Partnership Internship

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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, Access!

How can you make a difference?

Scope

The Public and Private Partnerships (PPP) Section of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) provides guidance and technical support to 21 Country Offices and Regional Office Technical Sections on engagement with public and private partners.

In addition to developing and stewarding regional/multicounty partnerships and regional-level relationships, the Section also ensures that high quality proposals and reports are developed and supports regional and country offices in critical periods of the year in this regard. In addition, there is a need to enhance knowledge management system for the growing and complex resource mobilization needs in the region, which is building on the existing knowledge management efforts and takes into consideration the lessons learnt so far to share information and knowledge efficiently and effectively in a growing ecosystem of partners in the region.

In this context, ESARO PPP section is seeking the services of an inter to support proposal and reporting development, including for the key emergency contexts as well as to strengthen knowledge management and information sharing with country offices in the partnership ecosystem. The Intern will also be able to provide more focused support to the prioritized country offices with resource mobilization needs.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Support knowledge management activities relevant to public and private sector engagement, ensure timely collection and dissemination of partner intelligence and mapping on a continuous basis to guide resource mobilization and partnership priorities and discussions with relevant partners.
• Co-authoring of donor communications content such as newsletters, articles, and social media channels.
• In coordination with PPP and regional teams, provide technical support to prioritized Country Offices in the development of resource mobilisation documents, and provide support with quality donor reporting, recognition and visibility, etc. as needed.
• Conduct surveys with the respective regional country offices and regional colleagues on the needs and gaps when it comes to partnerships.
• Support the organization of the Regional Partnerships Network Meeting in Q4 2023.
• Prepare briefings, one-pagers and presentation materials as needed.

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

To be considered for the internship, applicants have to meet the following requirements:

• Kenyan citizen who is 18 years and above
• Enrolment in a degree programme in an undergraduate or graduate school, or recent graduation
• Proficiency in at least one of UNICEF’s working languages: English, French or Spanish and fluent in the working language of the office of assignment
• Strong 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.

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: UNICEF Values

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.

Remarks:

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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