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UN Women Background

Women make enormous contributions to economies, whether in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs or employees, or by doing unpaid care work at home. But they also remain disproportionately affected by poverty, discrimination and exploitation. Investing in women’s economic empowerment sets a direct path towards gender equality, poverty eradication and inclusive economic growth.

UN Women CO Liberia Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme Unit is focused on engendering economic analysis and national economy in the Liberia, assisting to develop policy and praxis accountability and monitoring mechanisms for women’s economic empowerment including access and rights to land and productive assets, access to gender friendly markets, gender parity in wages, safe migration and usage of technology to ease women’s lives.

Unit/ Project Background:

UN Women works with women’s networks and structures and with the Government of Liberia to shape laws, policies and programmes on all issues that affect their lives and opportunities and to remove gender insensitive barriers. UN Women supports the leadership and participation of women and girls in finding solutions to their problems and issues that affect their lives, especially improved food and nutrition security and enhanced rural livelihoods, access to land, management of natural resources, education, prevention of violence against women and girls, water, sanitation and hygiene, maternal and newborn health and so on.

The position of the Women’s Economic Empowerment Intern is expected to strategically support UN Women Liberia Country Office work in Women’s Economic Empowerment pillar. The intern is expected to work under the overall leadership of the Country Representative, and direct supervision of the Deputy Country Representative. The position is based in the capital of Liberia, Monrovia, with limited travel to the counties.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Deliverables:

Provide support to the Economic Empowerment Programme Manager on the implementation of the Economic Empowerment program including organizing and coordinating various initiatives such as workshops, meetings, consultation and documentation.

Learning Objectives:

1.Increased understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system;

2.  Learning the work in gender and women’s economic empowerment;

3.Meeting and networking with UN Women colleagues in other units and pillars;

4.Work as a team member in a multicultural setting.

Compétences

Core values:

• Integrity: Demonstrates the values of United Nations and UN Women, acts without consideration of personal gain, resists undue political pressure in decision-making, does not abuse power or authority, stands by decisions that are in the organization’s interest, and takes action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behaviour;
• Professionalism: Shows pride in work and achievements, demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter, is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments and achieving results, is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns, shows persistence when faced with challenges, and remains calm in stressful situations;
• Respect for Diversity: Works effectively with people from all backgrounds, treats all people with dignity and respect, treats men and women equally, shows respect for and understanding of diverse points of view examines own biases and behaviours to avoid stereotypical responses, and does not discriminate against any individual or group.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Ethics and Values:

• Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity

Organizational Awareness:

• Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment

Developing, Coaching and Mentoring:

• Be in charge of self-development and initiative-taking

Working in Teams:

• Act as a team player and facilitate team work

Communicating Information and Ideas:

• Facilitate and encourage open communication in the team, and communicate effectively

Conflict Management, Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:

• Ability to managing conflict

Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Learning:

• Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making
• Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making 

Functional Competencies:

• Academic background in Economics, Gender and development, International development, Social development, Social policy or related subject;
• Strong interest in gender equality and knowledge about economics and international development trends, especially related to women’s economic empowerment and related stakeholders;
• Ability to think and work logically and work precisely with attention to detail;
• Ability to write clearly and concisely;
• Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment;
• A desire to work with and gain the confidence and respect of people with different languages, national and cultural backgrounds;
• Excellent communications skills;
• Experience in developing and implementing projects and research related to gender equality desirable;

• Facilitate and encourage open communication in the team, and communicate effectively.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

• The intern must have obtained university degree in Economics, Gender, International development or other related subject at the university level and must be enrolled in a post graduate program or be enrolled in the final academic year of a university degree programme (minimum Master's level or equivalent, PhD preferred); or have post graduated with a university degree as stated above;
• Certificate in Women’s and Gender studies will be considered a distinct advantage;
• Knowledge and experience of working with statistical software and quantitative and qualitative research skills and experience desirable.

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
• Working knowledge of another UN language a distinct advantage.

Application Information:

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, Master and PhD preferred);
• Have graduated with a university degree (as above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within one year;
• 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 and the intern has to provide medical insurance;
• The intern is responsible for obtaining necessary visas and arranging travel to and from the duty station where the internship will be performed.
• 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.