Internship- Social Policy, Tripoli, Libya, Duration: 6 months (open for Libya Nationals only)

Contract

This is a Internship contract. It usually requires 0 years of experience, depending on education. More about Internship contracts.

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, Opportunity!

Since 2011, UNICEF has worked closely with donors, partners, and the government to support basic service provision, to build a protective environment for children, and to contribute to evidence generation and evidence-based policy dialogue. Gender, youth, and children on the move are critical cross-cutting priorities. UNICEF has Annual Work Plans signed with relevant line ministries to ensure collaboration with government counterparts. UNICEF has also provided humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people in Libya, in line with the Humanitarian Response Plan and the Humanitarian Action for Children.

UNICEF is implementing a social protection programme in Libya with the objective of all boys, girls and adolescents in Libya having access to inclusive, shock-responsive and child-sensitive social protection and lives free of deprivations. An inclusive social protection system is the backbone to strengthen the social contract in Libya.

To achieve this UNICEF Libya county office is seeking the support of a dynamic intern to assist the Social Policy team in undertaking its ongoing projects to improve social protection outcomes.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• Engage with national partners and international agencies to ensure documentation, follow up and support advocacy and coordination as necessary with government stakeholders and other partners (IPC-ID, UNDP, ILO, WFP, etc.) in relation to social protection activities as per the agreed work plans.
• Attend and facilitate all Social Policy related meetings including pillar 3 Social Protection Sub-group and document with minutes key decisions from the Task Force.
• Support the organization of trainings organized by UNICEF for the Government teams.
• Provide all administrative and logistics support needed including key documents translation to ensure all meetings related to social policy are finalized.
• Ensure UNICEF is well presented in the monthly coordination meetings.
• Engage with technical department to supports correct and compelling use of data and evidence about children’s overage by national social protection programme and keep track of the number of Libyan children benefiting from the child support programmes.
• Coordinate all stakeholders’ engagement and communications throughout the policy consultation, design, and implementation phases.
• Escalate or refer policy advice or requests in accordance with established procedures.

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

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or another relevant technical field
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Be proficient in English and Arabic languages
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• 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 that the intern will report to.​​​​​​​

• 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’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

  UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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