UNDP Nepal Vacancy for Communications and Partnership Assistant

Assignment country: Nepal
Duty stations: Kathmandu
Work location: On UN premises
Expected start date: 01/07/2026
Duration: 6 months
Long-term benefits and allowances

Sustainable Development Goal
17. Partnerships for the goals

Host entity: UNDP
Modality: Onsite
Type: International
Volunteer category: Associate UCoS from Apr2026
Work arrangement: Full-time
Number of Assignments: 1
Advertisement end date:05/04/2026

Details

Mission and objectives

UNDP in Nepal

VISION STATEMENT

UNDP Nepal works with the people and Government of Nepal, and other development partners to pursue equitable and sustainable human development goals through eradication of poverty, increase in livelihood opportunities, improvement in community resilience against conflict, disasters and impact of climate change, while laying down strong foundations for a society based on rule of law with an inclusive and participatory democracy.

Context

UNDP has been supporting the Nepalese people in their struggle against poverty since it opened an in-country office in 1963. Much of this support has gone to building up the capacity of government agencies, civil society and community groups to fight poverty, and to bringing these groups and Nepal’s donors together to design and implement successful poverty alleviation projects.

Under its new Country Programme (2023-2027), UNDP’s work in Nepal focuses on developing the capacity of government agencies (federal, provincial, and local level), civil society and community groups to jointly pursue development activities to foster sustainable and inclusive economic transformation, enhance people’s participation and inclusion in governance in the context of federalism, and promote environmental sustainability and resilience to climate change and natural hazards.

To support the implementation of its Country Programme, UNDP Nepal has developed a Partnerships and Communications Strategy and Action Plan. The main objective of the strategy is to support UNDP Nepal to deliver its planned results, including through positioning of UNDP as a partner of choice in advancing sustainable and inclusive development, supporting strategic communications for enhanced partnerships, and ensuring adequate visibility for the work of UNDP and its partners.

This United Nations Volunteer (UNV) assignment is part of UNDP Nepal’s efforts to strengthen its overall communications and partnerships efforts, as outlined in the dedicated Strategy and Action Plan. The UNV will provide support to enhanced development communications, knowledge management, intelligence gathering and analysis, and partners’ outreach.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of Head of Communications, UNDP Nepal, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

The Communications and Partnership Assistant will be engaged with UNDP Nepal to support the implementation of its Communications and Partnerships Strategy and Action Plan, including with responsibility for the following tasks, grouped into two overall areas of work:

1. Support UNDP Nepal’s communications and partnerships initiatives, including by:

o Assisting the UNDP Nepal communications team to increase visibility of the UNDP’s projects and programmes;
o Drafting success stories (human interest stories) and other communications products for distribution to external audiences;
o Drafting of posts and regular updates of the social media accounts.
o Supporting drafting, layout, and finalization of UNDP Nepal knowledge products, project briefs and updates for outreach to partners;
o Drafting blogs comprising of UNDP success stories;

2. Support UNDP Nepal’s internal knowledge management practices, including by:

o Supporting improvements to UNDP Nepal’s internal knowledge management platforms and practices.
o Regularly gathering and analysing information from UNDP Nepal’s programmes and projects for internal awareness and external communications.

3. Support other/ad hoc activities as seen relevant and needed.

Eligibility criteria

Age: 18 – 80

Required experience: 1 month

Donor priorities
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Nationality: Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

Additional eligibility criteria

This assignment is funded by the Agency for Volunteer Service (AVS), and only candidates pre-selected by AVS are eligible.

Assignment requirements
Relevant experience
No experience required

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level: Secondary education

Competencies and values

• Accountability
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Commitment and Motivation
• Communication
• Creativity
• Ethics and Values
• Integrity
• Judgement and Decision-making
• Knowledge Sharing
• Professionalism
• Respect for Diversity
• Self-Management
• Working in Teams

Skills and experience

Demonstrated interest in:

•  Interest to learn content creation for social media and digital platforms
•  Interest in storytelling, media, and communications
•  Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn new skills
•  Interested in photo/video editing and archiving

Skills in:

•  Basic written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assist with drafting posts, captions, and simple write-ups
• Basic skills in tools like Canva, MS Word, PowerPoint (design experience is a plus, not required)
•  Good organizational skills and ability to follow instructions
• Ability to work in a team and take feedback positively

Area(s) of expertise

Communication, Information technology, Translation and interpretation

Driving license
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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

Living conditions in Kathmandu are good. In Kathmandu, comfortable inexpensive flats (furnished and unfurnished) are available. Both imported and local food and clothing are abundantly available. There is a short supply of water, and it is not safe to drink without treatment. Public transport is easily available and generally reliable. Kathmandu has a temperate climate with coldest temperature reaching just above zero at the night during the winter and mild but humid during the monsoon period, mid-June to end September.
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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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