Internship with Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) - Ankara, Turkey

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If you are committed and passionate about making a lasting difference for children, UNICEF Turkey would like to hear from you.

Adolescence is a period marked by the onset of puberty, sexual development, rapid physical growth and a second window of neurological development, following childhood. It is a time when adolescents explore who they are and want to be in the world, searching for identity, purpose and meaning through exploration and experimentation.

In Turkey, there are approximately 5 million adolescents aged 14-17 years out of a total population of 84.6 million. UNICEF Turkey’s ADAP programme supports the government’s efforts aimed at ensuring adolescents are learning and equipped with relevant life skills that will ensure they are empowered to contribute actively and positively to the economic and social life of their society.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF is implementing its 2021-2025 Country Programme Document (CPD) that has a key result area and outputs on “Adolescents”, supporting their development, participation and engagement.

UPSHIFT- one of the key initiatives to be implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) is an opportunity to support adolescents and youth today to become a force for positive social and economic change, contributing to a competitive labour force, sustained economic growth, improved governance, and vibrant civil societies and a key strategy towards achieving UNICEF results for adolescents and young people.

As a UNICEF ADAP Intern you will work on UPSHIFT and digital skills programmes for adolescents and youth to develop their creativity, participation and help them design solutions addressing challenges that they and their communities face.

Together with partners, you will support young people to develop ideas and solutions to respond to modern day challenges in their communities and increase the employability capacity of them.

You’ll get to present your ideas and outputs. You'll also receive mentoring and career advice from members of ADAP and select programme team and equally importantly, have a fun and inspiring internship experience in one of UNICEF’s most challenging country programmes and make contributions towards its CPD implementation.

Your assignment will include:

‘Getting Started’: Supporting the initial roll out of ADAP programme concepts

• Together with local partners, participate in the co-creation of initial UPSHIFT (Social Entrepreneurship) localized ‘start-up’ activities.
• Together with ADAP and other programme team members and partners, you will support the development of Youth and Innovation ‘boot camps’ in select youth centres.
• Compile, draft and co-produce a monthly programme newsletter and other relevant communications materials promoting the work of the ADAP unit within UNICEF.
• Join internal programme conversations (webinars, thematic working groups) and meetings.
• Join relevant external meetings, conferences and events within Turkey

Duty Station: Ankara

Supervisor: ADAP Officer

Duration: 24 weeks

Stipend: In accordance to UNICEF's guidelines, interns will be paid a nominal stipend per month. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.

Insurance: UNICEF will not be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the intern's service, whether on or off UNICEF premises. Therefore, the selected candidate must provide proof of enrolment in a health/accident plan prior to start his/her work. If accepted, the intern will be required to provide a copy of health insurance coverage and to fill out the relevant UNICEF forms on conditions regarding service as an intern.

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

• Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree programme or have graduated within the past two years
• Fluency in Turkish and English
• Know ‘Human Centered Design’ and its application to social issues especially youth development issues
• Familiar with how technology, social entrepreneurship interfaces with youth development
• Know entrepreneurial ecosystems and incubator approaches for youth innovations
• Excellent communication and written skills.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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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:

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.