Internship - Social Media, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), New York/Geneva, Six (6) months REQ

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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.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children and youth entitled to an education in emergencies, we would like to hear from you.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the first global multilateral fund dedicated to supporting education for children and youth in countries affected by wars, disasters and crises. It was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by a broad coalition of international aid agencies and public and private donors to usher in faster and more sustainable education responses in crises settings. ECW inspires political commitment to financing education in humanitarian contexts, catalyzes financial resources, facilitates joint programming between humanitarian and development actors, empowers local partners and seeks to strengthen quality and accountability.

ECW is hosted by UNICEF. The Fund is administered under UNICEF’s financial, human resources and administrative rules and regulations, while operations are run by the Fund’s own independent governance structure that provides strategic guidance and oversight to its investments. ECW’s day-to-day activities are carried out by a Secretariat under the direction of the ECW Director.

ECW is establishing a roster of interns. The ECW Internship Programme offers qualified and eligible students/graduates the opportunity to acquire direct practical experience in international development work in education under the direct supervision of experienced ECW staff.

How can you make a difference?

Under the guidance of the Chief, Advocacy/Communication Section, interns will support ECW’s external outreach as relevant, including in the areas of: social media (Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube); international and national media outreach, digital story-telling (Exposure platform); human interest stories from partners in crisis-countries; graphic and info-graphic design; as well as providing other advocacy and communication support to the Advocacy/Communication section, while also learning about organizational processes to support the implementation of the ECW 2021 workplan.

Functional Area:

Advocacy and Communication

Applicants will have an interest in and experience with media relations, utilizing various social media platforms to communicate ECW’s vision and mission, as well as written communications skills to support ECW advocacy efforts, including publications, infographics and press releases, including support to ECW’s commitment to inspiring political support and mobilizing funds for education in emergencies and protracted crises.

Main duties:

• Support the growth and engagement of ECW’s Social Media Platforms: Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube.
• Undertake a desk review of the scope and potential for social media needs for ECW.
• Analyze and share new ways to engage through our social media platforms, social media tools, best practices and how other organizations are using them to identify new campaigning strategies.
• Map global influencers across all social media channels - specifically those interested in education, education in emergencies - and identify opportunities to engage and partner with them to promote ECW’s mission.
• Provide social media channel-specific ideas for the improved use of social media messages, videos or photo content.
• Draft and prepare social media content across the platforms; including TikTok.
• Analyze ECW global website content and propose ways to share it on social media.
• Assist in compiling statistics and undertaking social media analysis capturing local trends, feedback from followers, opportunities and challenges related to ECW’s content across all social media channels.
• Apply best practices on social media algorithms to ensure ECW’s content across all channels reaches targeted audiences.
• Support the setup of social media ads across all ECW social media channels.
• Tiktok specific expected duties:
  • Support creating monthly content calendars taking into account ECW’s related events and UN International days relevant to the fund.
  • Independently develop creative and fun video concepts and edit other ECW videos suited for the TikTok platform and targeted audiences.
  • Promote ECW’s brand awareness and advocacy priorities and programs on TikTok.
  • Maintain a repository of all TikTok-related multimedia (audiovisual and graphics).
  • Support the Digital Media Officer with a day to day monitoring and management of ECW’s TikTok account, including posting content, monitoring content performance.
  • Adapting TikTok trends in an innovative way to create fun and creative videos that are on trend, but still adhere to ECW’s key messages.
  • Engage with the TikTok community daily in a way that is on-brand.
  • Contribute to the strategy, vision, and voice of the channel
• Carry out any other relevant advocacy/communication tasks to support the deliverables described in the ECW annual workplan.

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

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, Masters or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years.
• Have an academic background in any of the following: Media Relations Communication, Social Media, Graphic Design, Journalism, Marketing.
• Be at least 18 years old at the time of application.
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by university records.
• Have no immediate relatives working with UNICEF or in the ECW Secretariat.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Salary/Payment:

Interns will receive a stipend based on their location. USD 1,700 per month in the following offices: New York, Geneva, and Copenhagen; or​​​​​​​ 70% of the monthly salary of the General Service (GS) level 3 step 1 in all other duty stations.

Visa: Interns are responsible for obtaining their visas before travelling. UNICEF will only issue guidance and a letter stating acceptance of an individual as an intern and the conditions governing the Internship. Applicants who are in the USA or Switzerland at the time of application (for the US with a valid OPT/CPT if international student), are personally responsible for arranging any visa or immigration requirements, covering the entire period of their internship. Insurance: UNICEF will not be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the intern's service. Therefore, the selected candidate must provide proof of enrolment in a health/accident plan prior to starting his/her work.

Living and Working Conditions:

Interns can be based at the ECW Secretariat office in New York, or at the ECW Secretariat Office in Geneva. Arrangements to carry out the internship remotely are also possible given the global COVID pandemic. Note that applicants who are based in the New York area (with a valid OPT/CPT if international student) or Geneva will be given priority. The internship may be conducted remotely, depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic at the time of application.

The internship is full-time (35 hrs). Working hours are flexible and set-up in mutual discussion with the supervisor considering existing study/work commitments. Interns may take up to 2.5 days per month off work for any reason, including for medical reasons. The stipend will be reduced for any absence beyond this quota.

Expected starting date: 1 October 2022.

Preferred duration: maximum of 6 months; (26 weeks). An internship may be terminated by either party, with a notice period of at least two weeks.

Deadline for applications: 25 August 2022 at midnight NY eastern standard time (EST). Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.

ECW is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all national, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization.

ECW follows UNICEF’s rules and regulations in human resources management. Applicants are encouraged to read the FAQs on the UNICEF Internship program – which apply also to ECW – available at this link: https://www.unicef.org/careers/internships

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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 offers reasonable accommodation for personnel with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

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