Internship Opportunity with UNICEF (06 Months): Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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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, protection

Bangladesh has a long history of natural disasters and remains vulnerable to disasters and the impacts of climate change. Bangladesh has frequently experienced disasters such as floods, cyclones, waterlogging, fires, earthquakes, and landslides. Children are among those who suffer the most during disasters, facing risks such as displacement, family separation, injuries, violence, and diseases. In addition, incidents of violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect increase in the aftermath of a disaster. UNICEF Bangladesh supports the government-led response to provide the most vulnerable children and women with an integrated package of lifesaving services that include health, nutrition, water and sanitation, education, child protection, and risk communication. Given the increase in climate-related hazards, UNICEF also works on strengthening preparedness, disaster risk reduction, and resilience building of children, communities, and institutions.

How can you make a difference?

The purpose of the UNICEF internship program is to provide a framework by which students pursuing or having recently completed a tertiary education are assigned to UNICEF offices to enhance their educational experience through practical work assignments, to expose them to the work of the UNICEF, and to provide UNICEF offices with the assistance of qualified students or recent graduates specialized in various professional fields.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Supports the CPHA program implementation with other CP Pillars and monitoring of the activities stipulated in the UNICEF Rolling work plan (RWP).
• Collects background information regarding the CPHA program and provides updated information on program/project financial and administrative status for analysis and report purposes.
• Assists with drafting donor, annual, and other reports, and briefing notes related to CPHA as required by section
• Participate and represent UNICEF as required and requested in relevant inter-agency child protection fora.
• Builds and manages a repository of information/data and prepares relevant materials including PowerPoint presentations, guidance/ concept notes, reports, photographs, and documents.
• Supports in preparations of field visits for the UNICEF officials, government, and other partners, and provides information and briefing on CPHA interventions by the section and status.
• Carry out other relevant duties that may be assigned by the supervisor generally related to the functioning of the child protection sector (and in coordination with other team members).

For detailed job responsibilities, please see the attached TOR: JD.pdf

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

• Bachelor’s degree or graduate student in one of the following areas: Law, Humanitarian Studies, International Development, Business Administration, Public Policy, Public Administration, Development Studies, or social sciences.
• Strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records or, if not available, a reference letter from an academic supervisor.
• Development work and volunteering experience is an asset but not a prerequisite.
• Exposure/experience of working in any humanitarian context is considered as an asset.
• No immediate relatives (e.g., father, mother, brother, sister) working in UNICEF.
• Experiences using Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) is an asset.
• Proficiency in English is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are... (1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness(3)Drive to achieve results for impact(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity(6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.

Remarks:

UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

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. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to selected candidates who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.

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