Internship: Education Cost and Finance Internship, Education, PG, NYHQ (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 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 fulfil 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, Education…

Purpose

In the post pandemic, there is an increasing need to protect education budgets for a sustainable and equitable learning recovery. Under the guidance and general supervision of the education specialist (economist), this intern will provide support to knowledge management of education costing and financing efforts by UNICEF and its partners.

The key duties and tasks for this internship are summarized as follows:

1. Provide education financing input to the UNICEF Education Knowledge Management Dashboard (internal and external)
2. Maintain and improve the internal ‘Education Cost and Financing’ TEAMS library
3. Update the mapping of Innovative Financing for Education
4. Gather messages comparing the unit cost of education input vs. other daily consumption in G20 countries.

Benefits to Intern:

1. The intern will gain knowledge about UNICEF operations.
2. The intern will become acquainted with education costing and financing aligned with UNICEF’s programme priority.

Duration

7 March – 5 September, 2022

Salary/Payment:

In accordance to UNICEF’s guidelines, interns will be paid a stipend of US $1,700 per month. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.

Insurance:

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 enrolment in a health/accident plan prior to start the internship with the Education Section.

Living Conditions and Working Environment:

The intern will be remote based and work from home. The intern will work with the Education Section and report to the supervisor of this internship. The intern is not expected to travel during the assignment. The intern will be expected to participate in education section meetings, as well as other UNICEF meetings of interest to the student, including the seminar series for UNICEF interns. Guidance will be provided on a regular basis.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will…

• Education – Major in Education, Economics, Social Sciences, Statistics or other filed relevant to the position.
• Language – Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is considered an asset.
• Knowledge on Microsoft Office 365 applications including Power BI, Sharepoint and Teams.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. To view our competency framework, please click here.

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

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, culture, appearance, socio-economic status, ability, age, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply to become a part of the organization.