Internship – UNICEF Funds Support Office, DFAM, NY

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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..

This internship is being established to support the FSO Team in its important role as the focal point for UNICEF’s Trustee services.

How can you make a difference?

Main tasks:

• Support the preparation of donor contribution agreements and drafting of supporting documentation;
• Support the due diligence process for assessing recipients of allocations;
• Support the disbursement process by preparing grant agreement letters;
• Monitor and track the receipt of funds by recipients
• Support the process for the upgrade of UNICEF’s transparency reporting portal and ensure that hosted funds data is accurately captured;
• Prepare interactive charts and reports that capture the FSO KPIs from 2017 to date;
• Support the Chief in the drafting of correspondence and other documents as required

To qualify as an advocate for every Child, you have to…

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate degree programme preferably in Economics or Business Administration.
• Have good writing, communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team environment.
• Fluency in English is required.

Additional requirements:

• Demonstrated experience working with and supporting the interests of children
• Enthusiasm for learning new things and applying skills in an organizational context
• Good planning skills
• Experience in using and manipulating data.
• Diverse, well-rounded interests and skills
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Strong self-initiative, creativity and ability to multi-task.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are...

View our competency framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. The internship is for a period of 10 weeks starting on 18 July 2022. The monthly stipend is $1,800.

This position is a teleworking, and the intern is expected to use their own laptop for the work. Candidates legally allowed to work in the United States will be given priority.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).