Partnership Internship at UNICEF

How can you make a difference? 

Scope  

• The Public and Private Partnerships (PPP) Section of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) provides guidance and technical support to 21 Country Offices and Regional Office Technical Sections on engagement with public and private partners.  
• In addition to developing and stewarding regional/multicounty partnerships and regional-level relationships, the Section also ensures that high quality proposals and reports are developed and supports regional and country offices in critical periods of the year in this regard. In addition, there is a need to enhance knowledge management system for the growing and complex resource mobilization needs in the region, which is building on the existing knowledge management efforts and takes into consideration the lessons learnt so far to share information and knowledge efficiently and effectively in a growing ecosystem of partners in the region.  
• In this context, ESARO PPP section is seeking the services of an inter to support proposal and reporting development, including for the key emergency contexts as well as to strengthen knowledge management and information sharing with country offices in the partnership ecosystem. The Intern will also be able to provide more focused support to the prioritized country offices with resource mobilization needs.  

Main tasks and responsibilities 

• Support knowledge management activities relevant to public and private sector engagement, ensure timely collection and dissemination of partner intelligence and mapping on a continuous basis to guide resource mobilization and partnership priorities and discussions with relevant partners.  
• Co-authoring of donor communications content such as newsletters, articles, and social media channels.   
• In coordination with PPP and regional teams, provide technical support to prioritized Country Offices in the development of resource mobilisation documents, and provide support with quality donor reporting, recognition and visibility, etc. as needed.  
• Conduct surveys with the respective regional country offices and regional colleagues on the needs and gaps when it comes to partnerships.  
• Support the organization of the Regional Partnerships Network Meeting in Q4 2023.  
• Prepare briefings, one-pagers and presentation materials as needed. 

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

To be considered for the internship, applicants have to meet the following requirements: 

• Kenyan citizen  who is 18 years and above
• Enrolment in a degree programme in an undergraduate or graduate school, or recent graduation  
• Proficiency in at least one of UNICEF’s working languages: English, French or Spanish and fluent in the working language of the office of assignment  
• Strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records  
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office; and have no other relatives in the line of authority which the intern will report to.