Programme Internship

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Background

In response to EU action on Challenging Gender Stereotypes and Practices in the EaP countries, UN Women and UNFPA regional offices for Europe and Central Asia developed a three-year Joint Programme (JP) to be implemented in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine at the national and regional levels. The programme is aimed at shifting societal perceptions around gender stereotypes and patriarchal norms limiting women’s rights; improve men’s involvement in care-taking of their children and participation in father’s programmes; and spur the adoption of best practices in perpetrator’s programmes among the ministries of social affairs and Programme for perpetrators in the respective countries. Specifically, the regional component collates global and regional experiences to coordinate activities that will have an impact across all six countries within this proposal.

The JP is designed based on a situation analysis, lessons learned, consultation with the respective countries and outcomes of intergovernmental processes, re-calibrating its focus on gender norms change for achieving behavioral change and partnering with men and boys for gender equality and elimination of all forms of gender discrimination in the Region.

The JP targets government bodies, civil society organizations, and direct beneficiaries in the respective countries. It envisions a series of intervention strategies designed to contribute to the respective governments’ efforts in advancing gender equality, including promoting social change and addressing the underlying structural gender barriers and norms with particular emphasis on the phenomena of domestic violence and son preference, as well as changing gender stereotypes and improving gender sensitiveness on the related family policies, all by introducing innovative practices in the framework of the national priorities and the respective international normative charters. The programme proposes to collaborate, particularly at the local and community level, with government bodies, civil society organizations, different non-traditional partners and other UN agencies and multilateral organizations.

The JP is led jointly by UNFPA and UN Women, who are globally recognized as leading agencies in the area of gender equality and prevention of discriminatory practices against women and girls. Both agencies have a long experience of addressing challenging gender stereotypes, affecting social change and advancing women’s and girls’ empowerment. The efforts of both agencies are fully complementary and further supported by their work with other UN agencies, civil society, and member states. Both agencies can draw on considerable knowledge globally, regionally, and from the local level, and play a facilitating and convening role to involve all actors in the achievement of SDG 5 and other gender related SDGs targets.

Notably, UN Women and UNFPA also co-chair the Issue-based coalition on gender equality. The main goal of IBC-Gender is to ensure a coordinated UN system approach to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in the region. It aims to strengthen regional engagement to promote gender equality, provide more coherent and timely programming and policy guidance and technical support and improve coordination, communication as well as information sharing on key lessons and good practices.

Reflective of the above, UNFPA and UN Women Regional Offices for Europe and Central Asia are seeking to recruit intern to deliver tasks as outlined below.

Duties and Responsibilities

The intern will undertake the following tasks:

• Support implementation of the joint programme EU 4 Gender Equality: Together against gender stereotypes and gender-based violence" programme, funded by the European Union, implemented jointly by UN Women and UNFPA.
• Support IBC gender development and implementation of the workplan as needed.
• Support with research on key policy issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Support with organizing events, including political economy analysis, suggesting speakers, drafting concept notes etc.
• Support with data/evidence for policy advocacy on advancing key issues, including women’s political participation, women, peace and security, violence against women, etc.
• Support in communication with partners.

• Support in drafting web articles on project activities, concept notes and any other related documents.

• Compile information from different sources and produce analytical synopses.

• Contribute to data entry and database updating/revision programme related documents.
• Support in editing and revision of reports, briefs, and other documents as needed.
• Provide support on additional tasks as requested by UN Women and UNFPA.

Learning objectives:

• Increase understanding of UN Coordination and gender equality.
• Increase knowledge and understanding of issues related to communication and awareness raising as well as gender equality and women’s economic empowerment and changing gender stereotypes.
• Build and develop professional relationships with UN Women and UNFPA colleagues and colleagues from other UN agencies.
• Drafting, writing, research, analytical and policy advocacy skills.

CONTRACT SUPERVISION

The intern will work under the supervision of Programme Manager for the UN Women and UNFPA Joint Programme and work closely with colleagues at UNFPA and UN Women, Regional offices in Istanbul.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent research, writing, and organizational skills;
• Ability to work with different actors, including through remote contact;
• Ability to multi-task and address competing priorities;
• Ability to produce high-quality deliverables in a timely manner;
• Ability to work effectively in independent and collaborative settings;
• Ability to take initiatives, ask questions, and contribute substantively;
• Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Ability to use basic functions of Excel to analyze and visualize data and findings

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• University studies in one of the following disciplines: gender studies, human rights, international relations, or other relevant subjects is required.
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent); Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation or Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program which is part of a degree programme and undertake the internship as part of the program requirements.

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required
• Working knowledge of another UN language or Russian is a distinct advantage

Remuneration:

Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UNFPA and UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.

Application Information:

• Due to the high volume of applications received, we can ONLY contact successful candidates.
• Successful candidate will be required to provide proof of enrollment in a valid health insurance plan at the duty station of the internship, proof of school enrollment or degree, a scanned copy of their passport/national ID and a copy of a valid visa (as applicable).

Note:

In July 2010, the United nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment