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Intern, Social Sciences
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Internship
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 09/08/2023
- Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
This internship is located in the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Section (GEWES) of the Gender, Poverty and Social Development Policy Division (GPSPD) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The intern will be directly supervised by the Chief of Section.
Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Section, and working directly with thematic focal points in GEWES, the intern will carry out the following functions:
• Assist with research in support of the preparation of studies, reports, papers, fact sheets and infographics related to the work of the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section.
• Identify and compile information, statistics and databases in the areas of policy priority for the Section’s work including on gender statistics, women in trade and entrepreneurship, climate change and gender and digitalisation.
• Assist with organizing and convening meetings, including attending to all relevant preparations and note-taking.
• Participate in team and division meetings to share information and assist colleagues in providing updates on implementation of deliverables and for planning exercises.
• Assist team members in reporting processes in line with section, division and wider ECA reporting procedures.
• Perform other duties as might be assigned by the supervisor
• Assist with research in support of the preparation of studies, reports, papers, fact sheets and infographics related to the work of the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section.
• Identify and compile information, statistics and databases in the areas of policy priority for the Section’s work including on gender statistics, women in trade and entrepreneurship, climate change and gender and digitalisation.
• Assist with organizing and convening meetings, including attending to all relevant preparations and note-taking.
• Participate in team and division meetings to share information and assist colleagues in providing updates on implementation of deliverables and for planning exercises.
• Assist team members in reporting processes in line with section, division and wider ECA reporting procedures.
• Perform other duties as might be assigned by the supervisor
Education
To qualify for an internship under the United Nations Internship Programme, the following conditions must be met:
(a) be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
(b) be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent); or
(c) have graduated with a university degree (as defined above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation;
(a) be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
(b) be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent); or
(c) have graduated with a university degree (as defined above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation;
Work Experience
No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this Internship Programme fluency in English is required; knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage.
VISAS FOR INTERNS:
All interns assigned to a UN Organization, including Funds and Programmes, at an Ethiopia-based duty station, who are not Ethiopian nationals will be required to obtain a business visas or a visa upon arrival authorization letter from the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) prior to travelling to the Ethiopia. Prospective interns who are already in the Ethiopia in another non-immigrant status may need to apply for a change of status prior to joining the United Nations for an internship. It should be emphasized that prospective interns are responsible for ensuring that they have an appropriate valid visa and employment authorization allowing them to undertake the internship.
All interns assigned to a UN Organization, including Funds and Programmes, at an Ethiopia-based duty station, who are not Ethiopian nationals will be required to obtain a business visas or a visa upon arrival authorization letter from the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) prior to travelling to the Ethiopia. Prospective interns who are already in the Ethiopia in another non-immigrant status may need to apply for a change of status prior to joining the United Nations for an internship. It should be emphasized that prospective interns are responsible for ensuring that they have an appropriate valid visa and employment authorization allowing them to undertake the internship.
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