Despite ongoing progress, the education sector continues to face significant challenges, persistent disparities in access and learning quality, including a high number of out-of-school children and the disruptive effects of humanitarian crises on education systems. In response, UNICEF combines programmatic, institutional, and community-based approaches to improve learning outcomes and promote inclusive education for all children.

In this context, international interns can make a meaningful contribution to the Education Section by reinforcing its operational effectiveness, coordination functions, analytical work, and documentation of results. Interns bring fresh perspectives, strong technical and digital skills, research and analytical capacity, and additional bandwidth to support programme implementation, partnerships, knowledge management, and reporting. At the same time, the internship offers young professionals a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a complex country context that combines humanitarian crises with long-term development challenges, allowing them to build practical skills, deepen their understanding of education systems strengthening and education in emergencies, and develop professional competencies in a real-world development and humanitarian setting.

The purpose and objectives of the UNICEF internship programme are:

1. Provide a structured framework through which eligible undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds are assigned to UNICEF offices, where their academic learning is enhanced through meaningful and supervised practical work assignments.

2. Expose interns to the work of UNICEF, with particular emphasis on child rights-based programming, humanitarian and development action, and UNICEF’s zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (PSEA).

3. Enable UNICEF offices to benefit from the support of qualified and motivated students with specialized knowledge and skills across a range of professional fields.

How can you make a difference? 

The two interns will work with the Education Section to:

• Support the implementation of education programme activities, including trainings, workshops and field missions, in order to gain practical, hands-on experience
• Assist in the follow-up of activities implemented by partners and contribute to basic monitoring tasks, strengthening understanding of programme delivery
• Support the preparation of meetings, including drafting minutes, briefing notes and presentations, while gaining exposure to UNICEF coordination processes
• Contribute to communication and visibility efforts through documentation of activities, success stories and short reports
• Participate in field visits where feasible to gain direct exposure to UNICEF operations and community-level interventions
• Assist in the collection of qualitative information, including observations and beneficiary feedback, contributing to programme learning
• Provide general support to the Education Section, bringing in academic knowledge and skills from diverse backgrounds to support programme delivery.

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Be enrolled in a degree programme, in a graduate school, or be a recent university graduate (master’s or higher) in international development, project management, social sciences, or related disciplines.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English or French is required.

Tentative start date: 

The interns are needed for a period of 03 months (03 May – 31 July 2026).

Salary/Payment:
The intern will receive a monthly stipend by the regulations.

The candidate should have no expectation of employment at the end of the internship. UNICEF is not responsible for obtaining any necessary visas.

Insurance:
UNICEF will not be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the volunteer’s service. Therefore, the candidate shall not enjoy health coverage or other privileges or immunities by the relevant rules and procedures of the organization. The candidate must provide a valid medical certificate upon arrival.

Living and Working Conditions:
The intern will observe the opening and closing hours of the office as follows:

Monday to Thursday: 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM with a break between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM; Friday: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

The intern will benefit from a workspace, a machine, and access to the Internet.

Evaluation of the internship

The intern will have to produce mini reports on a weekly basis, highlighting his or her interventions or all the requests he or she has handled. The grouping of the 04 weekly reports will form the basis of the monthly report which will be submitted for the assessment of the supervisor. The validation of this monthly report will start the intern's process of payment. The final internship report will be based on all the monthly reports and will give rise to an overall assessment, resulting in the attribution of an internship certificate.