Application Deadline:25th September 2015
The African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC), established in 2010, is a continental development program that promotes volunteering among young professionals in all Member States of the African Union.
The program aims to deepen the status of young people in Africa as key actors in Africa’s development targets and goals, enhancing their participation in policy development as well as design and implementation of relevant interventions towards the AU Vision of ‘the Africa we want’.
It brings people together to share skills, knowledge, creativity and learning to build a more integrated, prosperous and peaceful Continent driven by its citizens. The volunteering opportunities are intended to build professionalism and a sense of responsibility among the participants, thus enhancing their employability.
What
Young African Professionals are recruited to serve for a period of 12 months as AU Volunteers in an AU Member States other than their own.
Eligibility Criteria: Applicants have to meet the following criteria:
1) Citizen of African Union Member State (All African countries except Morocco) or African Diaspora;
2) Aged between 18 and 33 years;
3) Have at least a post-secondary education certified training and qualifications, from the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree
4) Available to dedicate 12 (twelve) months for volunteer work;
5) Willing to live and work in another AU Member State;
6) Be proficient in at least one official AU language (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese);
7) Have at least one year verifiable experience as a volunteer and or one year of regular work experience Eligible Fields of Qualification For the next intake of AU Youth Volunteers, the following fields of qualification and experience are required:
- Accounting > Agricultural > Communication Studies > Computer Science > Conflict studies > Diverse Natural Science Fields > Economics > Education > Environmental Management > Gender Studies > Human Resources Management > Human rights – International Law > International relations > Journalism > Law > Political Science > Space Science > Statistics
Benefits:
- For the successful candidates, the African Union Commission will cover the full costs of their pre-deployment training, at a venue to be communicated.
- On deployment, the African Union Youth Volunteers receive the following:
- 1) Economy return air ticket from home town to place of deployment
- 2) A modest monthly stipend
- 3) Health insurance cover
- 4) Separation allowance on successful completion of twelve months
How to Apply:
Application Process:
Applicants are requested to submit the following
1. Filled out application form
2. Scanned copy of University degree certificate
3. Letter of recommendation from place of volunteer/work experience
4. Scanned copy of identity page on your passport
5. Curriculum Vitae
Downloads:
- Application Form – Word Version in English
- Application Form – French Version
- African Union Volunteer Corps Business Plan
The listed documents should be sent before 25th September 2015 to : youth@africa-union.org .
*Late applications and applications that do not contain all requested documents will not be considered.
*THOSE WHO HAD APPLIED BEFORE ARE REQUESTED TO RE-APPLY
Recruitment Timeline
1) 30th September: Shortlisting ;
2) 15th October: Successful applicants will be notified ;
3) 7th – 21st November: Successful candidates will undergo pre-deployment training;
4) 2016: Successful applicants will be deployed to relevant organizations.
For more information,
contact
- Dr Beatrice Njenga (Head of Youth Division);
- Mr Daniel Adugna (AU-YVC program manager) at: youth@africa-union.org
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC)
156 comments
That’s a good one
I am very much interested, I have a paid job and not sure if I will be allowed for the whole year. What do you advise?
I am very interested I wish to attend the training but I have a paid job please advise me what to do
@Hope: The choice is yours as the program is full time. All the Best.
My application cannot be delivered. It says the following; Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently.
i understand shortlisting was on the 15th of October and i haven’t been notified. Does this mean i didnt make it?
Very much interested but cant edit the sections, it comes as view only, any ideas?
@Aarifa: Here is the word version of the form: https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015_AU-YVC_ApplicationForm_EN.doc. All the Best
intrested but i’m undergraduate in diploma of International Relation,and i have a Human Resource Managment certificate any ideas !
Thank you. This is awesome but limited to medical students / professionals. How can you help a medical graduate/professional who’s interested in applying?
Thanks
je veux savoir si une version word du formulaire existe et si à la place du passeport on peux présenter sa carte d’identité?
@Kolié: voici la version word du formulaire: https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015_AU-YVC_ApplicationForm_FR1.doc mais il faut présenter votre passeport. Bonne Chance.
My passport is expired, I am yet to renew it. Is that a setback?
@Farida: it might be a setback!
I have just completed my undergraduate course in Business Information Technology, and currently in internship, till end of October, 2015, awaiting graduation in December, 2015, and very much interested to be a volunteer. Will I be considered by the fact that I will not have received my degree certificate, during this period of application. Thank you for your responses.
Comment:am very much intrested, am self employed,a graduate of Ed Biology ,hair stylist, runs a small scale boutque. Will really like to be a part of this great vision.sir I pray my request will be giving consideration. Thanks
Am interested but I have diploma in community health and development, from a university
This a great opportunity, I’m interested and wish to join
I love to volunteer especially if it AU staffs!!
I did geography and environmental studies at university of Dar es salaam, my degree certificate is available in November, please advise me , and I’m not from the same country, I’m from Rwanda and I didn’t see it on the list.
Hello Sir/Madam,
Please I have been looking for these kinds of opportunities to pass through my aspirations as a young Pan African ever since i was 12 years old but was in my village without internet. Today I’m 38 years old but having to realize that this opportunity is presenting itself now to me.
I still want to apply though it has been stipulated that you need youths of 33 years old. May I send my application?
I believe in the aspirtions I want to bring to the AU lamplight and it is only through this furum that I can do this. Please I wish to plead hat you consider my age.
Thanks very much and I shall be waitng for your response soonest.
Best Regards to the AU Family of selection team
AGEH VICTOR ANYAH
Nurse/ Graphic Designer
Yaounde-Cameroon
Am much interested sir. Am a graduate of ABU Zaria. But I don’t have a passport. What is the way forward pls? Thanks.
@Victor: You need to get one.
Comment: Please Sir, I am an N.C.E. holder and I studied English Language and Social Studies.
Can this take me to this life changing trip?
Thank you for providing this opportunity to African youths
Good opportunity to African youths..
U guyz r really doing a great job, God bless you
Comment:Hi, i have a bachelor’s degree in Disaster Mitigation and Sustainable Development,…..can i be considered?
Hi,I graduated in December 2014 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration(marketing).I won’t have my certificate until December this year,right now I have just an attestation from my university,can I apply with it?Thanks in advance for your response.
Hi,I graduated in December 2014 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.I won’t have my certificate till December this year,however I have an attestation from my university,can I use this to apply?thanks in advance for a response.
This is a wonderful idea, I have a first degree in Biochemistry and now an entrepreneur who is one of the Key distributors for a food processing industry in Ghana. I will be very glad to volunteer as a young professional for the well being of the African continent and the world at large.
Community/ Societal work is the way to go. Go job to all the stakeholders involved. Keep the ever burning Pan African Spirit…..
PLEASE AFTER FILLING OUT THE WORD FORM, ARE WE TO SCAN IT AND UPLOAD IT OR JUST SEND IT IN WORD FORMAT
@Albert: You are expected to send it in word format to – youth@african-union.org. All the Best
hi, please will a degree in psychology be considered?
what an opportunity! I am a youth aged 30 working as a social case worker in the umbrella body of disabled peoples organizations called the Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi [FEDOMA] I do have a Diploma in Rural and Community Development and has a vast experience in human rights and disability rights.
I am also president for youth with disabilities in Malawi who has formed a network called Fedoma Youth Network
I am a person with Epilepsy championing advocacy for persons with Epilepsy with my position in the Malawi Epilepsy Association as a General Secretary.
Am I qualified to apply?
Are married people eligible to apply
@Ephraim: Yes married people are eligible.
I have applied for the position and am hoping for the best.
@Rhoda: Great…All the Best.
I’m interest to that volunteer. I graduate Bachelor degree of Computer Engineering, please advice me. I do not have volunter expereince. please help
please where do I find the list of available posts or positions to apply for? And I have a masters degree in view to be completed latest January. Am I still eligible to apply? Counting on ur swift response..! Many thanks
great work and good effort
Who are u throwing these questions at? Why not make research on your own.. by the way for undergraduates, don’t bother applying if ur certificate isnt ready. For the married person, ofcourse you will be considered. Its just your choice whether or not to apply. One last thing, download nd open the form on your Ms Word enabled PC. So simple.. we should learn to be more independent and not expect to be spoon fed all the time.
YEAH BUT YOU KNOW THEY DIDN’T SPECIFY HOW TO SEND IT, AND SOME FILLED IT AND SEND THE SCAN BECAUSE IT WASN’T STATED HOW TO SEND IT.
Good approach in transforming Africa…………..Am interested
i’m interested in volunteering my self but i don’t have an international passport, is there an alternative, probably like scanning my drivers licence?
I am filling the word document but can not input information in the boxes. What do l do, please help
@Ephraim: Download the Application Form here – https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015_AU-YVC_ApplicationForm_EN.doc
Comment:Hey I am a Diploma in Journalism holder with the University of Malawi the Polytechnic,I am really really interested,can I try my luck?????????
Greetings sir and sorry for bothering you but I do have a problem. I have been trying to download the application form for days now to no avail. I thought it’s network issues but I just realized it isn’t. The form won’t open and even if it does I can’t fill in the required informations. I am just some few hours out of time. Can you help me…please?
Hi Asaah: Download the form here: https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015_AU-YVC_ApplicationForm_EN.doc – it is editable.
HI. please what about those who didn’t know about this option and rather filled it in word and scanned it?
please, kindly put me through, I was able to open the application form, and after the download it is showing that it is read only, how am I to fill the form? There is also no “submit” on the said page. thank you!
Hi,
I am interested but whenever i try the website for application form is not opening.
@swaum:https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015_AU-YVC_ApplicationForm_EN.doc
This is a great program for African Youths. Looking forward to being part of it
Am interested and I completed my Bsc in December 2014 But am only able to collect my attestation because the certificates are not yet ready for our class…. will that be considered
I am very much interested in the program but i have been unable to process my passport by 25th September.
what else can i use as my identification as requested document four (scanned copy of the identity page on your passport).
Thank you and i hope to get a response from you soon
Thank you for this big opportunity however, am a diploma holder and in the organisation that am volunteering with, i have had such a volunteering opportunity for ten month in Zambia under The Youth Sports Exchange program last year and i feel the experience i have got from this exchange program can enable me to explore my talent more in another country other than Zambia.I need advise.
Comment: have applied… tanx!
ihave adiploma in accounts bt also interested in volunteering ami eligible.
I am very interested in this kind of opportunity I did my nysc with Ecowas parliament I have my the requiment I hope AU will consider my application…
Thank you
Yusuf bulama Mohammed
I have completed my degree and will graduate November 2015,that is when l ll get my certificate,can l use my academic transcript and still be eligible?
@Anesu: Try it out.
please are refugees accepted because I am one. And i applied before the deadlines.
Great opportunity for me just what I have been praying for, hope I get it.
Thanks
Great Opportunity for me, just what I have been praying for. May God grant me this.
Thanks.
I have applied, hope my application will be considered
This really is a great opportunity. My concern is that after the completion of this scheme, is there a guaranteed job opportunity awaiting the participants?
Hello Mr Lanre.I wish to ask if the recommendation letter is scanned and sent along side the other requirements
My passport expired last March 2015,is it a setback for me to apply ?
Hello,i receive the website from a friend,i am a disable can it be possible for me to apply,i have work like a volunteer in my country but i am not a degree older his this year that i am going to the university,please can i applied
Hello
I hope sending it by pdf format is not a setback please reply me because I had done so. Thanks
i have a problem applying can’t edit the form I’m i missing something what should i do?
if you had suspended your studies at the university but had more than two years of experience in volunteer and working with development projects,could you apply?
I just got the information today hope sending it tomorrow won’t be late. When is deadline for
Please reply.
Please when applying do one need to state the field he or She want
Hi Kyei: You need to state your field of study as stipulated in the Application Form – All the Best.
I have sent my application but it says delivery failed permanently. May you kindly provide an alternative email i can use.
Same here. youth@africa-union.org is not working. Please give alternative email address. Tnx.
I don,t have a degree yet but i have my high school certificate can i apply too?
the format of the application is not opening when using Office 2013…..help its the final day
if l send a scanned copy of the application form is it acceptable and what if you do not have volunteer experience should you apply
Thank you so much my brother this is a good opportuniy for us africans. I am Zimbabwean WHO studied Industrial Engineering in Cuba. I speak English, Spanish and French. I have a passion for voluntary work as lived in a communist country where everything was basically voluntary. Now due to late correspondence I hope u accept my application.
I applied on the 25th and didn’t get any confirmation of receipt or rejection. Please can I know my stand? Thanks for responding.
@Hazel: You would be notified by October 15th if you were shortlisted. All the Best.
Dear Sir
I sent my application on September 25, 2015 at the hour of 11:55 pm with all my information including my degree I received a message inbox telling my that application is now close . Will I be part of the application . My organization action/2015 we was hosting the Global Day of Action September 24, 2015 in Monrovia, we was at the Capitol Building in Monrovia presenting the Liberia Climate Change Petition. Please advice me on my application
Sir, I sent the application documents including application form in PDF format. Is there any problem? Thanks for your response.
Comment: Good day, I read all the content and l see it as opportunity yo human development both in Africa be the world but to my own opinion,the age limit should be remove because the best hands might fall to the category of over the age.? I will appreciate response from you. thank you.
i am more than glad to come across an opportunity like this.. Lets make use of it my fellow Africans
After I sent my application I got a response saying “Received”
Any updates?
I have missed the deadline for the great opportunity for this year. can you please tell me when to expect the next adventure?
Today is 15th, any updates please?
It’s 15th today, any updates please?
Comment:
how do you notify successful candidates
Comment: did anyone get feedback?,today its the 15th I am curious. Do you notify only the successful ones or everyone who applied?
Comment:how do you notify successful candidates
Has anyone recieved any response?
still waiting for your update!!!
I haven’t seen any msg yet and today is 15th….please has anybody seen anything? Lets know to make us less anxious.mr dahunsi, pls reply.thanks
I think nobody has been communicated to yet, except for the emails that we got acknowledging receipt of our applications; if at all everyone who applied got that communication/feedback. But you’re right, at least if some people have received any communication, there’s no harm sharing with he group; in my opinion of course. As you rightly put it, it will save us the anxiety of waiting and hoping for the unknown.
Despair not my brothers. If it was meant to be it shall be. Wait until midnight Ethiopian time. They could be working it out.
Comment:did anyone receive anything , at least we will kno where we stand.please can anyone just share
still no notification!!! let us hope tomorrow they will communicate!
Nothing yet.
I believe there are lot of applicants, there could be issues with cutting the number down. Don’t u think so?
Comment: maybe dey are cutting the numbers down.
will they notify unsuccessful applicants
Is there any one who got a response yet
Anyone with some good news please…… anxiety is killing…… its better to know where we stand neh
How many people are they looking for? If anybody knows please.
May be 60 people in all
Why is Mr Ianredahunsi not adressing us for crying out loud? Am I missing something here? You guys are just quite, you have been notified right? Please talk to me!!!
GUYZ ,nothing yet?
WHY IS IT THAT DATES AND TIME ARE NEVER RESPECTED IN AFRICA?WHEN WILL WE CHANGE?
Anything yet? Any updates? No? Nothing? 🙁
Is there anyone who got a response.
Silence I believe noone has been acknoledged yet.
Please do notify us so that we know our status.
Do anyone have a tangible info, i cant wait to get a response am ready AU-yvc
Congratulations
I have recieved today postive feedback that I am among shortlisted candidates.
Plz wait, do not hurry.
@Hodan: Congratulations.
Halo Hodan am hopping to get in tocuh with you i would like for you to assist me on something please let me know how to contact you personally
Hi Africa,
I have applied for this amazing opportunity..but never got any update…any idea?thanks @ lanredahurise
Hi Guys: If you are among the shortlisted – you would be contacted. All the Best.
when will you contact the selected person ????
@Ibrahim: The African Union Commission would contact the selected Applicants.
How many are successful? Like the figure please?
@Hodan, congratulations pls watz the name of your country?
@Hodan, what mode of notification did they use to tell you that you were among the shortlisted people. Was it through phone call or email?
Should we assume that all of us who applied and are here, it’s only one person who has made it? Or perhaps shortlisting hasn’t finished yet? In my opinion, I feel like we needed such information as how many people are needed, when will shortlisting end and the like. Or better yet, everyone who applied should have at least been notified of their status, regardless of whether they made it or not.
I guess by now all who have been successful have been notified. Well I wish you all the best and God bless you. There is no hope anymore for me.
Comment: Everyone that applied needs to get a feedback either positive or negative not just the selected ones should be contacted .
Anxiety anxiety….so no reply means nothing positive came out?
Hi Pam: The People that got selected have been contacted – the information about them would be posted when they have finished training and started the program. All the Best.
Well I feel this is unfair, why do u guys advertise non transparent programmes. The selection criteria should be made clear. Thanks
@Coliniyke: It was stated in the call for application that only selected applicants would be contacted. All the Best.
thanks to the AU family for the good innitiative though i am not amongs those selected,GOD BLESS AFRICA
Thank you for such opportunities though, hope there are more coming soon.
I had applied and I haven’t heard anything from your organisation, am very much interested.
I am very much interested on this and i would like to know when the (2017) registration will start, so that i will apply.
Comment:Am also interested and will like to know when the application for 2017 will start.
Comment:Am also interested and will like to know when the registration for 2017 will start.
I am N. MacPherson David, a Liberian and have a share interested in becoming a volunteer, especially under the African Union platform. Being an African, I wish to pay my fair share of contribution to African development, particularly through initiative of this nature – volunteerism. I will be turning 34 this September, but has a Master Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering with several years of working experience. My experiences ranged from the conduct of an on the spot data collection and analysis, research and development, environmental and social impact assessment, to and including developing environmental management plan, and lecturing General Ecology at the University of Liberia. Despite studying environmental science, I have long years of experience in research and planning. I have worked as a research and planning officer at a couple of institutions including the National Commission on Higher Education, R L, The Liberian Macroeconomic Policy Analysis Capacity Building Project, LIMPAC – Liberia, Key Laboratory of Integrated Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, China. As such, I write to find out when will the next intake of volunteers be so that I can do my application before age catch-up with me, as my education and experiences had prepared me to meaningfully and significantly contribute to the sustainable growth of our beloved continent, Africa. Thanks
I hope they had not cancelled it and am waiting to hear from your organisation.
Good day
I wish to know if the opportunity will be available this year (2016)but for next year as well and when can I expect notification?
I am interested.
I have a bachelor’s degree in geography i don’t have passport and not experience in volontariat. Can i participate?
When is the next opportunity for 2017? Can I expect on September?
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It a really pleasure and good opportunity for youth to let them develop their skill by participating… I’m interested in higher level, have degree in information and technology where by the graduation even will be in december of this year (2016), so we expect to be a part of people who will have this opportunity…thank you so much again to think about youth in our lovely Africa.
I have HND purchasing and supply can I apply but I don’t have a pass port
I have got my Bachelor of Arts in English Didactics at University of Benin.I am also a volunteer at Copargo Hall Town in Northern Region of Benin.I am very interested in African Union Volunteering.
wow i am inteseted very much on this great opportunties
I have a diploma and certificate in Business Studies and aspiring to lift up my country Cameroon and continent as a whole in the economic sector. I find this as an internsip program to work with other african ideasand creativities . This is actually a rekindle to my anticipations of business. I will like to partake in this event hope I am eligible to apply ?
J’adore et je suis particulièrement intéressé par ce programme de volontariat international dans le zone Union africaine, car pour moi c’est un moyen, d’uniformisation des techniques et stratégie des futurs jeunes leader africain, de partir sur un même lance pour le développement général de l’Afrique. Drissa DIALLO 0022379307382
I am very integrated in the volunteer service,i have a diploma in socil works and a degree in Sociology,do i have a chance? Thank you sir,
hi! i am very interested,when is recruitment for 2016? i have obtained a honors degree in HIV/AIDS Management do i have a chance, i am from Namibia.
bonjour je suis intéressé par ce programme de volontariat international dans la zone Union africaine. Biangpambe zoua 0023566386595