Knowledge Management Funded Internship at the Education Section of UNICEF 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.

For every child, education.

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 to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive, and fulfil their potential to benefit a better world.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF offers the opportunity for talented students to gain professional experience while being exposed to UNICEF's work. At the same time, UNICEF benefits from interns as a significant asset by providing updated academic knowledge, technical know-how and other valuable skills to the organization.

Knowledge management (KM) has taken greater prominence in UNICEF with the recent endorsement of the Global Knowledge Management Medium-Term Strategy (2021-2022). KM, defined as the 'management of generation, sharing, and use of knowledge for better performance and results', is connected to all areas of UNICEF's work and instrumental to identifying and scaling up good practices and results. Knowledge is one of UNICEF's greatest assets in delivering results for children. With an expansive field presence in over 150 countries, UNICEF has unparalleled evidence and knowledge base on children's issues, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. Harnessing these assets towards effective programming and policy advocacy is critical to accelerating results and achieving our aims as the trusted global knowledge leader for children. Several countries, including Turkey, are working towards operationalizing the global KM vision of putting knowledge to achieve children's results and fulfil their rights.

The intern in the Education section will provide specific support to the enhancements of Education KM architecture and the improved information and knowledge base available to UNICEF's Turkey Country Office and education teams regionally and globally through the development of various knowledge products. These knowledge products will contribute to implementing the global UNICEF Education Strategy 2019-2030, but more specifically support resource mobilization and implementation of priorities in Turkey's new country programme strategy 2021-2025.

Under the supervision of the Education Specialist (Strategic Planning and Knowledge Management), the UNICEF Education Section in the Turkey Country Office is seeking the assistance of an intern to support and contribute to general and specific tasks related to programmatic activities as listed below (in agreement with the supervisor other functions can be carried out):

• Support the Education Section to prioritize key activities from the Education KM Strategy and Action Plan for implementation in 2022

• Support the coordination and delivery of key KM activities prioritized for implementation in 2022

• Support the Education section’s efforts to disseminate key evidence generation products such as the Out-of-School Children Study, COVID-19 impact on education, and the Syria Documentation Study 2

• Support the knowledge management aspects related to the emerging work in UNICEF Turkey on climate change in education

• Update two-pager programme fact sheets for key priority areas in the UNICEF Turkey education country programme strategy 2021-2025.

• Using a systematic approach to capture good practices using UNICEF's applied case-study approach, develop case studies related to key education programmes in Turkey to explain evidence and lessons on what works and what doesn't.

• Develop visual cards (using applications like Canva) with a summary for each new case study developed for Yammer or other online platforms.

• Support Education Specialist and team on any other matters as necessary.

DELIVERABLES

• Key priority activities KM Strategy and Action Plan implementation in 2022 identified

• High-quality and timely support provided to implement priority activities in KM Strategy and Action Plan

• Dissemination activities for evidence generation products carried out as per plan

• Sixteen (16) two-pager programme fact sheets for key priority areas in the UNICEF Turkey education country programme 2021-2025 updated.

• Two (2) case studies related to key education programmes in UNICEF Turkey developed.

• At least two (2) visual cards with a summary for each new case studies for use on Yammer or other online platforms developed

DUTY STATION

The internship assignment will be home-based. No travel is required.

SUPERVISOR

Education Specialist

DURATION

6 months

MODALITY

Remote – Part-Time/Full-time

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

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or PhD degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in an education-related field, social sciences or development studies. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

• A strong understanding of current international development issues, especially in education;

• To be fluent in English, with strong writing skills. Additionally, fluency in another official and working language of the UN would be an asset.

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

• Additional consideration will be given to any past experience in related fields.

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 offers reasonable accommodation for personnel with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

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 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. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to selected candidates who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.