UN Women: M&E, Knowledge Management and Communications Intern

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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.

Established in 1996 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 50/166, the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women (the UN Trust Fund) was the first and thus far remains the only global, multilateral grant-giving fund specialized in preventing and ending all forms of violence against women and girls. Human rights are at the core of its work, recognizing that “violence against women violated and impaired or nullified the enjoyment by women of human rights and fundamental freedoms”. The fund’s mandate emerged from and is grounded in international commitments arising from the Beijing Platform for Action (1995), the Vienna Declaration on Gender-Based Violence (1993), the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. In the twenty-five years of its existence, the UN Trust Fund has supported 572 initiatives for the value of almost USD183 million in 140 countries and territories. The fund has invested in innovative, demand-driven, evidence-based solutions and life-changing initiatives at national and local level.

Duties and Responsibilities

The UN Trust Fund is seeking an intern to primarily support the Learning Hub, whose objective is to harvest, analyze and disseminate lessons from grantees’ initiatives in order to build a stronger knowledge base for scaling up global efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls. As a secondary objective, they would support EVAW Communications and Advocacy. Under the supervision of the Knowledge Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, the intern will be responsible for the following duties:

• Assist with content generation for the UN Trust Fund Evidence Hub, including summarizing, tagging, and uploading evaluations of UN Trust Fund – funded projects to the UN Trust Fund Evidence Hub/Evaluation Library;
• Support internal communications, reporting and results sharing, including around evaluation learning, resource mobilization data, and web analytics;
• Assist with the day-to-day work planning for special projects, such as the Knowledge Brief Series, Final Evaluation of the UN Trust Fund 2015-2020 Strategic Plan and Small Grants Evaluations;
• Support global campaign communications, including social media assets related to evaluations, for 16 Days of Activism and the 25th Anniversary of the UN Trust Fund to EVAW; and
• Perform any other additional tasks required to support the Knowledge Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager and the Communications and Advocacy Function of the Trust Fund.

Learning Objectives:

• Increased understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system;
• Exposure to the projects, practices and events of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women; and
• Increased understanding of both EVAW Communications and Advocacy and EVAW Knowledge Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.

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:

https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Functional Competencies:

• Exposure to research, evaluation and/or non-governmental organizations
• Familiarity with women’s rights and ideally in ending violence against women
• Self-starter and organized
• Ability to multitask and balance multiple responsibilities
• Knowledge of social media platforms and back-end systems

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• University studies in one of the following disciplines: social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, 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 is an advantage.

Renumeration:

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, 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).
• A selected candidate unable to report to the advertised duty station due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may be approved to undertake this internship remotely.

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.