Call for Volunteers (UN Volunteers)

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. UNV works with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated, and well supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism.

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) aim to inspire Thai youth as social change agents by improving their potential in volunteerism. This year, the program will mainly focus on deploying KMUTT students as national volunteers at the following Host Agencies in Bangkok :

Sites: 3

Country of Assignment: Bangkok, Thailand.

Duration: 6 months (July – December 2022)

Host Institute:

1.  International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Bangkok

2. UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, Bangkok

3. UN University Volunteer in Civil Engineer, Bangkok

Qualifications

• Full-time KMUTT student

– Undergraduate student, has completed at least two years at KMUTT.

– Graduate student, has completed at least one semester at KMUTT.

• Have good English skills.
• Candidates are not receiving any scholarships from KMUTT.
• Candidates are able to join the program until the end of the assignment.
• General Education (GEN) Courses and Language Courses (LNG) can be transferred as a credit.

Note:

•    Candidates must have student status at KMUTT during their period of participating in UNV.

Grant Support: The selected candidates will receive financial support during the program.

Application Steps

STEP 1: Students fill in the online application form

Submit the Online Application Form along with the following required documents to your department.

• Transcript

• Certificate of Student Status

• Results of English proficiency test

• CV/Resume

• Certification (if any)

STEP 2: Nomination

-After checking the applications and making sure that each applicant is eligible, the International Affairs Office will contact each student’s Faculty /School and make sure that they are approved by their Faculty /School.

*IA Office will not be able to let applicants join the program without their Faculty /School’s approval.

STEP 3: Interview

IA Office will select, interview, and nominate successful candidates to the partner institutions for their final consideration.

Important Dates

Due date of application submission to IA: Tuesday 17 May 2022 Thursday 30 June 2022

Interview Date: To be announced

Contact details

Students have a responsibility to carefully learn more details including completing and preparing all required documents by themselves.