Intern - Programme Support

Overview

Support the Quality Assurance Section on the implementation of UN Disability Inclusion Strategy and SDGs 1 and 10, and carry out research and summarize key developments related to gender and/or safeguards and the environment.

Tasks Summary

• Support the Quality Assurance Section on the implementation of UN Disability Inclusion Strategy and SDGs 1 and 10 as well as functioning of CAG and PRC, organization of capacity strengthening workshops, youth-related activities and other QA's activities.
• Carry out research and summarize key developments and emerging trends related to gender and/or safeguards and the environment.
• Participate in group discussions and contribute insights, ideas and feedback on key topics and emerging issues in this field, including mainstreaming of gender and safeguards (social and environmental).
• Provide support to the Quality Assurance Section of the Policy and Programme Division and assist with planning and coordinating meetings and joint events, with partners including various relevant UN Observances.
• Analyzes and monitors the use and uptake of gender, safeguards and Quality Assurance information on the UNEP Gender/Safeguards and Quality Assurance weCollaborate page.
• Draft impact stories and messages for UNEP digital platforms and for other communications opportunities.
• Support with monitoring and analysis of information uploaded on Open Data Portal and prepare draft reports on the findings.
• Support with the community of practice and capacity strengthening workshops and assessment (gender and disability inclusion). Contribute to preparations for presentations, analysis and visualization of the findings, etc.
• Support the preparation of various presentations, using Power Point and/or Canva and other relevant software.
• Performs other duties as required.

Experience Requirements

• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work.experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
• An interest or work in working on issues surrounding gender, social safeguards, environmental safeguards in the context of Leave No One Behind (LNOB) is highly desirable.
• Experience in or interest in working with Leave No One Behind (LNOB), and gender and social intersectional inclusion is highly desirable.
• Inclusion includes inclusion of minority groups and vulnerable communities, gender inclusion, persons with disability inclusion.
• Experience with the usage of photo editing software (such as Photoshop, Canva, Power Point Presentation, designing skills etc.) is desirable
• Experience with video editing is desirable.

Qualification Requirements

• A university degree in Gender Studies, Human Rights, Sociology, Environmental Science, Sustainable Development, or related field with course work in areas such as gender studies, environmental and social impact assessment, impact measurement labour issues, community health and safety, Indigenous rights / Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples, disability rights, inclusion, minority studies, and poverty analysis
• Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate school programme (university degree or equivalent, or higher) or be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent).
• Applicants must have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
• Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme.
• Applicants must have a strong knowledge of standard software applications including MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS SharePoint, MS Outlook.

Other Details

Languages Required: Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship.

Languages Preferred: Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage.

Contract Duration: 3 months

Work Modality: Nairobi

Remuneration: Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.