Overview
This assignment supports the operationalization of Cabo Verde’s SIDS Strategy by assisting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration and partners in key areas related to sustainable development and climate diplomacy.
Key Responsibilities
- - Support the Joint Office’s Governance Portfolio initiatives, ensuring alignment with Cabo Verde’s Small Island Developing States (SIDS ) Strategy (2025–2034), national priorities, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly those related to sustainable finance and governance.
- - Assist the Joint Office’s Governance Portfolio in the design and implementation of public policies that foster administrative modernization, integrating SIDS-specific priorities such as governance, sustainable development, and financing.
- - Support the Joint Office’s Governance Portfolio to strengthen institutional and stakeholder capacities for inclusive, transparent, and effective governance, embedding SIDS principles of vulnerability reduction, resource mobilization, and multilateral engagement into governance reforms.
- - Assist the Joint Office’s Governance Portfolio to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and South-South cooperation, leveraging SIDS platforms to exchange best practices in governance, rule of law, climate diplomacy, and digital innovation, and to prepare Cabo Verde for its leadership role in AOSIS (2027) and the SIDS5 Conference (2034).
Required Experience
- 3 years Donor priorities . Nationality Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment. Additional eligibility criteria This assignment is funded by the Government of Luxembourg, and therefore specific criteria apply: Applicants must be Luxembourg nationals or have been resident in Luxembourg for a minimum of five years. A copy of the passport must be uploaded in the passport section. Non‑Luxembourg nationals must also upload a residence certificate as proof of five years of residency. AGE CRITERIA Category: UN Volunteer Associate
- Applicants must not exceed 30 years of age at the time of application. Category: UN Volunteer Specialist
- Applicants must not exceed 35 years of age at the time of application. Experience in Governance, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Sustainable Development, Economy, and Finance.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Economy, Governance, International Relations and Resource Mobilization, Administration, or Politics.
