Internship (26 weeks, Remote, Full-time) Fundraising Content, Individual Giving, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

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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

The UNICEF Internship Programme offers qualified and eligible students at both Headquarters (HQ) and Country Offices (CO) the unique opportunity to acquire direct practical experience in UNICEF's work and the United Nations system under the direct supervision of experienced UNICEF staff.

The PFP Fundraising and Marketing Services (FMS) team in the Individual Giving unit provides UNICEF National Committees and fundraising country offices with guidance and fundraising content packages for their fundraising campaigns. The FMS team provides support to all the fundraising markets by developing, curating, repurposing content as well as in building capacities to use this content.

How can you make a difference?

Specific tasks

Under the supervision of the FMS Manager and in close collaboration with various PFP units, the intern will:

• Regularly upload and curate content on Weshare in an effective manner
• Assist in the gathering and organizing of information around new and existing content for key counterparts in-house.
• Address queries and request for Weshare searches from National Committees and Country Offices.
• Support the development of global content packages by looking for the right kind of raw footage and images.
• Regularly search different UNICEF websites, social media platforms and blogs for great stories that can be share with the content community
• Update the content calendar on a regular basis
• Provide any other technical and operational assistance as appropriate and required by the team.

Modality: Full-time, Paid.

Reporting To: Fundraising Manager, Fundraising and Marketing Services, Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships

Location: home-based

Workplace: teleworking within Europe time zone required.

Internship Duration: 26 weeks, tentatively starting mid-September 2022.

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

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years. (Undergraduate degree (BA) in business or technology based capacity or relevant field is preferred.)
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Possess strong communications skills and strong analytical / problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a set time frame.
• Good level of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Mailchimp. Analytics software a plus.
• 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.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Remarks:

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 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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).