Internship - The Partnerships and Communications Intern, Education Outcomes Fund (EOF), 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, education...

The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) is working at the cutting edge of innovative development finance on a global stage. To support our strong pipeline of projects, we are looking for a high-calibre intern to work alongside our Partnerships and Communications Teams to assist them in their routine activities and contribute towards their deliverables. If you are passionate about achieving quality education and employment outcomes for all children and youth, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the UNICEF Career's Page by Monday 21 February 2022.

EOF supports improvements in the quality of education and skills programs, with a special focus on underserved populations, including the hardest to reach; rural populations, girls, children with disabilities, and refugees. It measures (and pays for) what matters – both core skills like literacy and numeracy, but also critical 21st Century skills such as socio-emotional skills, ICT skills, and other broader fundamentals of a quality education. It helps close the persistent gap between the skills needed by employers and those attained by today’s youth by paying for employment and retention outcomes.

For all the above, EOF pays primarily on the basis of the results achieved, ensuring that taxpayer-funded domestic resources, aid, and philanthropic funds are only used to pay for what works. This is a game-changing way to finance results in education. It is more than just a fund – it is a powerful new set of partnerships and way of working.

How can you make a difference?

We are seeking to recruit a high-calibre intern to support our rapidly growing pipeline of programs work in the education, early childhood and skills for employment sectors that will help transform the effectiveness of programs and address the learning and youth unemployment crisis.

You will become a core part of our Partnerships and Communications Teams, supporting the teams to work closely with governments, donors, and service providers/impact investors to develop and maintain strategic partnerships. The intern will provide crucial support to the EOF in this phase of rapid growth, and we need a highly motivated and capable individual who shares our passion for the mission.

The intern will work in collaboration with the rest of the Partnerships and Communications Teams. A more detailed list of activities is included below:

• Research and Origination:
  • Primary and secondary research on potential funders.
  • Researching and advising on strategy with these potential funders.
  • Research and analysis to feed into the EOF’s communications strategy.
• Drafting Content, including Proposal Writing & Reporting:
  • Writing proposals and pitch materials to ‘sell’ EOF to potential partners and fundraising prospects.
  • Responding to requests for proposals from a range of major international organisations.
  • Completing donor reports and updating donors on progress.
  • Contributing to the development of speeches, articles, website content, alongside other communication material.
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system:
  • Maintaining accurate data on the ‘HubSpot’ CRM System through regular ‘HubSpot cleans’ and ensuring that emails and notes are logged correctly
  • Supporting the team with HubSpot related queries.
• Relationships:
  • Assisting the broader partnerships team to build relationships with new and existing partners through, for example, participating in calls and webinars and managing email communications with partners and prospects.
  • Helping to build relationships with various media outlets.
• ‘Other’ work within the partnerships and communication teams: including but not limited to:
  • Preparing for fundraising committee and board meetings.
  • Preparing for communications and advocacy sub-committee meetings.
  • Helping the Partnerships Team and the Communications Team to review and develop their overall strategy and approach.

Other information

• Most of our team is London-based, although remote working is possible. Candidates are expected to be available during working hours in the Europe/Africa/Middle East time zones.
• The internship stipend depends on where the intern is based and can be discussed with candidates at the point of application.
• The duration of the internship is 6 months, and the position is full-time.
• The Partnerships and Communications Intern will report to the Partnerships Manager.

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

• Be enrolled in a degree programme in an undergraduate or graduate school, or be a recent graduate.
• At least 18 years old.
• Fluency in English is required and proficiency in French, Spanish or Arabic is desirable.
• Excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Experience using social media analytics tools is an advantage.

• 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.

• Additional consideration will be given for any relevant experience.

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 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.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

REMARKS:

Payment Methodology: Monthly stipend in line with UNICEF policy.

Other Requirements:

• Copy of your most recent official transcript showing excellent academic performance

• Copy of Identification Card (ID)

• One letter of signed recommendation on letterhead or from professional email address

Most of our team is London-based, although remote working is possible. Candidates are expected to be available during working hours in the Europe/Africa/Middle East time zones.

• The successful candidate will be managed by one of EOF’s Program Managers and support their portfolio of programs.
• The internship stipend depends on where the intern is based and can be discussed with candidates at the point of application.
• The internship is full-time, and the duration is six (6) months.

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

EOF 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. EOF's day-to-day activities are carried out by a Secretariat under the direction of the Education Outcomes Fund, Director.