Re-Advertised - National Gender-Responsive Leadership and Protection Intern, Cox’s Bazar

Contract

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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. UN Women provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women in Bangladesh supports the government to implement commitments to international normative standards on gender equality and women’s human rights. The new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) for 2022-2026 was launched in 2021 and the corresponding UN Women Bangladesh Strategy Note (2022-2026), defining UN Women’s strategic engagement in Bangladesh, has also been finalized. The country strategy focuses on strengthening the national structures and mechanisms for gender mainstreaming in policies, plans and budgets; supporting efforts to prevent and eliminate violence against women; promoting women’s access to decent and safe work; promoting policies and government investment in women’s empowerment and resilience building in the context of climate change, humanitarian crisis as well as other threats to peace and security. UN Women works with a range of stakeholders in Bangladesh including the government, civil society and women’s organizations, youth, UN agencies and donors, to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.

In line with its global Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and contributing to SDG 5 on Gender Equality and SDG 17 on Partnerships, UN Women has integrated one outcome in its Country Strategic Note 2022-2026 focused on its response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar: “By 2026 more Rohingya and host community women and girls are empowered by a gender-responsive enabling environment, to exercise their agency and decision-making with improved access to protection, education, and socio-economic opportunities”. UN Women implements three major programmatic interventions under this outcome, with gender norm change and strengthening women’s leadership as cross-cutting priorities. As reflected by output 5.2 under this outcome, women’s leadership is seen as a vehicle for ensuring an effective response to GBV, and for the promotion of social cohesion: “Rohingya and host community women and WLOs have enhanced advocacy and leadership capacities to promote GEWE, GBV prevention and response, and social cohesion.”

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the Head of Sub-Office and the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist - Gender and Humanitarian Action, the intern is expected to work on/contribute to the below assignments:

Description of Responsibilities

• Provide logistical and coordination support to organise meetings with programme partners, including preparation of materials and coordination of logistics before, during and after meetings;
• Assist with the development of participatory training activities for program partners, adapting training materials and learning packages to tailor these for specific audiences;
• Provide technical assistance to review programme documents, including partner reports and deliverables, as needed;
• Support the regular compilation of data from Gender Field Officers, UN Women volunteers as well as partners, ensuring data is accurate and is entered into online data collection tools;
• Provide knowledge management assistance on different aspects of women’s leadership, GBV and protection, preparing program statistics and analyses for reporting purposes;
• Undertake general support functions such as preparing PowerPoint presentations, filing, documentation, scanning etc;
• Provide any other support as advised by the supervisor.

Learning objectives:

Strengthening skills and experience in:

• Applying knowledge on gender and humanitarian action to planning, implementing and monitoring program activities;
• Identifying ways to further UN Women’s mission through capacity development, data and evidence;
• Developing a professional network in an international, inter-agency environment;
• Working in a multicultural, international environment;
• Working as a team member and taking initiative.

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.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf (unwomen.org)

Functional Competencies

• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings;
• Computer skills (word processing, excel, power point, internet search, etc.).

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• University studies in one of the following disciplines: the social science or political science field, such as gender/women’s studies, sociology, international development studies, economics, political science, or other relevant subjects is required.
• Meet one of the following:

1. Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
3. Be enrolled in a mandatory national service programme of which the internship may form a part;
4. Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English and Bangla are required;
• Fluency in Chittagonian and/or Rohingya language is a strong asset.

Remuneration

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

Application information

• All applicants must submit a completed and signed P.11 form with their application;
• Due to the high volume of applications received, UN Women can only contact successful candidates;
• The 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);
• The internship is full time and is for applicants that are either a national of, or residents of Bangladesh.

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.

UNW Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel 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.)

Key Information:

Cox’s Bazar sub-office will provide the following support to the intern:

• Access the UN Women sub-office with a work station and computer;
• Access to all relevant documents and printers to print the required documents;
• Expenses related to relevant and approved activities implemented by the volunteer;
• The intern will be a part of the sub-office team and encouraged to participate in all office activities and training opportunities;
• The intern will be a part of all office security and safety protocols, including mandatory security training in Cox’s Bazar;
• The intern will also be provided with hands-on learning opportunities and to deepen the understanding of UN Women’s holistic approach to address multi-dimensional challenges of gender equality in the Rohingya refugee camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar.

As an internship assignment, the following will not be provided by the sub-office:

• Personal expenses including local communications such as SIM cards and mobile phone;
• Costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the assignment;
• Obtaining a visas or personal travel arrangements.