Candidate registration and application – Standard Operating Procedure
Responsible Unit
Focal Point
Effective Date
Applicability
Responsible party or person
Candidate Registration in UVP
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2 Candidate
3 Candidate
4 Candidate
Volunteer Solutions Section (VSS)
Volunteer Solution Section – Onsite and online
1 October 2021
All UN Volunteers and online volunteers
Process step Description Documents System role Comments
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Suggested links:
user
https://www.unv.org/becom
Familiarize with UNV’s expectations for UN e-volunteer/onboarding
Learn about UNV
Volunteers and online volunteers.
https://explore.unv.org
Go to https://app.unv.org/ Anonymous
user
Click log in/sign up or click ‘apply’ on a DoA.
Click ‘sign up now’
Follow on screen instructions to verify email Users must be minimum 18
Create an account address. Create a password. Enter first name and years old to create an
last name, date of birth and gender. account.
Click tick box to confirm acceptance of ‘Terms and
conditions’
Click ‘create’
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Choose ‘candidate’ Choose the ‘I’m a candidate’ option.
user
Complete the ‘Complete your candidate profile’ Candidate Minimum profile creation is
required to apply for a DoA
Complete minimum task to be taken to your profile or click the profile
UVP profile icon in the top right corner and click ‘edit’. A checkbox on the candidate
Enter basic profile information as indicated by * registration page to indicate

5 Candidate
6 Candidate
Abbreviations
DoA – Description of assignment
VMAM – Volunteer Management Application Module
OVS - Online Volunteering Site
interest in onsite
volunteering, online or both.
Passport upload” is
mandatory in PDU tasks
when applying for
Search and apply for Search available DoAs in the ‘DoAs’ tab. In the Candidate international positions and
an opportunity ‘related actions’ overlay, click ‘Apply’ “Passport or national ID
upload” is mandatory when
applying for national
positions.
Once candidate register in
UVP, the system sends
automatic email to the
Enter a motivation statement. Select years of
Candidate candidate confirmation about
Complete application experience, availability, confirm self-declaration
the registration. Please refer
and click ‘Apply’. to Edit Description of
Assignment (DoA)
enhancements