Internship: Private Sector Partnerships, UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen

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.

 

Internship: Private Sector Partnerships

UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen / Home-based

 

Modality: Paid (if selected candidate is eligible) – Full time

Tentative start date: January 2022

Location: Copenhagen/home-based

Duration: 6 months

 

For every child, collaboration

UNICEF’s Supply Division in Copenhagen is looking for a Partnership Intern to help drive shared value partnerships with the private sector.

Supply Division works to enhance sustainable and equitable access to essential supplies and services needed for children to survive, thrive and realize their rights and full potential. Together with public and private partners, UNICEF identifies bottlenecks or gaps in markets and works to address these with long-term sustainable solutions – regardless of whether challenges are  related to product features, delivery systems and capacities, or local and global disruptions. Each year UNICEF procures more than $3 billion worth of essential, life-saving supplies for children, and works in partnership to influence markets, strengthening supply chain systems and tackle disruptions. Currently, Supply Division is also leading the global procurement and worldwide delivery of COVID-19 vaccines n behalf of the COVAX Facility.

Partnerships is at the core of Supply Division’s work, being essential to achieving large scale change and impact. Focus areas for shared value partnerships with the private sector include supply chain system strengthening, building sustainable and resilient supply chains, data sharing solutions and professionalization of the logistics workforce.  The objective is to contribute to strengthening and optimizing UNICEF and  government supply chains and supporting systems and people skills, in order to enhance equitable access to essential supplies for children – such as vaccines, medicines, medical devices and testing kits, and water, sanitation and education products.

Partnerships are at the core of UNICEF’s approach and essential to achieving large scale change and impact. Supply Division is looking for an intern who supports UNICEF’s mission, is passionate about partnerships and is ready to help create partnerships that can make a real difference.

 

How can you make a difference?

Starting as soon as possible, the intern will support Supply Division’s engagement with the private sector, with the overall objective of developing partnerships, which enable UNICEF’s supply strategies.

The intern will help by:

• Providing support to the conceptualization and negotiation of new partnerships – in areas such as prospect research, proposal / concept development, presentations, and partner meetings,
• Contributing to the implementation of activities for existing partnerships (co-creation workshops, research for development of activities, input to communication/messaging/advocacy),
• Contributing to partnership business processes, development of partnership guidance and training resources and strategy.
• Contributing to the processing of contributions-in-kind from partners.

This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain an understanding of shared value partnerships related to supply within the UN structure. More information on UNICEF internships here.

 

Main Duties/ Responsibilities

The incumbent will be accountable for all or some of the following duties:

1. Conduct partner or thematic research needed for partnership negotiation, co-creation and partnership presentations.
2. Contribute to the planning and organisation of partnership needs identification workshops within UNICEF, including preparing inputs prior to workshops, helping to facilitate workshops, and helping produce workshop outputs (summarised decision-making reports, action points, presentations etc.),
3. Support partnership focal points with the implementation of specific partnership activities, including liaison with other UNICEF centres, as relevant.
4. Contribute to development of partnership guidance and training for UNICEF.
5. Internal UNICEF liaison as relevant related to processing specific contributions-in-kind from partners.

 

How can we make a difference for you?

The incumbent will learn/gain:

• An understanding of how UNICEF helps children survive, thrive, and realise their rights by enhancing equitable access to essential supplies
• How private sector partnerships are developed and managed within UNICEF, including the different engagement modalities
• An understanding of contributions-in-kind – including their risks and benefits, and how to manage them.

 

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

 

Education:

Applicants must be enrolled in a degree programme in an undergraduate, or graduate school, or be a recent graduate (graduated within past 2 years). Suitable disciplines for this internship include supply chain management, business administration, political science, global health, international development, public affairs, international relations, communications, law, or other related fields.

Experience:

• Good working knowledge of standard MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint),
• Experience related to partnership development, external relations, liaison, and/or resource mobilization is desirable,
• Experience with private sector partnerships, ESG reporting and similar, is desirable.

 Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English is essential and in another UN language is an advantage.

 

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and the following competencies:

Competencies:

• Ability to quickly understand instructions, asks for clarification when needed, adapt and work independently to produce results on time.
• Effective communicator of verbal and written concepts to international audiences.
• Able to work well in a team environment with colleagues in Copenhagen as well as in other UNICEF offices and National Committees around the world.

Functional Competencies

• Formulating strategies and concepts.
• Gather comprehensive information to support decision making.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical or complex concepts to a non-technical audience

 

Additional information:

Age: Interns must be at least 18 years

Visa: Should it be relevant at some point during the internship to travel to the duty station, UNICEF is not responsible for obtaining any visas for internships. However, UNICEF can provide a Note Verbale to respective Consulates, to support the application of Visas. Also, in the scenario that the intern is already in the country of the duty station and have been granted a different work permit modality, any extension cannot be dependent on an internship with UNICEF.

Insurance: The selected candidate must provide proof of health/accident insurance plan that covers them in the country of the assignment and for the entire duration of the assignment.  

Interns are covered for any service-incurred injury/illness.

Employment: There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.

Onboarding: The intern will be required to provide confirmation of strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records or, if not available, a reference letter from an academic supervisor, a copy of health insurance coverage and to fill out the relevant UNICEF forms on conditions before taking up service as an intern.

Work Modality: The intern will be expected be available to work during UNICEF Copenhagen working hours and if the intern is working remotely, they would need their own laptop/computer. If the intern is working from Copenhagen, they will be provided with all necessary equipment to complete their work, and have the opportunity to work out of the UNICEF office at UN City, Copenhagen.

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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 sexual exploitation and abuse, and on any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, 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.