JOB DESCRIPTION

Mission and objectives

In 2021, UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa launched timbuktoo, a multi-pronged initiative aimed to galvanize African youth as entrepreneurs, innovators, and problem solvers. The initiative is focused on supporting and growing innovative, scalable, and impactful entrepreneurship by African young people, while relying on a springboard of partners who together contribute meaningfully to building an African youth innovation and startup ecosystem. The timbuktoo approach is anchored in seeking, nurturing, and building African solutions forwarded by Africa’s youth that directly address one or more of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Timbuktoo is an explosive new entrant into UNDP Africa’s ambition to transform the African continent by harnessing on the African people themselves, particularly its ambitious, vibrant, youth, as the key to its development and path out of poverty. To achieve this bold ambition timbuktoo utilizes a hub and spoke model composed of 10 thematic nodes.

Context

UNDP Rwanda’s Communications Unit supports the Country Office in telling Rwanda’s development story, showcasing programme results, and mobilizing partnerships. During Q3 2025 we must deliver three priority products: • “Intambwe” Q2-2025 newsletter which will spotlight: Milestones under the new 2025-2029 Country Programme (e.g., Aguka Youth Empowerment, timbuktoo HealthTech Hub); Field visits and partnership signings with key ministries; Results from flagship initiatives in biodiversity finance, green growth, and digital public infrastructure. • Abridged Country Programme Document (CPD 2025-2029) – a highly visual partner hand-out • Project Briefs / Factsheets on UNDP Projects To maintain brand consistency and elevate storytelling, we require a skilled graphic designer who can translate approved text and photos into a clean, engaging layout that aligns with UNDP’s visual identity, is optimized for both screen reading (interactive PDF) and print, and can be repurposed for social-media snippets.

Task Description

We are looking for one (1) Online Volunteer who under the guidance of the Communications Analyst will produce layout and design for our Q2 newsletter “Intambwe”, Abridged Country Programme Document and Project briefs/Factsheers. In particular, the Online Volunteer is tasked to: – Create draft design based on information on document/ material background, already existing requirements in style and design as well as samples of past editions to be provided by the focal person (Communications Analyst). -The design/layout should follow our Country Office corporate design guidelines which will be shared with the Online Volunteer in advance. The Online Volunteer will have the opportunity to build connections with the Communications team at UNDP Rwanda Country Office and learn about the ways in which graphic design can increase the visibility of our work, particularly to partners.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements