Intern- Humanitarian Action

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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.

The war against Ukraine has led to the largest and fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe and one of the biggest security threats since World War II. The ongoing violence and destruction not only affect civilians within its borders, but also lead to a large scale population movements that have spilled over into neighboring countries or even further away as more than seven million Ukrainians sought safety, protection, and assistance away from their country. The war has continued to generate displacement and large-scale new arrivals to refugee-hosting countries along with dramatic levels of suffering, shattering the lives of many Ukrainians.

UN Women is committed to ensuring that women and girls are not left behind in the war against Ukraine. UN Women's engagement with humanitarian and refugee response space is more critical than ever to ensure that humanitarian response prioritizes women and girls’ voices and needs within the Regional Refugee Response.

UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office is working across the regional humanitarian and refugee response architecture to ensure a gender-transformative response framework. Serving governments, CSOs, UN Country Teams/Humanitarian Country Teams (UNCTs/HCTs), and UN Women country offices, the Office provides policy advisory services; creates, and disseminates knowledge, evidence and data on gender equality; and advances coherence for gender in humanitarian action/refugee response, including through gender mainstreaming and the coordination of humanitarian/refugee response structures on gender.

In light of the above, UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office is implementing a new programme ‘Promoting gender-responsive refugee responses at the regional and country level’ to ensure that women and girls’ voices and needs are met and prioritized within the Regional Refugee Response. The programme seeks advancing gender-responsive programming, financing and the coordination with and of UN agencies, regional inter-governmental bodies and other stakeholders in addressing the gendered consequences of humanitarian crisis.

To ensure increased and sustained engagement in the humanitarian response, UN Women is seeking an intern to provide programme support needed as part of the efforts within regional refugee response.

Duties and Responsibilities

The intern will assist the implementation of regional humanitarian and refugee response efforts with their roles and responsibilities to:

• Support Regional Humanitarian Specialist with preparations of inter-agency coordination meetings and the secretariat functions of the Regional Gender Task Force;
• Attend relevant humanitarian coordination meetings and events as required and report on key highlights and initiatives;
• Build a mapping of women-led and women’s rights organizations operating in the Ukraine regional refugee response;
• Monitor the release of relevant research and publications related to the war in Ukraine on a weekly basis and build a repository;
• Contribute to microdata analysis from existing sources from a gender and age perspective and identify relevant trends;
• Identify research gaps and support the development of advocacy and knowledge management products;
• Support UN Women humanitarian team in drafting articles on project activities, research papers, talking points and other related documents;
• Support humanitarian program activities as required.

Learning Objectives

• Increase understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN System;
• Increase knowledge and understanding of issues related to gender in humanitarian action;
• Build and develop professional relationships with UN Women colleagues and colleagues from other UN Agencies, INGOs and CSOs;
• Develop project management, communication, donor engagement, administration and organizational skills.

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:

• Strong academic background in international development, humanitarian assistance or peace and security;
• Ability to think and work logically and work precisely with attention to detail;
• Ability to write clearly and concisely;
• Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Knowledge and understanding of conflict contexts, especially as related to women and gender issues.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• University studies in one of the following disciplines: international relations, gender studies, human rights, development studies or other relevant subjects is required.
• Candidates should meet one of the following:

1. Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);
3. Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation; or
4. 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, UN Women can ONLY contact successful candidates.
• The 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).

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.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel 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.)