Responsibilities
Under
the overall supervision of the Gender Programme Management Officer and the
day-to-day supervision of the Gender Associate Officer and the Safeguards
Officer respectively, the interns will be responsible for the following
depending on their educational background, experiences, interests and
capacities:
- Support gender mainstreaming and/or safeguards
risk identification and management integration by reviewing project
proposals, publications and related documents and providing feedback.
- Carry out research and summarize key
developments and emerging trends related to gender and/or safeguards and
the environment.
- Participate in group discussions and contribute
insights, ideas and feedback on key topics and issues.
- Provide support to the Gender and Safeguards
Unit of the Policy and Programme Division and assist with planning and
coordinating meetings and events, especially at UNEA-7 and joint with UN
Women campaign on 16 Days activities against Gender Based Violence.
- Analyzes and monitors the use and uptake of
gender and/or safeguards information on the UNEP Gender/Safeguards
WeCollaborate page.
- Draft impact stories and messages for UNEP
digital platforms and for other communications opportunities.
- Monitor and analyze the information uploaded on
Open Data Portal and prepare report on the findings.
- Assists in the development of LNOB, inclusivity,
gender and/or safeguards related reporting, especially for UN-SWAP 3.0 and
to the CPR, and on implementation of UNDIS and SDG 1 and SDG 10
indicators. 9. Support with the capacity building workshops and assessment
(gender and disability inclusion).
- Contribute to preparations of presentations,
analysis and visualization of the findings, etc. 10. Performs other duties
as required.
Qualifications
- A university degree in Gender Studies, Human
Rights, Sociology, Environmental Science, Sustainable Development, or
related field with courses on gender in the pursued curriculum is
preferred. Applicants must at the time of application meet one of the following
requirements:
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme
(university degree or equivalent, or higher).
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a
first university degree program (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
- Have graduated with a university degree and, if
selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of
graduation.
- Applicants should be computer literate in
standard software applications.
- Experience with usage of Canva is desirable
- Ability to professionally edit video footage is
desirable.
How to Apply
