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.
Unit/Project Background
The Communications Unit works cross-cutting in supporting all programmes under Egypt Country Office including Women’s Economic Empowerment, Women’s Political Empowerment and Violence against Women. The Unit also is responsible for formulating and implementing communications and advocacy strategies including communications and visibility plans. Additionally, the Communications Unit facilitate organizing public events, press conferences and workshops. The Communications work also includes developing various communications materials following including brochures, press releases, documentaries and infographics.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Communications Unit, the intern will be responsible for assisting the communications team in various tasks. The intern will hold the following responsibilities:
- Translate and/or review texts from English into Arabic;
- Support in writing and editing communications materials in Arabic;
- Translate and/or review communications materials for Facebook and Twitter posts;
- Translate/produce subtitles in Arabic for audiovisual materials;
- Translate stories, reports and minutes of meetings from English into Arabic;
- Support translating and reviewing the Arabic updated content of the website;
- Support the communication unit in translating and adapting communication packages from English into Arabic;
- Any other related tasks to support the Communications unit.
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
Functional Competencies
- Excellent communication skills; Communicates sensitively, effectively and creatively across different constituencies;
- Demonstrates very good understanding of and experience in translation and communications;
- Interest in UN Women’s mandate and familiar with women’s rights issues;
- Strong initiative-taker;
- Very effective at multi-tasking;
- Work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
- Ability to work precisely with attention to detail and think and work logically;
- Ability to write clearly and concisely;
- Sensitivity to cultural and language differences within the MENA region;
- Excellent translation skills;
- Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members of different national and cultural backgrounds.
Required Skills and Experience
Education
- The intern must have studies in Translation, Mass Communications, Communication, Linguistics, Journalism, Political Science or other similar subject at the university level.
- 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.
Language
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English and Arabic are required;
- Working knowledge of French is a distinct advantage.
Interns are not financially remunerated by UN Women.
Application:
- UN Women will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.
- Selected applicants must provide the internship application, two letters of recommendation, proof of health insurance and school enrollment, passport, and visa (if applicable).
UN Women Internship Policy:
1) 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 one year.
2) UN Women internship programme does not provide a salary or remuneration for the internship;
3) All the expenses connected with the internship will be borne by the intern, sponsoring Government or institution;
4) UN Women accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship;
5) The intern is responsible for obtaining necessary visas and arranging travel to and from the duty station where the internship will be performed;
6) 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 application.
7) 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 application.
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.