UNICEF Ethiopia Internship: Programme Monitoring & Evaluation Intern, Full-time, 6 months, Mekelle, Ethiopia (for Tigray region residents only)

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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, an opportunity

The overall purpose of this internship is to support the Tigray PMU in assessing the quality and minimum standards of humanitarian response and recovery interventions, as well as collect feedback from the affected populations. This information will provide the management with an overview of the quality of UNICEF's work and the perspective of the affected populations. This will help UNICEF improve its program by allowing it to make course corrections and respond to people's needs in a timely manner.

The Programme Monitoring & Evaluation (PMU) Intern will be responsible for supporting the monitoring and reporting of the different programs that UNICEF is supporting in accessible locations in Tigray.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Planning and Monitoring Specialist, Mekelle, the intern will undertake the following tasks related to data collection and reporting:

• Using appropriate methods such as observation, interviews, and focus group discussions, validate that the activity under review was implemented as planned, and check and verify data quality.
• Data is to be collected on the quality of program delivery, effectiveness of the program in addressing barriers and bottlenecks and accuracy of reports.
• Share the collected data by uploaded to the PMU-Server.
• Create one page reports as required.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• He or she should be enrolled at a university in Ethiopia at the undergraduate or graduate level or be a recent graduate (within the past two years) in in Statistics, Economics, Public Health, or a relevant Social Sciences field is required.
• Candidates that were enrolled in full time university studies in Tigray for a first (bachelor’s) degree prior to 2020 and who would have graduated in 2020, 2021 or 2022 in normal circumstances, are eligible. This covers all students who were enrolled and had their schooling interrupted. Please make a note of these details in your application cover letter, if applicable
• Knowledge of relevant computer systems and applications; excellent knowledge of MS Office is required.
• Fluency in English is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

1. Builds and maintains partnerships
2. Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
3. Drive to achieve results for impact
4. Innovates and embraces change
5. Manages ambiguity and complexity
6. Thinks and acts strategically
7. Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.