Internship: Organizational Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Intern, 6 months, DHR, NYC, Home Based

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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 is looking for an intern(s) to help us with our diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as part of our overall organizational culture effort. This aims to build a more ethical, inclusive, empowering workplace where all our staff respect, enable, and inspire each other to do our best for the world’s children.

UNICEF’s culture, defined by its underlying values, ethical principles, beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that make the organization and its people unique, is the core of who we are. The culture runs deep and together with the UNICEF mission and mandate, is part of what makes a UNICEF colleague proud to be a part of this organization.

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 strive to level the playing field by removing barriers so that everyone has a fair opportunity to join UNICEF and leverage their individual strengths and talents. We can only deliver better results for children by intentionally focusing on diversity and by amplifying the voices of those who are least heard.

Our core values (charter also available in French and Spanish) of care, respect, integrity, trust and accountability guide the way we serve children and the way colleagues at UNICEF are expected to relate to one another. While no large organization is immune to bias, discrimination and misconduct, we make it a priority to create an environment where everyone feels safe, valued and respected.

You can find more information here: https://www.unicef.org/about/unicef-culture and https://www.unicef.org/careers/equity-inclusion-and-diversity-unicef

How can you make a difference?

The selected candidate(s) would work from their present location.

Under the overall guidance of the Principal Adviser, Organizational Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and working closely with the Org Culture-DEI team and relevant UNICEF offices, the candidate(s) would work on the following tasks:

• Communications and outreach: supporting 7 Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) with various aspects of their work to promote more inclusion in UNICEF. This may include managing Sharepoint pages, generating content, and increasing visibility and engagement with staff.
• Providing support in organizing and conducting workshops and training sessions on different topics related to organizational culture and diversity.
• Preparing periodic reports on project progress, challenges, and lessons learned on culture and diversity.
• Creating, organizing, and disseminating knowledge products by utilizing platforms like SharePoint, teams, and document libraries.

Modality: Paid (a stipend) – Full-time or part-time

Tentative start date: September 1, 2024 (or sooner)

Duration: minimum 6 months

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

• Be enrolled in an advanced/undergraduate university degree in a relevant background in organizational development, human resources, behavioral science, communications, knowledge/information management or other social sciences field.
• Have excellent and innovative communication, research, and knowledge management skills.
• Have a passionate commitment to and some experience with diversity, equity and inclusion issues
• 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.

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

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.

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’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.

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

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Added 17 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - Source: unicef.org