Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overview
Duties And Responsibilities
• Support the Policy Specialist for to review/conduct economic empowerment related research from a gender economics perspective;
• Support the Policy Specialist in programme management and implementation;
• Support the Policy Specialist in various communications tasks such as writing position papers, talking points, website articles, developing social media posts, etc;
• Support the Policy Specialist on administrative tasks as required.
Learning Goals Include
• Enhanced knowledge on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
• Enhanced knowledge on gender and economics in development in Africa
• Enhance knowledge on the programmatic and operational aspects of working at UN Women

Competencies
Core Values
• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism
Core Competencies
• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example
Functional Competencies
• Demonstrable knowledge of gender economics;
• Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;

Required Skills And Experience
Interns are selected on a competitive basis. Applicants to UNWOMEN internships must at the time of application meet one of the following academic 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);
• Have graduated with a university degree in (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.
Education
• Bachelors Degree in gender economics.
Language
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
• Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to UN Women on jobs.undp.org to apply

All Jobs

QUICK ALERT SUBSCRIPTION