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, the UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
UN Women Regional Office for the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region was established in Istanbul, Turkey, at the beginning of 2014 as a part of the UN Women’s new regional architecture. Much progress has been made since the establishment, but at the same time, the Regional Office faces high expectations and demands from partners at both regional and country levels as well as from UN Women Field Offices. To this end, UN Women ECA Regional Office (RO) would like to bring on board an intern to provide substantive support to regional programmes and initiatives, particularly in relation to UN Women’s work on issues related to the normative work of the Regional Office.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Regional Director of the ECA RO and direct supervision of ECA RO Programme Specialist, the Intern will work in close collaboration with the Programme Team in the RO, ensuring timely support in carrying out proper processes related to advancing the normative work of the office as well as other cross-cutting areas of knowledge management, research, and analysis.
The intern is expected to undertake the following specific tasks:
Conduct independent desk review of available documents and literature research and contribute to programme management, as requested, on topics related to the thematic areas of work of UN Women and in line with the UN Women ECA RO’s 2015-2017 Strategic Note, with strong focus on the normative work;
Compile information from different sources and produce analytical synopses;
Prepare briefing notes, talking points, and reports as required;
- Participate and support in the implementation of regional and sub-regional activities and events including high level inter-governmental meetings, CSO forums, as needed, to support proper documentation and provide technical support;
Support, as needed, the development of publications, advocacy and communication materials including news items and stories for the website;
Contribute to data entry and database updating/revision;
- Provide editing and revision support on reports, briefs, guidance notes, grant applications, talking points, ToRs, and other timely documents as needed;
- Provide support on additional tasks and projects related to the RO Programme team’s regional work.
Competencies
Core Values and Guiding Principles
Integrity:
Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Professionalism:
Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
Respect for diversity:
Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Core Competencies:
Accountability
Held colleagues and team members accountable for planned goals and competency standards;
Practiced giving and receiving constructive feedback.
Client Orientation
Proactively informed clients, preventing loss of time and errors;
Responded to questions, resolved problems, and helped provide accurate information to clients;
Identified, understood, and addressed client needs.
Commitment to Learning
Learned about agency, its processes, structure, challenges, and environment;
Contributed to knowledge sharing.
Communication
Produced communication products (written and oral);
Interpreted key messages for and from clients with cultural sensitivity.
Planning and Organizing
Developed work plans;
Implemented activities in a timely manner, met deadlines.
Teambuilding
Coordinated work and roles with other team members;
Supported goals of the team;
Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making
Functional Competencies:
Excellent research, writing, and organizational skills;
Ability to work with different actors, including through remote contact;
Ability to multi-task and address competing priorities;
Ability to produce high-quality deliverables in a timely manner;
Ability to work effectively in independent and collaborative settings;
Ability to take initiatives, ask questions, and contribute substantively;
Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
The intern should be pursuing academic studies in gender studies, human rights, international relations, or other similar subject at university level;
Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent); or have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
Language:
Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
Working knowledge of another UN language and/or Turkish a distinct advantage.
Experience:
Experience in the field of gender and women’s human rights is a considerable asset;
Experience in working with CSOs considered an asset.
Application Information
UN Women will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest;
- Selected applicants must provide the signed internship application, two letters of recommendation, proof of health insurance and school enrollment, passport, and visa (if applicable).
Conditions:
Once the candidate has been selected, the following additional documents must to be submitted:
Letter of enrolment from school or proof of graduation if within less than one year;
Scanned visa document/scanned passport document if no visa is required;
- Scanned medical insurance document.
UN Women Internship Policy:
Applicants to the United Nations internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
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 (as (b) above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
UN Women internship programme does not provide a salary or remuneration for the internship;
All the expenses connected with the internship will be borne by the intern, sponsoring Government or institution;
UN Women accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship;
The intern is responsible for obtaining necessary visas and arranging travel to and from the duty station where the internship will be performed;
Interns are not eligible to apply for, or be appointed to, any post in UN WOMEN during the period of the internship or for six months immediately following the expiration date of internship;
The intern must provide proof of enrollment in a health insurance plan, proof of school enrollment, a scanned copy of his/her passport, two letters of recommendation, and an application to the internship position.