Mission and objectives

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau (CB) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS ensures that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes. BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts The Governance team in BPPS is responsible for supporting UNDP’s work on Governance across the organization including on anti-corruption, legal identity, inclusive political processes, parliamentary development, elections, SDG 16 implementation and monitoring, local development, youth empowerme

Context

UNDP, through BPPS Governance, Rule of Law and Peacebuilding Hub (GRP) and Climate Hub, in collaboration with youth organizations and thematic teams, is developing a Climate Justice Guide to strengthen youth-led legal and advocacy action at the intersection of climate change, human rights, and environmental governance. Following global consultations—including surveys, interviews, and expert inputs—this online workshop aims to validate the draft structure, content, and recommendations before finalization. As the guide is intended to be practical, youth-friendly, and legally sound, validation with key partners and youth actors is essential to ensure accuracy, relevance, and usability. The online validation workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, 24 February at 10 AM EST (3 PM UTC) on Zoom. It aims to: - Present the draft Youth Climate Justice Guide including structure, methodology, and main content sections. - Validate core concepts, tools, case studies, and legal pathways proposed in the guide. - Gather practical feedback from participants through a structured validation exercise with guiding questions. - Ensure global relevance by incorporating diverse youth perspectives, particularly from the Global South. - Strengthen coherence across UNDP thematic areas (climate, governance, law, youth engagement)

Task Description

We are seeking 6 Online Volunteers to support us by interpreting a 90mn online validation workshop on Youth and Climate Justice from English to French, Spanish, Arabic. To this end the Online Volunteers are asked: - To interpret the online validation workshop in live for 90mn, using the Zoom interpretation tool, from English to Spanish, French and Arabic. The selected Online Volunteers will be provided with the concept note and run of show of the validation workshop in the original language and will receive guidance on the target audience and our communications guidelines as well as other guidance as needed. The Online Volunteers will have the opportunity to build connections with the Youth team at UNDP and learn about the ways in which the interpreted workshop contributes to promote the role of young people in leading climate justice efforts.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks