Get Involved In Volunteering
The UNV programme in Lebanon offers you different options to get involved in volunteering:
- Become a Volunteer
- Become a National UN Volunteer (NUNV) and serve in Lebanon
- Become an International UN Volunteer (IUNV) and serve abroad
- Become an International UN Volunteer (IUNV) and serve abroad in UN Peace and Relief Missions
- Become an Online Volunteer
Become a volunteer
The first place to look for volunteer opportunities is in your community. You could join one of your country’s national volunteer organizations and offer your professional services free of charge. You can also participate in volunteering activities through UNV programme in Lebanon by creating a profile at UNDP Lebanon website. You will be notified by e-mail about the up-coming volunteering activities and the calls for volunteer mobilization.Check the WorldVolunteerWeb country profiles to find names of organizations near your home.
Become a National UN Volunteer (NUNV) and serve in Lebanon
National UN Volunteers support capacity building in Lebanon. They facilitate networking and mobilize local volunteer efforts. They play active roles as interface between local communities and international organizations. UN Volunteers recruited nationally have at least three years of professional experience. They offer expertise in administration, agriculture, communication, community development, commerce, education, engineering, environment, health, information communication technology and social sciences.
Assignments usually last 24 months, however, assignments of 6 to 12 months are increasingly common.
As a NUNV, you offer your services on a voluntary basis. We support you through several benefits.
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Become an International UN Volunteer (IUNV) and serve abroad
International UN Volunteers support development work abroad. They work with UN agencies, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Their support is designed to combat poverty and foster self-reliance. UN Volunteers serving in development projects have at least five years of professional experience. They offer a broad range of expertise, including administration, agriculture, communication, community development, commerce, education, engineering, environment, health, human settlements, information communication technology, logistics, media and social sciences.
Be included in UNV global resource bank of candidates, complete the online questionnaire, which has been, designed taking into consideration current demand-supply criteria and aims at responding quickly to your query. The screening is therefore largely done through automated process. Check also UNV global vacancies .
As an International UN Volunteer, you offer your services on a voluntary basis. We support you through several benefits.
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Become an International UN Volunteer (IUNV) and serve abroad in UN Peace and Relief Missions
Be included in UNV global resource bank of candidates for the UN Peace and Relief Missions; complete the online questionnaire.
As an International UN Volunteer, you offer your services on a voluntary basis. We support you through several benefits.
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Volunteer online
The UN Volunteers (UNV) programme is a leader in promoting the potential of online volunteering to the world, particularly in the area of development. You can find online volunteering opportunities at organizations throughout the world via UNV’s Online Volunteering service. This free service offers information on what online volunteering entails, how you can determine if you are ready to volunteer online, and a searchable database of organizations and opportunities. If you are interested in being an online volunteer to help an agency that supports humanitarian efforts in developing countries, our Online Volunteering service should be your FIRST stop.
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NUNV Benefits
Benefits are, in principle, not measured in monetary terms determined by the labor market. Foremost is the personal satisfaction which the contact with others and success in the assignment should bring to you, the UN volunteer.
In return for your service, you will receive the following benefits:
• One-time Settling-in-Grant calculated on the duration of assignment (more than three months), which is paid to the National UNV at the beginning of the assignment when assigned to a duty station different from his or her place of recruitment. This grant is intended to help the National UNV establish him/herself in a new place of residence and to purchase certain basic household items;
• National UN Volunteers are not paid a salary for their services. Instead, they are provided with a monthly Volunteer Living Allowance, which is intended to cover their basic living expenses;
• Travel on appointment and at the end of assignment, if different than home location;
• Life, health and permanent disability insurance;
• National UN Volunteers are entitled to annual leave at the rate of 2.5 days per completed month of service; and
• Resettlement allowance calculated based on the duration of assignment (more than three months), which is paid upon satisfactory completion of the assignment.
Important note: The above general provisions are summarized from the Conditions Service for National UN Volunteers.
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IUNV Benefits
Benefits are, in principle, not measured in monetary terms determined by the labor market. Foremost is the personal satisfaction which the contact with others and success in the assignment should bring to you, the UN volunteer.
In return for your service, you will receive the following benefits:
• Settling-in-Grant calculated on the duration of assignment (more than three months), which is paid to the International UNV at the beginning of the assignment;
• Volunteer Living Allowance intended to cover basic living expenses, which is paid each month;
• Travel on appointment and at the end of assignment,
• Life, health and permanent disability insurance;
• Annual leave at the rate of 2.5 working days a month; and
• Resettlement allowance calculated based on the duration of assignment (more than three months), which is paid upon satisfactory completion of the assignment.
Important note: The above general provisions are summarized from the Conditions Service for International UN Volunteers
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Creating a profile at UNDP Lebanon website
- Click here and select “Don’t have a profile with UNDP Lebanon?” on your right side Menu under "My Profile" section.
- If you already have a profile sign in with your e-mail address and password, if not click on “Register now” on your left, fill the info required and press “Register” and then click on “Click here to continue”.
- You see a page with many steps; you have to go from step 1 till step 5.
- In step 1 “General Information” after filling the info required, at the end of the page click the box where it says “Are you interested in the UN Volunteers programme in Lebanon?”
- When you go through all steps (1 to 5), scroll down and click “For UNV Applicants” and fill all required info regarding your volunteering experience and preferences: “Be a Volunteer” and “Tell us about your volunteering experience”.
Don’t forget to always keep your profile updated.
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