UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

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

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How can you make a difference?

The Internship support will focus on the following overall tasks:

• Provide support in the Designing, planning and implementation of SBC activities.
• Regular monitoring and assessment activities according to the work plan to ensure maximum impact and continuous improvement of the SBC programme.
• Contribute to terms of reference, research tools, frameworks, and protocols for generating evidence to inform SBC initiatives and apply tools, methodologies and frameworks for data collection, tracking, monitoring, and reporting and disseminating SBC.
• Support data collection, tracking, monitoring, and reporting SBC results and prepare syntheses of results.
• Support in the capacity building of community engagement in the sectors by organizing training for partners.
• Assist in establishment of community feedback mechanisms and use feedback to inform community engagement and SBC actions for disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience. Generate and use SBC evidence, data, and assessments for disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience.
• Support the identification, dissemination, and adoption of best practices and innovative approaches and technology in SBC. Support their integration in programme approaches and support SBC and sectoral teams in implementing them.
• Collaborate with internal partners to provide operational and technical support to evidence-based strategies and develop, test, produce and use quality SBC materials, organize events and activities to ensure community engagement and participation, and maximum outreach and impact on behavioral and social change.
• Provide support in assessing potential contacts, networks, resources, and tools to support maximum impact and outreach of SBC initiatives.

• Follow up and monitor the production of SBC materials to ensure technical quality, consistency and relevancy of communications materials that are developed, produced and disseminated to target audience (e.g., individuals, communities, government officials, partners, media etc)
• Build and maintain partnerships through networking and proactive collaboration with self-determination and to pursue opportunities to promote UNICEF mission and goals for child rights, social equity, and inclusiveness.
• Assist in emergency preparedness and response as needed.

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

1. Education

A university degree (Bachelor’s) in a public health, social and behavioral science including sociology, anthropology, communication studies/communication for development, psychology, Education and/or related field is required.

2. Work Experience

• Strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Excellent in digital literacy and computational skills.
• Some level of experience relevant to programme development and implementation including monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities
• Desirable Requirements:
  • Experience in research.
  • Field work experience.
  • Background/familiarity with Emergency situations.

• c. Language Proficiency
• Fluency in English and the local working language is required.

  Knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

  4. Area of expertise requirement:

  Knowledge of Project Management, especially of the Monitoring and Evaluation phase.

  Proficiency in using computer applications (database, word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, project planning, e-mail, graphics etc.) is required.

  5. Benefits to Intern:

  The intern will benefit from the exposure to the UNICEF mission at large and will also develop his/her capacity on programme planning, designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of UNICEF supported projects. Besides, the intern will develop competencies on strengthening partnership wide range stakeholders

  Strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.Excellent in digital literacy and computational skills.Some level of experience relevant to programme development and implementation including monitoring, evaluation and reporting activitiesDesirable Requirements:Language Proficiency

  • Experience in research.
  • Field work experience.
  • Background/familiarity with Emergency situations.

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…

• Core Competencies (Level 1): Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness; Works Collaboratively with others; Builds and Maintains Partnerships; Innovates and Embraces Change; Thinks and Acts Strategically; Drive to achieve impactful results; Manages ambiguity and complexity.

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: 

CANDIDATES SHOULD PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF COMPLETION/EXEMPTION FROM NATIONAL SERVICE. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMPLETION/EXEMPTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE IS A REQUIREMENT.  COPY OF CARD/EXEMPTION MUST BE ATTACHED.  APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THIS REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Qualified Female Candidates and Persons living with disabilities are highly encouraged!

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