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Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, knowledge. 

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) provides strategic and technical advice, leads regional advocacy efforts and support efforts at country level to influence ongoing policy and system reforms, leverage additional com​​mitments and resources for children. In order to perform their roles effectively, the members of the Regional Office (RO) team are expected to have profound knowledge of the countries that the RO serve, as well as the requisite technical expertise and skills. During a recent internal programme review, the EAPRO team acknowledged that profound country knowledge within the East Asia Pacific (EAP) region is an area needing improvement.

Since early 2024, the Programme and Planning team has introduced the “Know Your Country” initiative, a multi-media approach to promote learning and understanding of the countries within the EAP region. One of the deliverables of this initiative is to set up Sharepoint pages where information on each country is stored and organized, for easy access and learning. A draft prototype has been developed, and the next immediate step is to replicate this for all the 14 countries in the region.

Goal and Objective:

The objective is to support the completion of knowledge product (Sharepoint pages on the Know your Country series initiative) and provide overall support to the Planning and Programme team.
 

How can you make a difference?

Responsibilities and Main Tasks:

The Programme and Planning team is looking for an intern to support the key development of knowledge products designed to promote in-depth understanding of countries in EAP Region and support internal knowledge sharing practices.

Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:

Planning related tasks

• Conducting research to populate all data fields needed to generate the Know Your Country (KYC) SharePoint (SP) pages
• Providing quality assurance and checks on content and links on each SP page
• Supporting the liaising with country offices for quality assurance of the SP pages on KYC
• Supporting the design and dissemination of the Sharepoint pages to promote the utilization
• Supporting the maintenance and summary of evidence/data relevant to Regional Office areas of work

Duration of Contract:

• The assignment is proposed for 3 months from 16 September 2024 onwards (3 months).

• This internship is full-time, at 35 hours work week.

• In-country working modality in Bangkok, Thailand is considered for this assignment.

Workplace: UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO)

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Be enrolled in a Master’s programme in a graduate school or be a recent graduate.

• Be proficient fluent in at least one of UNICEF’s working language: English, French or Spanish and fluent in the working language of the office.

• Have strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records or, if not available, a reference letter from an academic supervisor.

• Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office.

• Have no other relatives in the line of authority which the intern will report to; and

• Are not disqualified under the UNICEF Child Safeguarding Personnel Standards (DHR/STANDARDS/2019/001), or as amended.

Conditions of Intern:

1. Expenses: Stipend according to UNICEF’s guideline is applicable.
2. Leave: Interns may take up to 2.5 days per month off work for any reason, including for medical reasons. The

stipend will be reduced for any absence beyond this quota.

3. Health/Medical insurance: UNICEF accepts no responsibility for costs or fatality arising from illness or accidents incurred during the internship whether on or off UNICEF premises.  The intern must carry adequate and regular medical insurance.  The intern will be required to provide with a proof of medical insurance prior to commence work.
4. Confidentiality. The intern is required to respect the confidentiality of information that s/he collect or is exposed to at UNICEF. No reports or papers may be published based on information obtained from UNICEF without the explicit written authorization by the Head of Office or Division Director.
5. Impartiality. The intern is required to respect the impartiality and independence required of UNICEF and will not seek or accept instructions regarding the services performed under the internship agreement from any Government or from any authority external to UNICEF.
6. Employment Prospects. There is no expectance of employment at the end of the internship.

How to apply:

Interested individuals are requested to submit the following documents no later than 5 September 2024.

• Application letter
• CV
• Two letters of recommendation by the former employer and/or university
• A copy of transcript

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people (for supervisory role)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks: 

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.