Duties 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.
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 feminist/gender economics;
- Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- 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;
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
- 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.
