Remote internship (full-time, home-based): Early Childhood Development Section, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

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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, help

Background

The UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) supports work in 22 countries, coordinating regional efforts and supporting the local efforts of Country Offices across the region. With a special commitment to meeting the unique rights of young children ECARO endeavors to support targeted and coordinated efforts to mainstream Early Childhood Development (ECD) principles in health, nutrition, education, child protection, and emergency planning and response. Furthermore, building on the robust corpus of evidence on early childhood development, UNICEF promotes implementation and scale-up of evidence-based, and effective innovations and multi-sectoral packages aimed at ensuring that all children, including the most vulnerable, reach their development potential.

Recognizing that different age groups of children, as well as children who develop differently, require specific packages of services and support, the ECARO approach to ECD is composed of three distinct and mutually inter-dependent and reinforcing pillars: a) Young Child Wellbeing, focusing on the first 1000 days or children from conception to the 3 years; b) Pre-primary Education, focusing on children 3 years to school entry age, and, c) Inclusion from the Start of children with developmental difficulties and disability, focusing on support to children 0-school entry.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the ECD Regional Advisor, the UNICEF ECD Section in the ECAR 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 with digitalization of programme resources that support key innovations across the portfolio

• Support the development of on-line training modules based on existing resources in line with digital platform standards.
• Support in the administration and maintenance of content kept on the Content Management System (CMS) for the regional parenting application and the Learning Passport. Support research and reporting on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.

Knowledge management and mapping

• Support research and reporting on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
• Support the curation and creation of content for the quarterly NewsFlash, including photos, videos and texts.
• Review country documents with the purpose of collecting inputs for regional briefs, presentations and reports;
• Review global, regional and country knowledge products with the purpose of building a regional repository of knowledge and resources related to ECD strategic areas;

• Assist in ECD knowledge management by posting, organizing and updating documents.

  Programme support

• Assist in knowledge management by collecting and sharing good practices and lessons learned from across projects;

• Provide support in developing promotional materials related to the projects of the section.
• Assist in research, preparation of draft reports and summaries, participate in tele-meetings, prepare minutes and ensure rapid and diligent follow-up to meetings and discussions.
• Carry out other related tasks as needed under the supervision of the Regional Advisor.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you…

• Are at least 18 years old
• Are enrolled in a degree programme in a graduate school, or are a recent graduate (have concluded an undergraduate or graduate programme within the past two years) in the following areas: education, political science, development studies or a related field.
• Are fluent in spoken and written English (knowledge of Russian language is an asset)
• Have some prior experience in the work environment of an international agency, NGOs, UN, or international institutions (desirable),
• Have some experience with ECD programmes
• Have excellent computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records (to be attached to the application)
• 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 that the intern will report to

  Additional information

• The intern will report to Regional ECD Advisor and will work in close collaboration with the ECD specialists and consultants.

• Duration of the assignment: The selected candidate will undertake the position for at least 3 months and a maximum of 6 months.
• The intern will work remotely as this is a home-based internship and full-time.
• Salary/Payment: The internship is paid in accordance with the UNICEF policy on the Internship Programme.
• Visa: No visa/travel required as this will be a remote internship/home-based due to COVID.
• Insurance: The selected candidate must provide proof of health/accident insurance plan that covers them in the country of the assignment and for the entire duration of the assignment.
• UNICEF will not be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the intern’s service.
• Employment: There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.
• Onboarding: The intern will be required to provide a copy of health insurance coverage and to fill out the relevant UNICEF forms on conditions before taking up service as an intern. Completion of some mandatory UNICEF trainings will also be required.
• UNICEF will not provide IT equipment, nor will cover internet connectivity costs. The intern is expected to use their own equipment and have access to internet. Working hours of the duty station are: from 9 a.m. till 06:00 p.m. Geneva time. Intern should be available online during given hours for any meetings/team discussions and would normally adopt those hours as working hours unless due to a time difference other hours are agreed with the hiring section during an interview

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Core Competencies

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness
• Works Collaboratively with others
• Innovates and Embraces Change
• Thinks and Acts Strategically
• Drives to achieve impactful results
• Able to work in a multicultural setting and with different persons

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

Qualified candidates are invited to apply online. They need to duly complete the online application and attach the following documents:

1. Cover letter

2. Proof of academic enrolment or diploma

3. Proof of academic records

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 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.