Closing date: 7 Feb 2010
Vacancy number: ADM 004
Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Publication and Dissemination Unit and the direct supervision of the Associate Editor, the incumbent will:
- Provide general office support; respond to information requests and inquiries, or route to appropriate personnel; process, draft and finalize correspondence and other communications; maintain files/records, monitor deadlines, etc.
- Coordinate document dispatches by UNOG to appropriate mailing lists; dispatch publications directly to fulfil orders and requirements of staff travelling on mission and of UNRISD events.
- Update UNRISD website (Documents and Publications CMS database), including drafting content; post UNRISD publications and review content submitted by other contributors.
- Participate in the planning, coordination and implementation of displays and targeted dissemination of publications and other outreach materials. Liaise with relevant partners related to the planning of such dissemination, coordinate document dispatches, record data on results.
- Manage and update internal dissemination databases, including General mailing list, Thematic mailing lists, Inventory and Conference dissemination.
- Update the databases used to track use of UNRISD publications and research results by target audiences (“Media” and “Use”), including reviews and citations in academic journals, media coverage, citations in UN official documents and publications; permissions granted for course reading, translation and reprinting.
- Provide assistance in the production and delivery of data, information and reports of dissemination activities through use of the relevant internal databases. Generate a variety of reports, including inventory, mailing lists, sales and royalties, and tracking use, as well as others as required by key constituents.
- Perform other duties.
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“Be The Change!” is a youth-led sustainable development Action Programme related to the Millennium Development Goals which aims to empower young people around the world to “be the change they want to see in the world.” The Be The Change! grants supports young people under age 25 with projects that concentrate on the development of local communities.
The kind of projects supported are projects that are genuinely youth-led, which benefit the community rather than an individual need, are projects up to £500 with a detailed budget, have two experienced and committed adults to mentor the project, have measures of achievement (indicators) by which projects may be evaluated, and can be either income-generating (funds to start up a small business and creating jobs) or it can be non-income generating (for health, education, environmental clean-up or community improvement) social programmes which are of genuine and lasting community value.
www.peacechild.org/btc/startown
Get Ur Good On Grants are available for youth-led service initiatives on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010. Available to children and youth around the world, YSA’s Get Ur Good On Grants will award 100 $500 grants to support projects addressing critical community needs such as poverty, education, and environmental sustainability. Grant applications are due February 22, 2010. To learn more about Get Ur Good On Grants and to take the eligibility quiz, visit www.YSA.org/grants
The Open Meadows Foundation is a grant-making organization for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls, particularly those from vulnerable communities. Open Meadows Foundation funds projects that do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity and expression, sexual identity and expression, age or ability.
It offers grants up to $2000 to projects that: are designed and implemented by women and girls; reflect the diversity of the community served by the project in both its leadership and organization; promote building community power; promote gender, racial, social, economic and/or environmental justice; and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding.In addition to the general fund, Open Meadows has seven special funds, including The Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women which provides grants to young women 19 and under who propose to develop and lead projects that are focused on activism and social change. www.openmeadows.org
The Starbucks Foundation will solicit applications from organizations that provide young people a continuum of services in developing creative approaches to address pressing concerns in their communities. Please complete a letter of inquiry for your organization. The Starbucks Foundation will contact you if we’d like to request a full grant proposal.
Successful grant applicants will exhibit all of the following qualities: Deliver services to youth, ages 6 – 24; Preference will be given to organizations that focus on young people in the age range of 12 and older, when they are able to take independent action; Provides opportunity to combine learning with action that support communities and further global citizenship; Deliver services, disseminate information, provide training and/or build broad networks; Provide opportunities for Starbucks partners and multiple stores to be engaged in community service.
The Starbucks Foundation reviews the submissions on an annual basis; letters of inquiry submitted between October 1, 2009 and January 30, 2010 will be reviewed and considered for the spring 2010 grant round. Organizations selected to advance in the process will be notified to complete a full application by February 15, 2010. www.starbucks.com/aboutus/globalyoungsocialentrepreneurs.asp
Disney’s Friends for Change is a program that encourages kids everywhere to take steps together with their friends to help the planet. The Friends for Change Grants will fund kids’ projects that help the environment and will look to engage children ages 5-18 as leaders in their communities. Disney, working with YSA, will award 150 $500 grants throughout 2010.
Disney’s Friends for Change Grants are open to schools, organizations and individuals planning service projects and will focus on projects implemented by children and youth ages 5-18. The goal of each grant is to inspire children to work with their families, friends, schools and communities to address critical needs in their local, national and global communities. To be eligible, projects will need to be done any time during 2010 and should include one service or celebratory component on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, an annual campaign that mobilizes young people around the world to make a positive impact in their communities. http://www.ysa.org/grants/announcements/friendsforchange
