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, a champion.

As UNICEF, we are strongly committed to putting affected families, children and adolescents at the centre of our work, as reflected in the UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, the IASC commitments on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), as well as the Grand Bargain “participation revolution” commitment. These are central elements for improving the quality and effectiveness of our humanitarian and development programmes and ensuring affected populations can fulfil their rights to participate and be heard.

The Accountability to Affected Populations Section in the Office of Emergency Programmes - Geneva, is leading the implementation of UNICEF AAP strategy globally. The Section ensures a systematic and coherent organization-wide approach to AAP so that it becomes an integral part of good quality programming in development and humanitarian situations alike. It supports the application of AAP approaches at country level, working closely with a network of AAP Specialists/Focal Points in Regional Offices.

How can you make a difference?

The responsibilities are the following, but not limited to:

• Manage internal knowledge platforms, organizing SharePoint sites and libraries;
• In partnership with the Advocacy and Communication Division and other relevant Divisions, support the dissemination of regular updates and case studies on AAP across the organization, and through the AAP technical Working Group and EMOPS-wide humanitarian resources channels;
• Manage the development and dissemination of the Quarterly AAP Newsletter (compiling and curating the content from regions, visual design in Canva and publishing in MailJet);
• Lead the organization of the AAP global Community of practice, ensuring regular communication flows across its members and organizing quarterly meetings;
• Support the development and dissemination of documents and knowledge products (Handbook, strategies, technical briefs) in various forms for both internal and external channels (SharePoint News posts, News links, e-mail blurbs, etc.) and coordinate the graphic design and copy-editing of AAP technical briefs and other relevant documents;
• Support to note-taking and reporting of regular meetings;
• Support on data analysis and visualization, particularly the analysis of AAP performance based on the organization-wide Core Standard Indicators.
• Provide ad-hoc support to the Accountability and Inclusion Helpdesk, and undertake any other tasks as needed.

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

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in Social Sciences, Communications, Data Analysis, International Development or related field. An additional diploma or experience in humanitarian action, development or related field is a plus.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Experience in knowledge management, communications, or information management is an advantage.
• Proven knowledge in text edition and graphic design.
• Excellent coordination, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Spoken and written fluency in English. A second UN language is a plus, preferably French, Spanish, or Arabic.
• Have strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g., father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office; and
• Have no other relatives in the line of authority that the intern will report to.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Duration: The selected candidate will undertake the full-time role for 6 months.

Location: Selected intern will be working full-time in-person in Geneva and will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for interns. Working hours at the duty station are from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. Geneva time.

Visa: The intern will be responsible for obtaining any visa required for them to travel to live and work in Switzerland; though the AAP section will offer guidance on how to complete this process if needed.

Stipend: In accordance with UNICEF's guidelines, selected intern will be provided a monthly stipend to cover the duration of the candidate’s internship based on the assignment location. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.

Insurance: For Geneva-based internship, UNICEF will not be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the intern's service, whether on or off UNICEF premises. Therefore, the selected candidate must provide proof of enrollment in a health and accident plan with coverage in Switzerland prior to starting his/her internship. HR will share additional information about Swiss mandatory insurance and taxation in due time with the selected intern.

Mandatory Courses: Selected intern will be requested to complete online mandatory courses prior to commencement of the internship.

Equipment: UNICEF will provide IT equipment to the selected candidate as this is an in-person internship.

Leave: Selected intern may take up to 2.5 days per month off work for any reason, including for medical reasons. The stipend will be reduced for any absence beyond this quota. The quota is cumulative over the duration of the internship, but there will be no compensation or carry-over to another appointment for unused leave days at the end of the internship.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidate is requested to apply online and submit the following documents:

• Resume/CV;
• Cover Letter stating availability and motivation;
• Recent university or institution records certificate (or a reference letter from the academic supervisor confirming a strong performance should the records certificate not be available at this stage); and
• Duly completed online application profile

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS), and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

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