National Internship Innovation

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

• Evaluate new technologies, products, and services to assess their potential impact on UNFPA’s work.
• Develop and implement creative solutions to address challenges and drive innovation.
• Support the development and execution of innovative initiatives and projects related to UNFPA’s mandate.
• Assist in implementation of various innovation challenges including that on Gender, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Youth & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) technologies to access SRHR      information and services.
• Liaise with the innovation team at CO in aligning innovation programmes.
• Coordinate the overall communication and digital engagement activities of the CO innovation work including the social media engagement.
• Support the Resource Mobilization & Partnership Specialist to coordinate country innovation frameworks.
• Support the documentation and knowledge management of the CO innovation portfolio.
• Any other tasks including administrative and operational needs.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

• Be enrolled in a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) and have completed one full academic year;
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as master’s programme or higher);
• Have recently graduated with a university degree as defined above and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation; or
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional trainee programme and undertake the internship as part of this programme.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• At least three years of experience in digital communications and strategy.
• At least three years’ experience in project and event management.
• Experience on innovation and knowledge management
• A working understanding of youth, SRH and gender equality and gender-based violence work, with a familiarity of regional priorities.

Source:  https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2003/job/24262