Urwah Admin

<div><div><div><div><b>Posted date</b></div> <div>24th October, 2025</div> <div><b>Last date to apply</b></div> <div>5th November, 2025</div>
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<div><div><b>Country</b></div> <div>Pakistan</div> <div><b>Locations</b></div> <div>Islamabad</div>
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<div><div><b>Category</b></div> <div>Social Mobilization
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<div><div><b>Position</b></div> <div>1</div></div></div></div><div></div>
<br><p></p><div><p>Volunteer role description template</p>
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<div><div><div><p><b>Role Title</b></p></div><div><br>
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Youth Networks Capacity Building Accompanier &ndash; National Volunteer</b></p></div></div><p></p><div><br>
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<p><b>Country/Project</b></p></div><div><br>
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Pakistan _ACTIVE Extension Project</p></div></div><p></p><div><br>
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<p><b>Duration</b></p></div><div><br>
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Till March 2026</p></div></div><p></p><div><br>
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<p>Role purpose</p></div><p></p><div><br>
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To accompany a cluster of 5&ndash;10 Civil Society Groups (CSGs)/Networks</b> e.g. grassroot level CSOs, and youth networks in Punjab, Islamabad and KP to strengthen their organisational and technical capacity to become resilient, self-sustaining, and well-equipped to organise for acting on their development priorities including equitable access to quality public services for climate resilience and be capable of holding systems accountable through volunteering for development.</p><br>
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As part of a global volunteer network, the volunteer will work alongside CSGs, VSO team and partners to foster knowledge sharing and drive locally led development and system change. This role is critical in building trust and co-facilitating holistic capacity strengthening with CSGs using volunteer relational model, co-creating and accompaniment approach.</p><br>
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</div></div><div><div><div><div><p><b>Safeguarding level</b></p></div><p></p><div><br>
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1</p>
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</div></div><p>1. Introduction to VSO</p>
<p>
VSO is the world&rsquo;s leading international non-governmental organization that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone.</p>
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Our work centres on those who are left out by society &ndash; those living in extreme poverty or with disability and illness. Those who face discrimination and violence because of their gender, sexuality, or social status. Those who are at risk from disaster, disease, and conflict. But they are not passive beneficiaries of aid; they are the &ldquo;primary actors&rdquo; at the heart of our efforts. From their perspective, we define the issues, opportunities, and solutions that drive sustainable, local-led change. These individuals are the key agents of their own transformation.</p>
<p><b>
Our Approach</b></p>
<p>
Our Volunteering for Development (VfD) method supports the most vulnerable and marginalised to achieve their rights and bring about lasting change to create a fair world for everyone. Rooted in addressing the fundamental causes of - marginalisation and vulnerability, our three core approaches &ndash; social inclusion and gender, social accountability, and resilience &ndash; guide our work in inclusive education, health, and resilient livelihoods.</p>
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Our Volunteering for Development method recognises the importance of relationships in forging a shared understanding and commitment and building collective action to lasting change. With most of our volunteers being national, we build blended teams of community, national, and international volunteers, uniting diverse perspectives, and experiences to generate insight, innovation, and action that tackles the complex issues faced by our communities. This kindles the potential for active citizenship worldwide, encouraging people to step forward and lead the change that fosters a fair world for all.</p>
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1. Project background and contextual information (Please change this information as per project detail and requirement)</p>
<p>
The <b>ACTIVE Extension Project </b>is a multi-country programme across Asia &amp; Africa focused on strengthening the capacity of CSGs by fostering volunteerism and civic engagement while simultaneously improving the capabilities of governments and services. Making the system accountable to their collective needs through VfD interventions.</p>
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ACTIVE supports CSGs to lead their own development pathways, engage in civic and policy spaces, and build inclusive systems that reflect community priorities. Empower them to foster inclusion, apply participatory practices, strengthen accountability, build resilience, adapt to risks, mobilise resources and secure fundings for sustain the development impacts.</p>
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Volunteering plays a role of collective catalyst&mdash;where volunteers accompany CSGs in building confidence, fostering peer learnings, and accessing tools and networks. Volunteers do not deliver services but contribute to locally led development by enabling CSGs to organise, collaborate, and advocate&mdash;always centring their voice, pace, and leadership. Volunteers support a shift in power through equitable partnerships and mutual respect.</p>
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 <b>2. </b><b>Role outputs</b></p>
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<ul><li><b>Capacity Building/Strengthening through Relational Volunteer Model</b>, to build trust and accompany CSGs through holistic capacity strengthening inputs using relational volunteer model, system analysis and participatory approaches for capacity self-assessment, reflective process, peer-learnings, group dialogues, coaching, mentoring, and experiential learning, conduct Community of Practices and connect CSGs to technical support. <i>Visit each CSG at least 2 times per month&mdash;spending an average of 15 hours with each CSGs monthly.
</i></li></ul><ul><li><b>Organisational Capacity; </b>Empower CSGs with inclusive leadership and governance, strategic planning, equitable decision-making, and adaptive management, among others.</li></ul>
<ul><li><b>Participatory Practices; T</b>hrough collective volunteer leadership, enhance CSGs&rsquo; capacity to adapt and apply participatory practices to foster social inclusion (youth, women, people with disabilities etc), strengthen social accountability and build resilience using VfD tools such as Volunteer-led SEGA, Washington Group Questions, &amp; Intersectional Analysis &amp; Community Scorecard / Resilience Risk Mitigation Tools etc.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Facilitate systems thinking and critical reflection, to help CSGs, volunteers, VSO &amp; partnersto recognize patterns, power structures, and cultural norms that inhibit progress. This diagnostic work leads to more strategic and transformative interventions rather than reactive fixes.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Co-facilitate workshops and reflective forums with youth network/CSGs that nurture shared leadership, participatory governance, and collective action while forming consortiums within CSGs. These spaces serve as safe environments to practice collaborative decision-making, strategic foresight, and equitable leadership&mdash;essential for more resilient civil society.
</li></ul><ul><li><b>Network, Advocacy and Policy engagement; </b>Facilitate linkages, build CSGs confidence to expand network, increase civic participation, drive CSG advocacy and engagement with duty-bearers for greater accountability and policy influence.</li></ul>
<ul><li><b>Resource Mobilisation and Financial Sustainability; </b>Link CSGs to technical assistance to co-create financial sustainability, resource mobilisation and funding strategies.</li></ul>
<ul><li><b>Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning; </b>Enable CSGs to embed participatory MEL, adopting VSO&rsquo;s MILE process. Support them to access digital tools for CSG/citizen-led monitoring, bottom-up evidence generation, process-outcome documentation, and locally owned learnings system.</li></ul>
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<p><i> </i><b>3.</b><b> Experience and skills required for this volunteer placement (no more than 8 bullet points)</b></p>
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<li>Experience in working with youth network/ youth-led organisations / grassroot civil society groups) through sharing of lived experience in KP and Punjabi youth-led climate actions/ youth and women economic empowerment.</li>
<li>Understanding of civil society capacity for locally led development, equitable local partnership, sustainability and rights-based approach.</li>
<li>Ability to apply participatory tools and link CSGs to relevant technical support based on needs and contexts (familiarity with inclusive governance, participatory planning, adaptive management, citizen-led monitoring, community-led advocacy, resilience risk mitigation, will be an advantage).</li>
<li>Skilled in facilitation, coaching and mentoring, able to create safe and inclusive spaces where all voices feel heard and valued and ability to apply inclusive digital tools for development action.</li>
<li>Basic understanding of the values of volunteering in driving collective actions, local governance, public policy and evidence-based advocacy. Awareness of power dynamics, and a commitment to inclusion and power shifts to local actors.</li>
<li> Demonstrated ability to build network partnership and connect CSGs to the relevant technical resources for developing resource mobilization strategies, including funding plans, donor engagement, relationship-building and networking acumen.</li>
<li>Commitment to Volunteering for Development approach, VSO&rsquo;s mission, values, upholding safeguarding policies, Code of Conduct, and demonstrated VSO&rsquo;s behavioural competencies.</li></ul></div><p></p>
<br><div><p>Apply By:</p>
<p>
 </p><p>to apply for this position, click on this link:</p>
<p>https://vso.my.salesforce-sites.com/VsoJobDetails?id=a0mQ2000004JycTIAS</p></div><p></p>

Youth Networks Capacity Building Accompanier – National Volunteer

<div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Working at VSO</b></h2>
<p>VSO is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes volunteering as a powerful and practical way to tackle poverty and inequality. Our purpose is to create lasting change through volunteering.</p>
<p>At VSO, we believe in bringing about change, not by sending aid, but by working with volunteers and partners to empower people in some of the world&rsquo;s poorest and most fragile regions. We know that people in developing countries have the desire, power, courage and determination to shape their own futures.</p>
<p>Through our Volunteering for Development (VfD) approach, we put the most marginalised people first. Grounded in years of evidence and learning, this approach develops active citizens who drive local community-led change and deliver sustainable development goals long after a project or grant ends.</p>
</div></div></div></div><p></p><p><div><div><div><div><b>Role Details</b></div>
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</div><div><div><div>Location:</div><div> Pakistan</div>
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<div><div>Salary:</div><div> Not Specified</div>
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<div><div>Contract Type:</div><div> Not Specified</div>
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<div><div>Contract Length:</div><div> Not Specified</div>
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<div><div>Full Time:</div><div> Not Specified</div>
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<div><div>Application Closing Date:</div><div> Nov 05, 2025 00:00:00
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<div><div>Interview Date:</div><div> 1 Nov 2025</div>
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<div><div>Start Date:</div><div> 1 Dec 2025</div></div></div></div></p></div><div></div>
<br><div><div><p>Role Overview Summary</p>
<p></p><p>The position aims to strengthen the capacity of six Civil Society Groups (CSGs), including youth networks and youth-led organizations, to enhance climate resilience and local adaptation for service continuity. It focuses on integrating climate adaptation planning into system-strengthening initiatives by collaborating with CSGs and local government bodies. The role involves building technical and organizational capacity to design and implement locally led adaptation strategies, embed crisis modifiers, and engage effectively with duty bearers. Additionally, it supports the expansion of climate networks to ensure community-led solutions shape inclusive policies and actions. As part of VSO&rsquo;s global volunteer network, the role provides tailored technical support, coaching, and mentoring&mdash;both in person and remotely&mdash;working closely with local volunteers, the VSO team, and partners to address each CSG&rsquo;s unique context and priorities.</p>
</div><div><p>Ideal Applicant Summary</p>
<p></p><p><b>Competencies and Behaviour
</b></p><p>The role focuses on strengthening six Civil Society Groups (CSGs), including youth networks, to enhance climate resilience and local adaptation through collaboration with communities and government bodies. It builds technical and organizational capacity for locally led strategies, promotes inclusive climate action, and provides tailored coaching and mentoring. As part of VSO&rsquo;s global volunteer network, the role supports knowledge sharing and system-level change. VSO values openness, adaptability, collaboration, and continuous learning, and promotes equal opportunities within a diverse workforce.</p><br>
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<p><b>Equal Opportunities:</b> VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
</p><p><b>VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.</b>
</p><p><b>Disclaimer:</b> VSO is committed to a fair, transparent and merit-based recruitment. VSO does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Any such request in VSO&rsquo;s name is fraudulent and should be disregarded. Please report suspicious requests to recruitment@vsoint.org
</p></div><div><p>Additional Information</p>
<p></p>Allowance and accommodation<br>
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All volunteers have an allowance paid in local currency. The allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home.<br>
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VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.</div></div>

Climate Resilience Technical National Volunteer

<div><div><div><div><b>Posted date</b></div> <div>24th October, 2025</div> <div><b>Last date to apply</b></div> <div>5th November, 2025</div>
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<div><div><b>Country</b></div> <div>Pakistan</div> <div><b>Locations</b></div> <div>Islamabad</div>
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<div><div><b>Category</b></div> <div>Climate Change</div></div></div></div><div></div>
<br><p></p><div><p>Volunteer role description template</p>
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<div><div><div><p><b>Role Title</b></p></div><div><br>
<p><b>
Climate Resilience Technical National Volunteer</b></p></div></div><p></p><div><br>
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<p><b>Country/Project</b></p></div><div><br>
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Pakistan_ ACTIVE Extension Project</p></div></div><p></p><div><br>
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<p><b>Duration</b></p></div><div><br>
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Till March 2026 with possibility of extension</p></div></div><p></p><div><br>
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<p><b>Role purpose</b></p></div><div><br>
<p>
To strengthen capacity of 6 Civil Society Groups (CSGs) i.e. Youth Network and Youth-led Organizations in climate resilience and local adaptation to disruptions for service continuity. The role focuses on integrating climate adaptation planning into system strengthening efforts by working alongside CSGs and local government bodies.</p>
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This position builds the technical and organizational capacity of CSGs to develop and implement locally led adaptation strategies, embed crisis modifiers in their operations, and effectively engage duty bearers. The role also supports scaling of climate networks, ensuring that community-led solutions influence policy and deliver inclusive climate action.</p>
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As part of the global volunteer network, this role acts as a technical resource, providing targeted and flexible supports to the in-country CSGs, including regular coaching, mentoring and remote technical supports across a cluster of countries. This role works alongside local accompanier volunteers, VSO team and partners to tailor support to each CSG&rsquo;s context, readiness, and common issues/priorities.</p>
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</div></div><div><div><div><div><p><b>Safeguarding level</b></p></div><p></p><div><br>
</div>
</div><br>
</div></div><p>1. Introduction to VSO</p>
<p>
VSO is the world&rsquo;s leading international non-governmental organisation that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone.</p>
<p>
Our work centres on those who are left out by society &ndash; those living in extreme poverty or with disability and illness. Those who face discrimination and violence because of their gender, sexuality, or social status. Those who are at risk from disaster, disease, and conflict. But they are not passive beneficiaries of aid; they are the &ldquo;primary actors&rdquo; at the heart of our efforts. From their perspective, we define the issues, opportunities, and solutions that drive sustainable, local-led change. These individuals are the key agents of their own transformation.</p>
<p><b>
Our Approach
</b></p><p>Our Volunteering for Development (VfD) method supports the most vulnerable and marginalised to achieve their rights and bring about lasting change to create a fair world for everyone. Rooted in addressing the fundamental causes of - marginalisation and vulnerability, our three core approaches &ndash; social inclusion and gender, social accountability, and resilience &ndash; guide our work in inclusive education, health, and resilient livelihoods.</p>
<p>
Our Volunteering for Development method recognises the importance of relationships in forging a shared understanding and commitment and building collective action to lasting change. With most of our volunteers being national, we build blended teams of community, national, and international volunteers, uniting diverse perspectives, and experiences to generate insight, innovation, and action that tackles the complex issues faced by our communities. This kindles the potential for active citizenship worldwide, encouraging people to step forward and lead the change that fosters a fair world for all.</p>
<p>
1. Project background and contextual information (Please change this information as per project detail and requirement)</p>
<p>
The <b>ACTIVE Extension Project </b>is a multi-country programme across Asia &amp; Africa focused on strengthening the capacity of CSGs by fostering volunteerism and civic engagement while simultaneously improving the capabilities of governments and services. Making the system accountable to their collective needs through VfD interventions.</p>
<p>
ACTIVE supports CSGs to lead their own development pathways, engage in civic and policy spaces, and build inclusive systems that reflect community priorities. Empower them to foster inclusion, apply participatory practices, strengthen accountability, build resilience, adapt to risks, mobilise resources and secure fundings for sustain the development impacts.</p>
<p>
Volunteering plays a role of collective catalyst&mdash;where volunteers accompany CSGs in building confidence, fostering peer learnings, and accessing tools and networks. Volunteers do not deliver services but contribute to locally led development by enabling CSGs to organise, collaborate, and advocate&mdash;always centring their voice, pace, and leadership. Volunteers support a shift in power through equitable partnerships and mutual respect.</p>
<p>
 <b>2. </b><b>Role outputs (no more than 5 bullet points)</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Provide climate resilience technical capacity strengthening initiatives that are designed based on the specific needs and aspirations of the CSGs, ensuring they are demand-driven and context-specific.</li>
<li>Co- design the toolkits and learning resources in response to local priorities and inclusion needs.</li>
<li>Facilitate the development of climate resilience strategies and action plans tailored to specific community contexts. Support CSG, IPs and Volunteers in the integration of adaptation and mitigation measures into project designs and policy frameworks.</li>
<li>Work alongside local CSGs and local government systems to develop and implement locally-led climate adaptation and service continuity plans. Integrate climate adaptation planning into system strengthening approaches.</li>
<li>Build the capacity of local CSGs to embed crisis modifiers within their operations in order that they are able to adapt practice, advocate, and demand responsiveness from duty bearers and other stakeholders in the event of climate as well as other humanitarian disruptions.</li>
<li>Strengthen the voice and leadership of youth, women, and marginalized groups in climate actions and mentor them to engage effectively with local authorities.</li>
<li>Support the adoption of using community risk assessment and crisis modifier tools and leverage Resilience Dashboard.</li>
<li> Convene and facilitate collaboration among diverse stakeholders, including government, local authorities, community groups, volunteers, IPs and other CSOs. Foster meaningful relationships based on shared values and common purposes to build collective action focusing on climate resilience, DRR and humanitarian.</li>
<li>Support CSGs in engaging with local and regional policymakers to influence climate-resilient policies. Catalyse innovation by identifying and supporting challenge awards and small grant schemes for resilience projects by CSGs.</li>
<li>Extend the technical support to other countries through cross-country learnings, coaching, mentoring and remote technical accompaniment supports. Collaborate with VSO, partners and other volunteers to ensure coherent support and alignment with CSGs&rsquo; strategic priorities. Share insights with VSO to strengthen support for CSG sustainability and local ownership.</li>
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<p> <b>3. </b><b>Experience and skills required for this volunteer placement (no more than 8 bullet points)</b></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Expertise in Climate Resilience, DRR and participatory methods</b> &mdash;with ability to adapt and tailor tools across diverse context.</li>
<li><b>Experience in CSGs capacity strengthening, </b>ability to build capacity of CSGs.</li>
<li><b>Experience in co-designing and contextualising technical resources</b>, ensuring accessibility for grassroots groups with varied literacy, digital access, and inclusion needs.</li>
<li><b>Digital and data literacy</b>, including resilience dashboard, data analysis, visualisation, and integration into advocacy platforms.</li>
<li><b>Demonstrated ability to influence system-level change, </b>working across civil society, government, and media to institutionalise feedback mechanisms and accountability.</li>
<li><b>Demonstrated ability to support CSGs in </b>building and sustaining climate resilience partnerships across sectors, enabling collaborative governance and collective resilience efforts.</li>
<li>Ability to facilitate climate resilience strategy development and youth-led action planning, translating capacity-building insights into practical project or policy design. <b>Able to build trust and facilitate learnings</b><b>, coaching, and mentoring</b> in<b>cluding remote and hybrid settings.</b>, with the ability to create safe, inclusive spaces where all voices&mdash;especially marginalised groups&mdash;are heard, valued, and empowered.</li>
<li><b> </b><b>Commitment to VSO&rsquo;s Volunteering for Development approach</b>, mission, values, safeguarding policies, Code of Conduct, and demonstrated VSO behavioural competencies.</li></ul></div><p></p>
<br><div><p>Apply By:</p>
<p>
 </p><p>To apply, click on this link: https://vso.my.salesforce-sites.com/VsoJobDetails?id=a0mQ2000004J96vIAC</p></div><p></p>

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