In-person Internship with Interagency and Humanitarian Partnerships (IAHP) section - Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS), Geneva, Switzerland (6 months)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Hope

UNICEF’s areas of work include Child protection, Child survival, Education, Emergencies, Social policy, Gender, Supply and logistics, research, evidence, analysis and innovations. Although the world has made tremendous progress in advancing the rights and improving the lives of children over the past few decades, persistent inequities and lack of opportunity continue to endanger the lives and futures of millions of children around the world. Persistent risks like humanitarian emergencies and extreme poverty, climate change and environmental degradation make vulnerable children even more vulnerable.

UNICEF has long-standing experience engaging with business stakeholders to support emergency response. Aside from funding, businesses may contribute their expertise, assets, networks and geographic reach to help UNICEF better prepare for disasters and reduce risks of the most vulnerable communities, families and children. In this regard one goal is to broker pre-disaster agreements for in-kind (non-financial) contributions and innovative solutions of businesses in support of UNICEF’s humanitarian work. Another goal is to support UNICEF country teams in brokering partnerships with local businesses and business networks, and to leverage UNICEF’s global agreements with multi-national corporate partners.

UNICEF regional offices in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), South Asia (SA), East Asia and Pacific (EAP) and Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) support country-level initiatives on ‘Business and Community Resilience’ (BCR), which is an approach that aims to accelerate partnerships with the private sector for humanitarian preparedness and resilience goals. The approach involves partnership staging activities including: business landscape assessments, the identification of target sectors/ networks/ businesses/ champions, convening of partners, fostering dialogue through existing forums, and framing business engagement opportunities within the humanitarian system. Through these partnership brokering activities UNICEF is able to focus on partnership brokering and co-creation with strategic partners.

The BCR approach has to date been applied at different stages in sudden onset emergency contexts in countries: Peru, Guatemala, the Eastern Caribbean area (ECA), Sri Lanka, Nepal and Indonesia. At-risk communities in these countries similarly face a range of hydro-meteorological and geological hazards exacerbated by climate change, often resulting in sudden or slow onset emergencies. These countries include a range of low to middle-income market economies and with the exception of the recent economic crisis in Sri Lanka these contexts have fairly stable political and economic market conditions. This has been the baseline for testing and learning from private sector engagement as a strategy for country-specific disaster preparedness and resilience strengthening.

The war in Ukraine is having dire and deadly implications for children around the world in the context of the climate crisis. With supply lines and food production disrupted, soaring global food prices are exacerbating the risks of child malnutrition in the Horn of Africa. The nutrition situation in the region is extremely concerning as malnutrition rates are increasing, particularly in Ethiopia, and in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya and Somalia. UNICEF holds a pivotal role in this context through its current engagement with business in the Nutrition sector and will apply its learning on private sector engagement towards readiness and response in large-scale operational emergency.

The Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS), in coordination with the Divisions of Partnerships (PFP) and Programmes (PD), aims to support countries in LAC, SA, EAP and ESA regions with an intern who will play an important support role in partnerships engagement, the documentation of business engagement strategies in practice and knowledge management for organizational learning for the ‘Business and Community Resilience’ approach.

How can you make a difference?

The incumbent’s tasks with a focus on partnership engagement, communications and knowledge management support shall include, inter alia:

  • Preparation for and assistance in executing the Business and Community Resilience project team retreat in Geneva, Switzerland (October 2022);
  • Back-end support to country and regional-offices on business engagement strategy co-design process involving UNICEF staff and partners including sister UN agencies, government, civil society and businesses/ business networks;
  • Documentation assistance of co-design process and partnership journey by through capture of lessons and good practices using the Stories of Change methodology.
  • Co-administration of the Business and Community Resilience knowledge management site.
  • Co-authoring of communications content such as news, articles and social media channels for the Business and Community Resilience approach.
  • Quarterly newsflash of EMOPS(-IAHP) highlighting section/office-wide achievements, flagship collaboration with other divisions, representative-level advocacy, horizon scan priorities, etc.
  • Analysis of key risks and challenges that have been faced during the work with the teams and suggestions to UNICEF’s Offices of Emergency Operations on how to manage in the future.

To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will have…

Minimal Qualifications

  • Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in Political Science, International Affairs, International Development, Communications or other relevant field.
  • Proficient in at least one of UNICEF's working languages (English, French or Spanish). Fluency in the working language of the office you are applying to is required.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
  • Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
  • Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office; and Have no other relatives in the line of authority that the intern will report to.

Desirable qualifications and skills

  • Experience in Business management and building partnerships and/or corporate social responsibility considered an asset;
  • Experience in organizing events or conferences;
  • Research, data analysis, data visualization and information management skills;
  • Flexibility, teamwork skills, professional and personal integrity;
  • Experience in preparing communication materials;
  • Experience in managing social media accounts, producing content and analyzing trends;
  • Very good knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point; Knowledge of InDesign or graphics design software;
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint and Zoom including conferencing
  • Additional consideration will be given for any past experience.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Duration: The selected candidate will undertake the full-time role for 6 months.

Location: Selected interns will be working full-time in Geneva, and will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for interns. Working hours at the duty station are from 9 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. Geneva time.

Visa: The intern will be responsible for obtaining any visa required for them to travel to, live, and work in Switzerland; though the IAHP section will offer guidance on how to complete this process. No visa/travel will be required should the internship opportunity be exceptionally modified to become remote internship/home-based.

Stipend: In accordance to UNICEF's guidelines, selected intern will be provided a monthly stipend to cover the duration of the candidate’s internship. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.

Insurance: For Geneva-based interns, UNICEF will not be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the intern's service, whether on or off UNICEF premises. Therefore, the selected candidate must provide proof of enrollment in a health/accident plan with coverage in Switzerland prior to starting his/her internship. Interns are subject to Swiss Law on Medical Insurance (LAMal) and will be required to enroll into a Swiss insurance under LAMal scheme as soon as they receive their Legitimation Card or to request an exemption from LAMal office provided that their insurance is equivalent to or has a better coverage than an insurance under LAMal scheme. More details will be communicated to the selected candidate in due time.

Mandatory Courses: Selected interns will be requested to complete online mandatory courses prior to commencement of the internship.

Equipment: UNICEF will provide IT equipment to the selected candidate as this is an in-person internship. Should the internship opportunity be exceptionally modified to become a remote/home-based internship, UNICEF will not provide IT equipment, nor will cover internet connectivity costs. The interns are expected to use their own equipment and have access to internet.

Leave: Interns may take up to 2.5 days per month off work for any reason, including for medical reasons. The stipend will be reduced for any absence beyond this quota. The quota is cumulative over the duration of the internship, but there will be no compensation or carry-over to another appointment for unused leave days at the end of the internship.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to apply online and submit the following documents:

  • Resume;
  • Cover Letter stating availability and motivation;
  • Recent university or institution records certificate (or a reference letter from the academic supervisor confirming a strong performance should the records certificate not be available at this stage); and
  • P11 form (The P11 can be downloaded from here: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc) or duly completed online application profile

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA), and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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