**Background** Six UNV Regional Offices (RO) provide oversight and strategic guidance to the UNV Field Units in their respective geographical assignments and are mainly accountable for the placement of UN Volunteers mobilized for UN Agencies, Funds, and Programmes focused on peace, development and humanitarian needs. Furthermore, the Regional Offices represent, and strategically position, UNV and bring UNV’s services and solutions closer to its partners from governments, UN entities, civil society and private sector. The Regional Offices also lead in scoping and delivering UNV’s advisory service offer on volunteer infrastructure. The UNV Field Units (FU) and MCFUs are mainly accountable for the mobilization and placement of UN Volunteers in UN Agencies, Funds, and Programmes focused on peace, development and humanitarian needs. The UNV Field Units represent and position UNV in the respective countries and bring UNV’s services and solutions closer to its partners from governments, UN entities, civil society and private sector. **Duties and Responsibilities** - **Development and implementation of regional talent acquisition strategies and activities in FUs and non-FUs** - Support the integration of the talent acquisition strategy, aligned with the UNV Strategic Framework, into the regional office’s annual work plan and local priorities - Develop and implement targeted regional talent acquisition actions as per the UNV talent acquisition plan to attract and retain onsite and online volunteer talents meeting the demand of UN partners in the region and globally - Identify and monitor national and international volunteer recruitment trends and set outreach priorities for the region based on regular demand and supply analysis, as well as volunteer mobilization forecasts, based on consultations with the RO and FU colleagues. - Maintain an active and relevant LinkedIn job slot section, ensure the visibility of opportunities through the RO LinkedIn page, and monitor talent acquisition trends on the platform to support regional strategies for attracting specialized profiles and promoting diversity and inclusion. - Identify local talent sourcing channels and build solid relationships with talents providers, especially for hard-to-fill profiles on demand, record talent sources and track sourcing activities through corresponding UNV platforms and pilot new sourcing techniques as relevant - Report on local outreach and talent sourcing quantitative and qualitative results and take corrective actions as required - Provide input to the corporate talent acquisition plan, success indicators, targets and results reporting - Advise Field Units on questions related to local talent acquisition and outreach and foster cross-country synergies and learning. - Oversight of talent acquisition strategies and outreach actions in non-FUs, including replicating best practices from FUs in non-FU location, as appropriate. - Back-stop Talent Acquisition Specialists in other regions as required, with clearance from supervisor to effectively manage workloads - Respond timely to Talent Acquisition needs formulated by members of the portfolio team **2. Contribution to UNV’s employer branding and volunteer value proposition** - Support the creation of realistic Descriptions of Assignment (DoAs) that meet the host entity’s needs, attract suitable volunteer talents, and can serve as a basis for a successful volunteer assignment - Work with and advise Communications colleagues on creating attractive outreach materials that strengthen UNV’s employer branding and convey UNV’s volunteer value proposition, as well as coordinate tailored communications with key talent sourcing partners at a mutually agreed frequency. - Collaborate with the Volunteer Advisory Services Section (VASS) to develop key volunteerism messages that resonate with target audiences and support talent attraction at the regional level **Competencies** **_Core _** Achieve Results - Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline Think Innovatively - Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements Learn Continuously - Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback Adapt with Agility - Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible Act with Determination - Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident Engage and Partner - Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships Enable Diversity and Inclusion - Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination **_People Management _** UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site. **_Cross-Functional & Technical competencies _** Talent sourcing and outreach EVP management and marketing - Ability to create and manage employer value proposition and align it to the