Internship with Education - Ankara, Turkey

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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.

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families.

Defending children’s rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfil their potential to the benefit of a better world.

Turkey remains home to the largest registered refugee population in the world. Over 3.7 million refugees and asylum-seekers are registered in Turkey, of whom nearly 1.27 million are children. While the government continues to lead the overall crisis response and remains the largest provider of humanitarian aid to Syrians as well as other groups, the overall goal of UNICEF is to reduce the equity gaps affecting the most vulnerable boys and girls.

The results and experiences in the previous phases of the Syrian Volunteer Education Personnel (SVEP) Incentives Programme showed the positive impact of assigning Syrian personnel to institutions on refugee children's access and retention in education. Therefore, after the completion of the SVEP Incentives Programme in July 2021, a new programme was designed and developed with MoNE and two new implementing Partners. Syrian Support Workers (SSW) Programme aims to improve access to a high-quality, inclusive education system and protective environment for Syrian children and adolescents in Türkiye. The programme will support efforts that promote access and retention of Syrian refugees in the education system, their continued learning in formal, and informal settings and their overall social integration.

The programme also aims to support and enhance Syrian children's and their family's access to social services in Türkiye. This will be achieved by deploying Syrian personnel, who will be assigned to support Turkish service providers inside and outside the public education system.

For every child, education

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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.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF is looking for one or more intern(s) to join the education team.

The selected intern(s), in collaboration with and under the guidance of the supervisor will support monitoring activities under the SSWs programme to ensure effective and efficient programme implementation and to produce reliable and systematic data analysisto support quality programming.

The selected intern(s) will:

• Conduct phone interviews with SSWs in Arabic to follow during various monitoring activities using a specific list of questions that is provided by UNICEF and enter the obtained information into a UNICEF excel template in English.

• Categorize feedback received from SSWs and provide weekly reports to supervisor

• Support translation between Arabic and English and vice versa of key SSW programme related documents as requested.

• Participate in monitoring field visits to support officers as needed.

• Participate in monthly monitoring feedback meetings and present results accordingly

Duration:

24 weeks to start immediately after selection with potential extension based on operational needs.

Modality:

Part-time (exact arrangement to be decided with the supervisor following selection of candidate)

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.

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

Applicants should meet the following requirements:

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or Ph.D. degree programme of social sciences or have graduated within the past two years - Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.

• 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 which the intern will report to.

• Fluency in Arabic and English is required (oral and written).

• Strong proficiency in MS Office programmes is required.

• Working knowledge of Turkish would be an asset; and

• Additional consideration will be given for any previous internship experience in related fields.

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:https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

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.