Women Economic Empowerment Intern (WEE)

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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 the efforts of the United Nations System to ensure that commitments on gender equality translate into action. To accomplish this mandate, UN Women partners with government, the private sector and Non-Governmental Organizations in furtherance of gender equality.

UN Women’s programmatic work to support women’s economic empowerment in West and Central Africa is centered around four areas:

• Improving women’s access to climate resilient agricultural value chains;

• Promoting and strengthening women entrepreneurship;

• Enhancing women’s income security and social protection; and

• Engendering fiscal stimulus packages and COVID-19 recovery strategies.

The Women’s Economic Empowerment Team of UN Women’s Regional Office for West and Central Africa is looking to recruit an intern to support the unit’s work.

Duties and Responsibilities

The intern will report to UN Women’s Regional Policy Advisor for Women’s Economic Empowerment and is expected to work alongside and support Women’s Economic Empowerment team with the following tasks:

• Assist in conducting targeted research on subject matters, sectors and countries relevant to WEE in the region

• Assist in developing key knowledge products (policy briefs/ advocacy briefs) on a range of topics (affirmative procurement for WCA countries offices, gender and social protection/unpaid care work; gender and macroeconomics; green jobs for women, Innovative digital solutions for women economic empowerment, etc. );

• Provide editorial assistance and draft project documents, reports, proposals, power point presentations, etc.

• Provide coordination and logistical support in the organization of webinars, and workshops for capacity building or project implementation purposes.

• Prepare a desk review on good/promising practices on Women Economic Empowerment and gender equality

• Participate in Women Economic Empowerment activities and event

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/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

Include Functional Competencies specific to this position here:

• Excellent analytical skills on gender and development including the use of quantitative and qualitative research methods;

• Excellent drafting skills in English and French;

• Excellent Powerpoint/other software presentations skills

• Interest in the work of UN Women and to the ideals of the UN Charter;

• Computer literate in standard software applications and familiarity with internet-based research;

• Energetic self-starter with multi-tasking abilities and discipline with deadlines;

• Ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

• Strong computer skills (i.e. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Zoom);

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Masters or equivalent in international development, gender and development, development economics or any other relevant development disciplines.

• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) in international development, gender and development, development economics or any other relevant development disciplines.;

• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent) in international development, gender and development, development economics or any other relevant development disciplines;

• Have graduated with a university degree in international development, gender and development, development economics or any other relevant development disciplines, 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:

Fluent in English and French

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, 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).

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