Mission and objectivesUNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations.[It pursues this objective through five major programme areas: education, natural sciences, social/human sciences, culture and communication/information. UNESCO sponsors projects that improve literacy, provide technical training and education, advance science, protect independent media and press freedom, preserve regional and cultural history, and promote cultural diversity. UNESCO assists in the translation and dissemination of world literature, helps establish and secure World Heritage Sites of cultural and natural importance, works to bridge the worldwide digital divide, and creates inclusive knowledge societies through information and communication. UNESCO has launched several initiatives and global movements, such as Education For All.
ContextThe Tech Volunteers for Resilience (Tech4R) programme mobilizes skilled digital volunteers to co-create open-source tools that strengthen resilience, recovery, and inclusive education. This assignment supports the Gamified and Simulation-Based Safety Trainings for Children project, co-implemented by Tech4R and UNESCO Ukraine, to build an interactive learning platform that teaches children aged 10โ16 safe responses to emergencies such as air raids, shelling, and unexploded ordnance (UXO). The project combines interactive gamified storylines and AR simulations to make safety education emotionally engaging and effective The Content & Narration Volunteers will be responsible for writing, adapting, and localizing narrative content, dialogue, and voiceover text in collaboration with education and psychology teams, ensuring all messages are clear, age-appropriate, and supportive of psychological well-being
Task DescriptionThe Volunteer will be expected to: โข Draft storylines and dialogue for the gamified learning modules. โข Adapt technical or safety content into engaging, age-appropriate narratives. โข Collaborate with educators and psychological safety volunteers to ensure tone, phrasing, and emotional neutrality. โข Write short descriptive scripts for the AR simulation mode, focusing on calm, step-by-step behavioral guidance. โข Support translation and localization of text content for multilingual delivery (Ukrainian, Russian, English). โข Contribute to developing voiceover scripts and ensuring consistency across visual and auditory learning elements. This is an unpaid volunteer assignment.
Competencies and valuesโข Accountability โข Adaptability and flexibility โข Creativity โข Judgement and decision-making โข Planning and organising โข Professionalism โข Self-management
Living conditions and remarksThis is a volunteer assignment, not an employment. By sharing your time, energy, and talents, you can support communities in need and become part of something greater than yourself โ a global movement for peace, development and humanitarian aid. Volunteering strengthens trust, solidarity, and reciprocity among citizens, and it can promote a sense of belonging and purpose. This is an unpaid volunteer assignment. UN Volunteer entitlement for this assignment: โข Private insurance for the duration of the assignment: Health, dental, life and dismemberment (coverage by CIGNA) Other benefits include: - International collaboration and mentorship - Skills development in real world, UN-driven projects - Certificate of Service and exposure to international work - Notes: This UN Volunteer assignment will be supporting the Tech4R programme. The Tech Volunteers for Resilience (Tech4R) programme mobilizes skilled digital volunteers to co-create open-source solutions that strengthen disaster resilience. UN Volunteers for this particular assignment are governed by the particular conditions set out in their offers and contracts.