Internship: Ending Corporal Punishment - Intern (Part-Time)

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Ending Corporal Punishment – Internship (part-time)

6 months (August 2021 – February 2022)

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

In September 2020, the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (GI), an active member of the End Violence CSO Forum, ceased its activities as a civil society organization. The End Violence Partnership was selected to continue important work begun by the Global Initiative. The work mainly consists of encouraging every country to prohibit and eliminate corporal punishment of children, and to take steps to put the law into practice. It also includes conducting and supporting national, regional and international advocacy with accurate information and tailored technical resources, guidance and assistance. End Violence thus adopted key elements of GI’s work and incorporated the organization’s website, allowing for the continuation of essential advocacy work to ensure all children are protected from violent discipline.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Ending Corporal Punishment Intern will play an essential role in supporting the team with legal and human rights monitoring and research, ultimately contributing to a decrease in violence against children across the world. Support will focus on three key areas: 1) assisting with the update of legal information on the website, 2) reviewing human rights treaty bodies’ decisions and updating country reports accordingly, and 3) the development of a clear timetable for international and regional reporting mechanisms.

Summary of key functions:

Work closely with the Legal Policy Specialist to review and analyze international and regional human rights mechanisms’ recommendations pertaining to corporal punishment of children and update country reports accordingly

• Develop a timetable for upcoming international and regional human rights mechanisms’ decisions
• Support the development a worldwide compilation of recent research findings pertaining to corporal punishment of children
• Support updating country reports based on new research findings
• Support updating the GI website

• Support the team with other duties as needed

  MANAGEMENT, LOCATION, TRAVEL AND DURATION

  The Ending Corporal Punishment intern will be hosted by the Secretariat of the End Violence Partnership for six months. The intern will be expected to support the team for not less than 6 hours a week. S/he will be an essential member of the End Violence team, a small, passionate group of professionals from across the world. The intern will report to the Legal Policy Specialist (Corporal Punishment).

  COVID-19 has prompted remote and more flexible working, and we do not expect to return to full-time office-based working within the next six months. Therefore, the location of the intern is flexible. However, US Eastern Daylight Time is lightly preferred to match with the work schedules of the team, but not mandatory for the right candidate.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will be highly collaborative, creative and results-oriented with a proactive, flexible approach and a commitment to working with and through others to achieve results. S/he will have:

• Be enrolled in an advanced/undergraduate university degree (Master’s or higher)
• A relevant background in law, human rights studies, development studies
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Passion for End Violence’s mission to end all forms of violence against children
• Completion of or enrollment in an advanced university in legal or human rights studies, social sciences or related fields.
• A relevant background in legal and human rights research, advocacy or communication.
• Strong analytical and writing skills.
• Strong organizational and process-management skills and a keen ability to manage multiple tasks and actors.
• A positive, self-starting, can-do attitude and a track record of getting work done with accuracy and efficiency.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Technical competencies: Familiarity with PowerPoint, MailChimp, and WordPress.

TO APPLY

Applications must be submitted via the UNICEF jobs website by 15 August 2021.

• Applications must include a cover letter and CV.

NOTE

As a UNICEF-hosted partnership, End Violence 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 sexual exploitation and abuse, and on any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.