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.
UN Women Burundi's Strategic Note 2019-2023 aligns with UN Women's Global Strategic Plan 2018-2021, the National Development Plan 2018-2027, the National Gender Policy (NGP) and UNSC Resolution 1325 action plans for 2017-2021, UNDAF (2019-2023) and the United Nations Resilience Framework. It captures the triple mandate of UN WOMEN (Normative, Coordination and Programmatic) aimed at supporting government and partners to achieve lasting results for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, building on its comparative advantages.
The strategic note prioritizes three outcomes: i) An environment for the implementation of WPS commitment is enabled in Burundi through the participation and influence of key governmental and non-governmental stakeholders’t; ii Women, including those in refugees/ IDPS camps and other vulnerable situations, experience enhanced safety, security, physical and mental health, and their human rights respected in conformity with ratified regional and international instruments’; iii) Women and girls participate in and benefit from socio-economic recovery opportunities in the context of peace and resilience-building’.
Hence, UN Women Burundi is structured in three main components: (1) Women Leadership & Participation -Peace and Security (WPS); (2) End of Violence Against Women and Girls/Human Rights and (3) Women Economic Empowerment (WEE).
Under the supervision of the Head of Units of thematic area (i) Women Economic Empowerment, and (ii)End of Violence Against Women and Girls/Human Rights, the intern will perform a variety of standard administrative and programme processes ensuring high quality and accuracy of work. The intern will learn client, quality and results-oriented approach.
The Intern works in close collaboration with the programme and projects staff, the Operations and the Coordination team to ensure consistent service delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities

Description of Responsibilities: 

  • Contribute to the filing and physical and electronic updating of implementing partners' files.
  • Contribute to the monitoring and management of partnerships implementing projects implemented by the EVAWG/HR program.
  • Support the preparation and holding of various workshops and community mobilization activities organized directly by the EVAWG/HR program.
  • Support the EVAWG/HR program in preparing activities with partners, including training, technical meetings, etc.
  • Accompany the team in meetings with partners, including coordination meetings, and prepare discussion points for these meetings.
  • Participate in the preparation of various EVAWG/HR program reports, including minutes of partnership meetings.
  • Monitor activities implemented by implementing partners.
  • Participate in all activities organized by the EVAWG/HR program.

Learning objectives for the internship:

  • Increased understanding of the UN System and UN Women’s work
  • Learning different aspects of operations including programme activities being implemented under women economic empowerment and ending violence against women and girls and Women’s rights thematic areas.
  • Increased knowledge of issues related to any area of interest.
  • Working as a team member in a multicultural setting.

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

Functional Competencies

  • Knowledge in computer systems
  • Ability to administer and execute administrative processes and transactions
  • Ability to write, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats
  • Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow

Required Skills and Experience

Education

  • University studies in one of the following disciplines: Gender and development, Social Sciences, Communication, Statistics, Economics, Governance, International development, Public Administration, Public Policy or other relevant subjects is required.
  •  Meet one of the following
  1. Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
  2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);
  3. Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation; or
  4. 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 French and working knowledge of English are required.
  • Good knowledge of Kirundi is required.

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 (UN Women Personal History form (P-11) can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment)
  • Due to the high volume of applications received, UN Women can ONLY contact successful candidates.
  • The 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 or national ID.

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.

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