Internships with Education Cannot Wait (ECW), New York/Geneva – Req #536982

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, hope.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the first global multilateral fund dedicated to supporting education for children and youth in countries affected by wars, disasters and crises. It was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by a broad coalition of international aid agencies and public and private donors to usher in faster and more sustainable education responses in crises settings. ECW inspires political commitment to financing education in humanitarian contexts, catalyzes financial resources, facilitates joint programming between humanitarian and development actors, empowers local partners and seeks to strengthen quality and accountability. 

ECW is hosted by UNICEF. The Fund is administered under UNICEF’s financial, human resources and administrative rules and regulations, while operations are run by the Fund’s own independent governance structure that provides strategic guidance and oversight to its investments. ECW’s day-to-day activities are carried out by a Secretariat under the direction of the ECW Director.

ECW is establishing a roster of interns. The ECW Internship Programme offers qualified and eligible students/graduates the opportunity to acquire direct practical experience in international development work in education under the direct supervision of experienced ECW staff.

How can you make a difference?

Under the guidance of the head of the relevant ECW section, interns provide technical and operational assistance to various processes in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting data and information as well as providing needs-based support to their sections, while learning about organizational processes to support the implementation of the ECW workplan. ECW will build a roster of interns in seven functional areas:

Functional areas:

1. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
   • Applicants will have an interest in working with data collection and analysis. Selected candidate will work with both quantitative and qualitative data to inform reporting and analysis.
2. Education
   • Applicants will have a background and interest in education, including but not limited to education policy, girls’ education, education of children with disabilities, and aid programs in humanitarian settings.
3. Planning and Management
   • Applicants will have an interest in the program management and program planning.
4. Child protection and safety in education
   • Applicants will have an interest in ECW’s efforts to support global, regional, and local actors to ensure that vulnerable children are safeguarded from violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect in conflicts and protracted crises.
5. Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in education
   • Applicants will have an interest and background in MHPSS to support development of related program initiatives, indicators, and measuring tools.
6. Communications and advocacy
   • Applicants will have an interest in and experience with utilizing various social media platforms to communicate ECW’s vision and mission, as well as written communications skills to support ECW advocacy efforts, including publications, infographics and press releases.
7. Fundraising and resource mobilization
   • Applicants will be interested in supporting ECW’s commitment to inspiring political support and mobilizing funds for education in emergencies and protracted crises.

 Main duties:

• Supporting research, mapping and analysis / mapping of relevant research;
• Assisting in preparation of thematic analyses, in function of the section’s needs;
• Collecting, analyzing, verifying and synthesizing data and information to support reporting;
• Supporting preparation of reports, talking points and communication material, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and relevance of information;
• Performing data checks in reports and databases;
• Support preparation of reports and communication / advocacy material;
• Support data visualization and preparation of infographics;
• Carry out any other tasks to support the deliverables described in the ECW annual work plan.

Benefits to Intern:

The objective of the internship is to give the intern a first-hand impression of the day-to-day working environment of the United Nations. The intern will be given a real chance to work with our people. As part of our team, working directly with outstanding and inspiring career professionals and senior management, the intern will be exposed to high-profile conferences, participate in meetings, and contribute to analytical work as well as organizational policy of UNICEF, especially in the field of COVID-19 vaccine introduction and digital health. Initially the intern will take on the amount of responsibility the intern can shoulder; the potential for growth, however, is theirs to develop.

Duration:

January 2021 – March 2021; ideally in mid-February 2021. Preferred duration: at least 4 months (maximum of 6 months). The internship will require a commitment of about 30 hours per week.

Salary/Payment:

In accordance to UNICEF’s guidelines, interns will be paid a stipend of US $1,700 per month. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.

Insurance:

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 enrolment in a health/accident plan prior to start the internship with the Health Section.

Living Conditions and Working Environment:

Interns can be based at the ECW Secretariat office in New York, or at the ECW Secretariat Office in Geneva. Arrangements to carry out the internship remotely are also possible given the global COVID pandemic. Note that applicants who are based in the New York area (with a valid OPT/CPT if international student) or Geneva will be given priority. The internship may be conducted remotely, depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic at the time of application.   

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate, Masters or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years.
• Have an academic background in any of the following:
• Education, including early childhood development
• Quantitative analysis: data analysis and applied statistics
• Social Sciences
• Human rights / humanitarian affairs, or related fields
• Journalism and media
• Graphic design
• Communications
• Business studies
• Marketing
• Information Technology
• Be at least 18 years old at the time of application.
• Be proficient in English.
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by university records.
• Have no immediate relatives working with UNICEF or in the ECW Secretariat.

ECW is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization.

Deadline for applications: Thursday 10^th of January 2021 at midnight NY time.

In the subject line of your application, please specify your preferred functional area from the seven specified above.

IMPORTANT VISA NOTE. Interns are personally responsible for arranging any visa or immigration requirements, covering the entire period of their internship. If necessary, ECW will support the process by providing relevant documents such as proof of internship. ECW follows UNICEF’s rules and regulations in human resources management. Applicants are encouraged to read the FAQs on the UNICEF Internship program – which apply also to ECW – available at this link: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_faq.html

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) 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

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

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, culture, appearance, socio-economic status, ability, age, religious and ethnic backgrounds 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.