Internship for Humanitarian Performance Monitoring, Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS), New York, USA

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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, a future.

Under the general supervision of the Emergency Specialist (Assessment, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation), the intern would support the revitalization of the Humanitarian Performance Monitoring (HPM) community.

How can you make a difference?

Duties may include but are not limited to:

  • Responsible for the day to day management of the HPM community including a webinar series and the yammer feed.
  • Identify gaps and out of date materials on Humanitarian PME and PPPX sites and develop drafts to address those gaps.
  • Support the development of a suite of training and capacity building for HPM alumni, young UNICEF and a deployable roster, in partnership with the Frontlines team in the Division of Human Resources (DHR).
  • Support the Humanitarian Review Recommendation to “Ensure that global PM&E staff are trained in data collection technologies and that new hires are fully competent in these technologies to ensure that UNICEF improves its data collection methods and remains efficient in data collection and analysis.”
  • Support the development of tools and the continued rollout of the Core Commitment for Children (CCC)

To qualify as an advocate for every child you must:

  • Be enrolled in an graduate or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in any of these areas: Research, Data Analysis, Economics, Statistics, Social sciences or International Development.
  • Strong drafting and solid design skills.
  • Intermediate/Advance Excel skills.
  • Infographics, graphic design and video editing skills an asset
  • 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 to which you would be reporting.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
  • Additional consideration will be given to any past professional experience, especially on Humanitarian/Emergency settings.

Remarks:

Salary/Payment:

UNICEF will pay a monthly stipend to the intern as per UNICEF procedure on internship programme. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship. UNICEF is not responsible for obtaining any necessary visas.

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 his/her work with UNICEF.

Living Conditions and Working Environment:

The intern will work remotely and attending meetings virtually. S/he will work with the team in charge of support the revitalization of the Humanitarian Performance Monitoring (HPM) community.

- Duration: 26 weeks

- Cost: All costs related to travel, insurance, accommodation, and living expenses must be borne by either the interns or their sponsoring institutions.

- Visa: You will be responsible for obtaining and financing for the necessary visas.

- Travel: You will arrange and finance your travel to the United Nations location where you will be an intern.

- Medical insurance: You will be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the internship and must show proof of a valid major global medical insurance coverage.

- Confidentiality: You must be discreet and keep confidential any and all unpublished information obtained during the course of the internship and may not publish any documents based on such information.

- If accepted, the intern will be required to provide a copy of health insurance coverage and to fill out the UNICEF form on conditions regarding service as an intern.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Added 2 years ago - Updated 2 years ago - Source: unicef.org