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.
Background and Rationale:
UNICEF’s mission is to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Gender equality is essential to realising UNICEF’s mandate, identified as one of the most fundamental challenges to sustainable development1 and a significant detractor from fulfilling UNICEF’s mission and mandate. UNICEF’s new Strategic Plan (SP) 2022-2025 continues to emphasise gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women as a guiding principle. It incorporates a new approach to transforming structural barriers and gender norms that are the underlying drivers of gender inequality. UNICEF’s new Gender Action Plan III (GAP), 2022-2025 emphasises a transformative gender approach to programming in all areas of UNICEF’s work across the humanitarian and development nexus. By adopting its most progressive and forward-looking SP, Gender Policy, and Gender Action Plan to date, UNICEF is committed to advancing bold, transformative change toward a more gender equal world. These plans recognise that to achieve success, gender must be integrated into all of UNICEF’s programmatic work, by undertaking new, targeted and transformative actions for adolescent girls. UNICEF is committed to placing the rights, well-being and leadership of adolescent girls at the very core of what we do, with actions that promote girls’ health, nutrition, learning and skills, as well as protection from violence, exploitation, abuse and harmful practices across the life course.
The gender priorities for the 2022-2025 programming cycle for the South Asia Region (ROSA) have been identified through an in-depth gender analysis of the context-specific, cross-cutting gender concerns across the eight countries in the region. Three key gender priorities are identified as strategic foci for ROSA to address the root causes and drivers of gender inequality, setbacks and challenges exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic (discussed above), and the impact of humanitarian emergencies, including climate change impacts, natural disasters, political and economic crises. These three strategic foci, which are aligned with UNICEF’s overall SP and GAP III programmatic acceleration areas and are reflected in the regional gender theory of change are:
Health Nutrition and WASH;
Learning and Skills; and
Protection from all Harmful practices and Gender Based Violence.
Purpose:
The overall purpose of this internship is to support the Gender section in information and knowledge management (including virtual resources), database construction and utilization, and standardization of communication products.
Expected results (measurable results):
Working directly under the supervision of the Regional Gender Adviser, the intern will be responsible for the following general/specific tasks:
General Tasks
Support the section with infographics and data analytics for Gender Related reports
Preparation of section specific Dashboards
Support organizing meeting and webinars
Specific Tasks per Functional Area
Contribute data and analysis to the gender section reports
Support on development of knowledge products
Monitoring & Evaluation:
Support the review, monitoring and analysis of data and evidence
Gather and prepare documentation, presentation, graphs, and analytical results from the UNICEF SitAn, SitRep, SES and CCC indicators
Support preparation of summary analysis of ROSA year end reports, technical materials and other resources
Support data analysis of available datasets, and produce regular statistical reports, visualizations, and maps
Ensure timely data collection from different sources including UNICEF’s and its partners’ Information Management Systems when applicable and as per program requirements.
Develop infographics and maps in support of the office’s need for evidence generation and reporting.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Required Education, Skills and Experiences:
Recently completed or currently pursuing a University Degree in any discipline
Knowledge and experience of working on sharepoint and Excel
Strong interest in using different ICT tools
Interest in creating designs and developing communication products
A minimum of 6 months of relevant professional experience
Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
Required competencies:
Demonstrate initiative, creativity and enthusiasm
Able to work well in a team environment
Ability to quickly understand instructions, ask for clarification when needed, adapt and work independently to produce results on time
Ability to learn fast and respond positively to feedback
Analytical and conceptual thinking
Attention to details
Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
