UN Women for fresh graduates 2024

UN Women, grounded in the imaginative and prescient of equality enshrined within the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination in opposition to ladies and women; the empowerment of ladies; and the achievement of equality between men and women as companions and beneficiaries of improvement, human rights, humanitarian motion and peace and safety.

The Country Programme Division underneath the management of the Deputy Country Representative manages the Programme assist to Ethiopia, together with Joint Programmes. In its work by way of Strategic Note 2021-2025, UN Women ECO is focusing on six thematic areas: Women Economic Empowerment, National planning and budgeting; Coordination for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women; Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action ; Ending Violence against Women and Girls and Women’s Participation in Leadership and Governance (WiLG).

In Ethiopia, UN Women’s pillar around Women’s participation in Leadership and Governance contributes to UN Women global Strategic Plan (2022-2025) Impact space one ‘Governance and participation in public life’, and helps Ethiopia’s effort in direction of achievement of SDG Goal 5, Target 5.5; Goal 16, Target 16.7. The programme is in keeping with United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework UNSDCF (2020-2025) in Ethiopia, notably with Outcome 1 (All individuals in Ethiopia benefit from the rights and capabilities to realize their potential in equality and with dignity) and Outcome 2 (All individuals in Ethiopia dwell in a cohesive, simply inclusive and democratic society); and UN

Women Ethiopia’s Strategic Note (2021- 2025) and Government of Ethiopia’s 10-year Perspective Plan (2020/21-2029/30) that aspires to deliver ladies on the middle of the nation’s development.

Under its WiLG program, UN Women has engaged with over 4,000 ladies leaders and political aspirants in Ethiopia by way of capacity-building, mentorship, and networking initiatives. In this context, UN Women is in search of the help of a national Intern to reinforce the supply of various actions underneath its WiLG program. The intern can even contribute to increasing UN Women’s attain to young rising leaders to facilitate intergenerational management improvement opportunities. Working intently with the WiLG staff, the intern will report on to the Program Specialist, with total steering from the Deputy Representative.

Position : Intern – Programme Assistant – Women’s Participation in Leadership and Governance Systems UN

Duties and Responsibilities

With guidance and overall supervision from WiLG Programme Specialist, the Intern is predicted to undertake the next duties:

• Support the implementation of mission activities associated to the Women’s Leadership and Governance Program notably related to ladies leaders’ networking and capacity-building packages, (e.g. preparation of coaching, workshops or advocacy actions, drafting letters and different paperwork);
• Draft meeting minutes or some other related paperwork essential for managing data within the staff;
• Provide research assist in direction of the event of idea notes and program-related paperwork to the staff;
• Review analysis, tips, and translated documents and supply comments;
• Facilitate the initiation of a female youth-focused program for a sustainable and intergenerational cohort of competent ladies leaders
• Serving as a channel of communication and first contact for each Senior and Junior Women’s Leaders Networks
• Undertake numerous administrative duties and provision of logistics and procurement (each HR and Services) assist together with facilitating journey, assembly group, and so forth.

Learning Objectives

• Increase understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system
• Gain knowledge and understanding of points related to ladies’s participation in leadership and governance processes together with in peace and safety areas;
• Build and develop skilled relationships with UN Women colleagues and colleagues from different UN agencies.
• Work as a staff member in a multicultural setting
• Develop mission administration and monitoring expertise.

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

Please go to this link for extra information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Familiarity with Gender Equality, Women’s proper to political participation and equal representation in governance and decision-making positions
• Good data and expertise in supporting programmes
• Ability to study quickly
• Attention to element
• Proven means to handle a number of duties with various complexity
• Ability to adapt in a continuously altering and fast-paced surroundings
• Excellent written, verbal, & interpersonal communication expertise in addition to exemplary partnership-building expertise
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural surroundings and powerful teamwork capability
• A self-starter; in a position to anticipate points and suggest options
• Strong curiosity in working within the UN system, notably on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women;
• General IT competence and command of primary workplace software program programmes.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• The intern must satisfy the below education requirements in the area of social science, development studies, gender/women studies, political science, law or other similar subjects at the university level.
• Having expertise on gender-related points is a plus.

The intern must satisfy no less than one of the following internship schooling requirements:

• Be enrolled in a postgraduate diploma programme (akin to a grasp’s programme, or larger);
• Be enrolled within the closing academic year of a primary college diploma programme (akin to a bachelor’s diploma or equal);
• Have not too long ago graduated with a university degree (as outlined in (a) and (b) above) and, if chosen, should begin the internship within two years of commencement.

Language:

• Excellent communication skill (written and oral) in each Amharic and English is required.

Note: This internship is subject to and regulated by the UN Women’s Internship Programme Policy as in application efficient from 5 August 2020

Place of Work: Addis Ababa – Ethiopia

Deadline: February, 28/2024

How to apply

All applications must include (as an attachment) a completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment

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