Internship: Migration Internship, Programme Group, NYHQ (2 positions)

Internship Programme & Policy

Overview

Support UNICEF's migration program through research and coordination activities.

You have:

• Currently enrolled in a university or a graduate school, or those who graduated within the last two years.
• Experience and/or knowledge on migration and displacement is a requirement.
• Strong research and writing skills required.
• Flexibility to work as part of a dynamic team and high degree of team spirit required.
• Available for work full-time for 6 months. This is not a summer internship option.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office is required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
• Other languages, especially Arabic or Spanish, are an asset.
• Experience with data analysis and visualisation is an advantage, and willingness to learn a minimum requirement.
• Experience working with maintaining Sharepoints/Websites is a strong advantage, and a willingness to learn a minimum requirement.

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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, a sustainable, clean and safe environment

Migration is an expanding global reality, increasing in scale and complexity over the last few years. Between 2005 and 2015, the number of child refugees worldwide, more than doubled from 4 million to 9 million. 1 in 2 refugees in the world is a child. 1 in 5 international migrants is younger than 20 years. While migration bears acute protection risks for many children, particularly if unaccompanied or undocumented, migration is also an empowering experience for millions of children who migrate safely and regularly within their countries or regions, enriching the societies they leave and join.

The UNICEF Migration Team based in the Programme Group is recruiting two interns to support across different programmatic areas. Both interns will work with the team towards implementing UNICEF Six Point Agenda on Children on the Move and support the Headquarters’ functions on coordination, knowledge management, policy and programming guidance and partnerships.

How can you make a difference?

The first intern (remote, unless circumstances change) will support the Policy Specialist Migration on global coordination of UNICEF action across HQ, regional and country offices, by supporting the coordination of the UNICEF’s Global Migration Practise Group, by working with Regional and Country Offices to produce a monthly global newsletter, by supporting data analysis and visualization as well as providing background research and analysis upon demand – covering topics such as inclusion of migrant and displaced children into national health, education, social protection and child protection systems.

The first intern will also support the Knowledge Management Specialist on knowledge sharing, knowledge management and capacity building to the benefit of UNICEF globally, and in particular to the PROSPECTS countries. This includes enabling staff globally to find the right information at the right time through the maintenance of the UNICEF Knowledge Domain on Children on the Move, curating new data, reports and programming insights, supporting UNICEF’s global Children on the Move Capacity Building initiative, and pro-actively identify opportunities for knowledge sharing on migration. The intern will be trained to provide support to colleagues across Country and Regional Offices, as well as HQ in navigating and using the Knowledge Domain.

The second intern (remote, unless circumstances change, reporting to the New York-based team) will support the programmatic response for refugee and migrant children in the United States, including training and technical assistance projects, along with research, policy analysis, written briefs and reports related to the protection needs and systems for children and families along the migratory route.

The second intern will also manage US Migration Programme data including data visualisation, quantitative and qualitative analysis, managing, monitoring, aggregating and tracking results against the project logframe.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Within the delegated authority and the given organisational set-up, the first intern may be accountable for all or assigned areas of the following major duties:

1. Coordinate and curate the monthly Global Migration Practise Group Newsletter, reaching over 750 staff members globally, and working closely with colleagues in Regional and Country Offices in getting the information
2. Analyse migration data coming in from UNICEF’s 190 Country Offices and Presences, develop user-friendly ways to present and use data and produce summary analysis and visuals
3. Support with organizing and providing content for Global Migration Practice Group webinars, including note taking.
4. Provide overall support to workshops/trainings, including managing administrative and logistical details, preparing agenda and participant lists, briefing packets, managing related correspondence and follow-up materials. Liaise with other members of the team as required.
5. Provide background research on policy and programmatic issues around migration upon request
6. Support knowledge exchange on children on the move within UNICEF through maintenance of the internal Document Repository and pro-actively identifying opportunities for knowledge sharing and exchange
7. Provide support to colleagues across Country and Regional Offices, as well as HQ in navigating and using the Knowledge Domain, and PROSPECTS partnership SharePoint site.
8. Support the PROSPECTS Learning Agenda and assist the KM and PME specialist with PROSPECTS data management and visualisation
9. Support the convening of technical workshops focused on capacity building on children on the move, including the Children on the Move 101 course and related deep dives
10. Provide support on additional tasks as required.

Within the delegated authority and the given organisational set-up, the second intern may be accountable for all or assigned areas of the following major duties:

1. Support the knowledge management of the US Migration Program through the maintenance of internal document/resource repository, public-facing website/technical resource hub, partner lists and communications.
2. Assist the programmatic/advocacy response for refugee and migrant children in the U.S. and along the migratory route on identified priority areas, conducting research, selecting and analysing the most relevant information, and drafting/editing of written briefs, talking points, and reports.
3. Manage US Migration Programme data including data visualisation, quantitative and qualitative analysis, managing, monitoring, aggregating and tracking results against the project logframe.
4. Support the development and delivery of technical workshops and trainings. Manage workshop administrative and logistical details, agenda and participant lists, briefing packets, workshop presenters, related correspondence and follow-up materials.
5. Help with coordination of a Community of Practice for stakeholders providing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for migrant and refugee children. Activities may include supporting the planning of regular meetings and working group sessions, including helping identify trainers/guest speakers, supporting the development of monthly call agendas, and sending invites; mapping of service providers with geographic coverage and roles; and the development of operating principles with group objectives.
6. Conduct research to identify and coordinate existing service resources available for uprooted children and families to support greater cross-regional coordination of services.
7. Liaise with other members of the team to participating in internal meetings as required.
8. Provide support on additional tasks as required.

Please indicate in your application specific experiences and skills related to the above-mentioned tasks.

Benefits to Intern:

Exposure to UNICEF’s work on children on the move, guidance through weekly meetings with the assigned supervisor(s) and participation in remote learning opportunities. Receiving training on editing, maintaining and troubleshooting Knowledge Domains.

Duration

Starting 1 March 2022 for six months.

Stipend/Payment:

In accordance to UNICEF’s guidelines, interns to be paid a stipend of 1700 USD 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 C4D/SBC Section.

Living Conditions and Working Environment:

Due to the COVID Emergency, all internships are remote for now. Office-based work and travel to the duty station (New York) will not be mandatory, even after restrictions might be lifted – decisions to switch to one-site interning will be taken in close consultation with the intern, taking into account their circumstances, vaccination status and preferences. Travel is not required.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will…

• Education: Currently enrolled in a university or a graduate school, or those who graduated within the last two years. A specialisation in migration studies is a strong advantage.
• Experience and/or knowledge on migration and displacement is a requirement.
• Strong research and writing skills required.
• Flexibility to work as part of a dynamic team and high degree of team spirit required.
• Available for work full-time for 6 months. This is not a summer internship option.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office is required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential. Other languages, especially Arabic or Spanish, are an asset.
• Experience with data analysis and visualisation is an advantage, and willingness to learn a minimum requirement.
• Experience working with maintaining Sharepoints/Websites is a strong advantage, and a willingness to learn a minimum requirement.

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.

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