Women's Economic Empowerment Intern at UN Women

Duties And Responsibilities

• Support the Policy Specialist for to review/conduct economic empowerment related research from a gender economics perspective;
• Support the Policy Specialist in programme management and implementation;
• Support the Policy Specialist in various communications tasks such as writing position papers, talking points, website articles, developing social media posts, etc;
• Support the Policy Specialist on administrative tasks as required.

Learning Goals Include

• Enhanced knowledge on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
• Enhanced knowledge on gender and economics in development in Africa
• Enhance knowledge on the programmatic and operational aspects of working at UN Women

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies

• Demonstrable knowledge of gender economics;
• Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;

Required Skills And Experience

Interns are selected on a competitive basis. Applicants to UNWOMEN internships must at the time of application meet one of the following academic requirements:

• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
• Have graduated with a university degree in (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

Education

• Bachelors Degree in gender economics.

Language

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
• Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.