International Centre for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE), which plays a role in implementation as the national counterpart and in monitoring and fund management.

The UN Volunteer will be based in the PMO, located in the CYVA office, and will be supervised by CYVA’s Deputy Secretary-General.

Task description

Under the primary supervision of the National Programme Director and manager and working closely with UNV China office and the PMO staff, the UN Volunteers will undertake the following tasks:

Assisting with results-oriented project management and implementation:

• Assist in planning of the project implementation, including the development of the annual work plans, terms of reference, and other project management documents as needed.
• Provide hands-on planning and support to the implementation of project activities
• Ensure monitoring of timeliness and quality of project implementation.
• Provide support to budget management and implementation. Prepare financial reports and disbursement plan within a timely framework.
• Prepare various reports to summarize the key progress/suggestions for adjustment by referring to outputs and activities.
• Develop and implement the M&E framework to ensure regular, mid-year and year-end monitoring and evaluation by aligning with project outputs and results and make technical suggestions on adjustments and draft quarterly and yearly progress reports to be submitted to UNV and CICETE offices.
• Maintain regular communication between UNV, CICETE and other key stakeholders on project management and respond promptly to requests for budget preparation, budget revision and project financial reporting and ensure external communication with participating universities and internal communication with other departments located in CYVA and within CYL for effectively planning and implementing project activities.

Facilitating the volunteer recruitment and deployment and project advocacy:

• Be the direct focal point in PMO throughout the procedure of Volunteer assignment advertisement, selection, recruitment and deployment and daily communication with UNV HQ, RO and FU.
• Facilitate the organization of training/advertisement fair/ annual review workshop and project-related events, etc.
• Support the translation in both Chinese and English for key events, publications, daily communication with UNV HQ and Regional offices, as well as other ad hoc translation work.
• Develop PMO advocacy strategy to promote the project results and youth engagement for overseas volunteering programme through new social media platforms, websites, etc.
• Other related tasks assigned.

Furthermore, UNVs are encouraged to:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and taking an active part in UNV activities (for in-stance, IVD celebration events);
• Get acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking;
• Contribute news and articles on field experiences and submit them to UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UNV volunteers;
• Promote online volunteering and encourage individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering Service whenever technically feasible.

Eligibility criteria

Age: 18 - 80

Required experience: 1 month

Donor priorities: -

Nationality: Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment.

Additional eligibility criteria: As this assignment is funded by CYVA, specific eligibility criteria apply. Candidates must be Chinese nationals affiliated with a university participating in CYVA’s programme.

Assignment requirements

Relevant experience: 1 month

Languages:

• Chinese, Level: Native language, Required
• English, Level: Working knowledge, Required

Required education level: Secondary education

Competencies and values:

• Commitment and Motivation
• Communication
• Empowering Others
• Ethics and Values
• Integrity
• Knowledge Sharing
• Planning and Organizing
• Respect for Diversity
• Self-Management
• Working in Teams

Skills and experience:

• At least 1 month of relevant work experiences, preferably at the national or international level in the formulation, implementation, and monitoring of development projects;
• Previous experience with the UN system and government agencies, including solid knowledge of UN programme and operations policies and procedures, is an asset.
• Working experience with government partners and civil society is highly preferred;
• Knowledge in managing development projects in financial, technical and administrative aspects is a great asset;
• Demonstrates ability to effectively maintain relationships with different stakeholders including government agencies, academia, international and national volunteer organizations;
• Innovative, forward-thinking, sound coordination and organizational skills, teamwork.
• Familiar with programme management; previous experiences of international programme management would be highly preferred;
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills;
• Strong relationship building skills with internal and external counterparts;
• Strong organizational skills;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Good computer skills.

Area(s) of expertise: Translation and interpretation, Administration, Volunteer management and advocacy

Driving license: -

Other information

Volunteerism is understood as a wide range of activities undertaken of free will, for the general public good, for which monetary reward is not the principal motivating factor.

Living conditions and remarks

The duty station of the national UN Volunteer is located in Beijing. The volunteer will receive a standard volunteer living allowance (VLA) as well as other entitlements. You can check full entitlements at the duty station at https://app.unv.org/calculator.

The complete UN Volunteer Conditions of Service is available at https://explore.unv.org/cos.

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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