Six Months Internship : Supply Community unit, Human Resources Centre, UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen, Denmark

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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.

Internship: Human Resources Supply Community

UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen

Tentative start date: As soon as possible, ideally starting beginning of December. The internship is on a full-time basis.

Preferred duration: 6 months

Salary/Payment: The internship is paid in accordance with the UNICEF policy on the Internship Programme.

For every child, a better world

In UNICEF, over 1000 colleagues work in the Supply Function across 97 countries and 173 offices.

UNICEF's supply and logistics headquarters - Supply Division - is located in Copenhagen, which is also home to the largest humanitarian warehouse in the world. About a half of the 1000 colleagues are housed in Supply Division, Copenhagen with areas of expertise including logistics, procurement, warehouse management, product innovation, market insights, finance, pharma, nutrition, vaccines, cold chain and health technologies and engineering.

The internship is centered on providing support for the roll-out of the key initiatives in the Supply Community unit of the Human Resources Centre in Supply Division, Copenhagen. The unit works as a coordination point for a range of processes dedicated to a global community of over 1,200 staff members it will entail working in and with the supply function, which we call Supply Community.

How can you make a difference?

In agreement with the supervisor(s), the intern will provide assistance in:

1. Assist with the expansion of the Emergency Supply Roster.
2. Take part in the processes for deployment of staff.
3. Monitor surge assignments of employees across the Supply Community.
4. Support the communication strategy e.g. Yammer engagement, email campaigns, etc.
5. Design and introduction of a Supply Community-wide newsletter.
6. Conduct administrative tasks related to the work of the Supply Community Unit.
7. Update the Supply Community PowerBI Dashboard.
8. Offer support to the coordination and administration of the stretch assignments (internal assignments). This includes but is not limited to advising and guiding supervisors on the stretch assignment guidelines and recruitment process.
9. Draft PowerPoint presentations, reports, and Excel databases.
10. Conduct research related to the work of the Supply Community Unit.
11. Assist in the preparation of meetings, including invitation, document preparation, and drafting of notes.
12. Assist with the maintenance of the Intranet page.
13. Opportunity to define his/her own HR improvement projects by looking into our internal processes.

Expected Deliverables:

The future intern is expected to contribute to the following deliverables:

• Emergency Supply Roster.
• Supply Community Newsletter.
• Supply Community PowerBi Dashboard.
• Intranet page.
• Surge monitoring file.
• Presentations, reports, and databases, in line with the work plan.

How can we make a difference for you?

The learning component of this Internship is:

• Key HR processes that the team is using to support the supply function globally.
• Interact with key staff in the organisation and represent the HR team.
• Develop business understanding and strategic staffing mechanisms.
• Human resources administration for a large UN agency and the general workings of a large international humanitarian aid and development organisation.
• Internal Communications within UNICEF.

To qualify as a champion for every child…

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

Education:

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years, in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

Your skills:

• Fluent in English (required). Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Prior experience is not required; however, preference will be given to candidates who demonstrated involvement in research projects in Human Resources Management while studying, moreover are communication and design savvy.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and the core competencies required for this position as follows:

Core competencies skills

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Works collaboratively with others

Additional information:

Age: Interns must be at least 18 years

Family relations: Interns must have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office.

Visa: Should it be relevant at some point during the internship to travel to the duty station, UNICEF is not responsible for obtaining any visas for internships. However, UNICEF can provide a Note Verbale to respective Consulates, to support the application of Visas. Also, in the scenario that the intern is already in the country of the duty station and have been granted a different work permit modality, any extension cannot be dependent on an internship with UNICEF.

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.

Interns are covered for any service-incurred injury/illness.

Employment: There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.

Onboarding: The intern will be required to provide confirmation of strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records or, if not available, a reference letter from an academic supervisor, a copy of health insurance coverage and to fill out the relevant UNICEF forms on conditions before taking up service as an intern.

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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 sexual exploitation and abuse, and on any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.