Since the escalation of the war in February 2022, volunteers, war-affected communities, civil society organizations, and Ukrainian and international humanitarian workers have joined hands to support millions of people whose lives have been devastated by the ongoing war in Ukraine. To strengthen the UN system and its response efforts, UN Volunteers are deployed to serve onsite and as online volunteers to solve the spillover of the crisis in Ukraine and in the neighbouring countries of Republic of Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, and also in Bulgaria, Italy, Türkiye and Czechia where the migration crisis has elevated.
Since 2022, more than 630 UN Volunteers have been mobilized for crisis and emergency. More than 400 of them directly engaged with the UN partners within Ukraine.
How to Deploy UN Volunteers
To initiate the recruitment process, UNV requires only the Description of Assignment (DoA), which is equivalent to Terms of Reference (ToR), and the confirmation of funding.DOA templates and additional information are available through the UN Partner Toolkit.
Benefits and Entitlements of the UN Volunteers
UN Volunteers receive a comprehensive benefits and entitlements package, including:
- Monthly living allowance, including Well-Being Differential
- Relocation support (travel and entry lump sum)
- Health, life, and permanent disability insurance
- Family allowances (when applicable)
- Learning opportunities
Fast and Flexible Talent Solutions
- Fastest solutions: 30 days for national (and Refugee) volunteer assignments, 65 days for international volunteers’ assignments.
- Onsite Categories: Community, University, Youth, Specialist and Expert Volunteers.
- Direct Recruitment Option: Possible to contract pre-identified talents without advertisement within 2 weeks.
- Enriched Talent Pool: 5,000 Ukrainian speakers, and more than 3,300 active candidates in Ukraine.
- Bulk recruitment: Fastest solutions for high-volume (direct or competitive) recruitments.
- Online Volunteers: UNV supports UN Partners' outreach through Online Volunteers available at the UNV Online Volunteering Platform, at no cost. Immediate mobilization for crisis response is possible in less than 48 hours, for example: on communication support, data collection, monitoring, reporting, and more. Online Volunteers are engaged on task-based assignments in various areas of expertise.
Available UN Volunteer Profiles include:
- Administration, Finance and Human Resources
- Architecture and settlements
- Communications
- Community development
- Crisis and emergency response
- Development programmes
- Education
- Energy and Environment
- Engineering and construction
- Health
- Information technology
- Logistics and Inventory
- Procurement and contracting
- Security and protection
- Social work
- Translation and interpretation
- Volunteer management
- And many other areas as needed
Estimated Proforma costs (USD) for UN Volunteer, Specialist, 6 months as of 4 April 2025
| Ukraine | International | National |
| Community Volunteer | - | 5,654.62 |
| University Volunteer | 28,910.53 | 10,111.56 |
| Youth Volunteer | 35,302.30 | 13,178.26 |
| Specialist Volunteer | 35,976.82 | 14,512.46 |
| Expert Volunteer | 42,869.86 | 17,897.77 |
Cost estimates for volunteer categories based on various contract durations are available upon request.
Contact information for inquiries on UN Volunteers assignments
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UNV Ukraine Field Unit Maksym Solovey, UNV Country Coordinator maksym.solovey@unv.org Olena Yakovlieva, Partnership & Mobilization Associate olena.yakovlieva@unv.org |
UNV Partnership and Mobilization Czechia, Hungary, Poland Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania Online Volunteering |
Online Volunteers bring innovation and diversity to UN entities without any cost
More than 540 Online Volunteers were requested by 15 UN agencies, governmental institutions, and eligible civil society organizations from 15 countries to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
Online volunteers provide dedicated support in various areas of collaboration; mainly on IT-related tasks, data collection and visualization, translation, content editing, digital communication, talent acquisition, programme development and support, event management, researching and reporting, needs mapping, and information management, according to needs of UN agencies on the ground.
Read how Online Volunteers contribute to emergency response activities of UN agencies: