Duties And ResponsibilitiesDuties and Responsibilities:
- Support the Policy Specialist 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.
CompetenciesCore 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 visit this link for more 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:
- Demonstrable knowledge of feminist/gender economics;
- Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;
Required Skills And ExperienceEducation:
- University studies in one of the following disciplines: feminist/gender economics;
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program which is part of a degree programme and undertake the internship as part of the program requirements;
- a) Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
- b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
- c) Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.
Language:
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
- Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.
Remuneration: Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.
