Communications and Knowledge Management Intern

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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Established in 1996 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 50/166, the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women (the UN Trust Fund) is the only global, multilateral grant-giving fund specialized in preventing and ending all forms of violence against women and girls. Human rights are at the core of its work, recognizing that “violence against women violated and impaired or nullified the enjoyment by women of human rights and fundamental freedoms”. The fund’s mandate emerged from and is grounded in international commitments arising from the Beijing Platform for Action (1995), the Vienna Declaration on Gender-Based Violence (1993), the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. In the twenty-five years of its existence, the UN Trust Fund has supported 609 initiatives for the value of almost USD198 million in 140 countries and territories. The fund has invested in innovative, demand-driven, evidence-based solutions and life-changing initiatives at national and local level.

The UN Trust Fund is seeking an intern to support the UN Trust Fund’s Resource Mobilization, reporting, and communications efforts. The intern will also support the UN Trust Fund’s Learning Hub, whose objective is to harvest, analyze and disseminate lessons from grantees’ initiatives in order to build a stronger knowledge base for scaling up global efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Resource Mobilization and Reporting Specialist, the intern will be responsible for the following duties:

• Support the UN Trust Fund’s reporting and results sharing, including summarizing progress reports and evaluations to extract information for resource mobilization and advocacy;
• Assist with content generation for the UN Trust Fund’s Learning Hub, including drafting short blurbs, tagging, and uploading evaluations of UN Trust Fund-funded projects to the UN Trust Fund Learning Hub/Evaluation Library on its website;
• Assist with planning for special projects and events, such as the Knowledge Brief Series, Small Grants Evaluations and UN Trust Fund advocacy events (such as during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence);
• Support the UN Trust Fund’s communications, including creating social media messages and assets related to grantee results, evaluations, in the lead up to the 16 Days of Activism and other advocacy opportunities for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women; and
• Perform any other additional tasks required to support the Communications and Knowledge Management functions of the Trust Fund.

Learning Objectives:

• Increased understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system;
• Exposure to the projects, practices and events of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women; and
• Increased understanding of both EVAW Communications and Advocacy and EVAW Knowledge Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Exposure to research, evaluation and/or non-governmental organizations
• Familiarity with women’s rights and ideally in ending violence against women
• Self-starter and organized
• Ability to multitask and balance multiple responsibilities
• Knowledge of social media platforms and back-end systems

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• University studies in one of the following disciplines: social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or other relevant subjects is required.
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent); Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation, or Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program which is part of a degree programme and undertake the internship as part of the program requirements.

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
• Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.

Renumeration:

Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.

Application Information:

• All applicants must submit a completed and signed P.11 form with their application.
• Due to the high volume of applications received, we can ONLY contact successful candidates.
• Successful candidate will be required to provide proof of enrollment in a valid health insurance plan at the duty station of the internship, proof of school enrollment or degree, a scanned copy of their passport/national ID and a copy of a valid visa (as applicable).
• A selected candidate unable to report to the advertised duty station due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may be approved to undertake this internship remotely.
• Applicants from the Global South will be prioritized

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.