Internship (Safeguarding)

Internship (Safeguarding)

Organization: UNICEF, Education Cannot Wait (ECW)

Job no: 564043
Contract type: Internship
Duty Station: New York
Level: Internship
Location: United States
Categories: Child Protection, Administration, Financial Management, Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, Education.

How can you make a difference? 

PURPOSE OF THE INTERNSHIP

Under the overall guidance of the Director of ECW and the direct supervision of the Chief, Strategy, Planning and Accountability (who leads ECW’s Strategy, Planning and Accountability Team), the intern will provide technical and operational assistance to various processes while learning about organisational processes to support the implementation of the ECW work plan. The focus of the internship will be on implementation of 2023-2024 safeguarding deliverables, which will contribute to strengthened safeguarding practice in the areas of both child safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).

MAIN DUTIES

The intern will work primarily with ECW’s Senior Safeguarding Specialist across the ECW investment portfolio on a range of deliverables, including:

• initiating PSEA capacity assessments of ECW partners, reviewing partner safeguarding
self-assessments, contributing to the development of PSEA action plans and monitoring implementation.
• maintaining ECW’s grantee safeguarding capacity assessment database.
• developing safeguarding templates, tools and guidance for staff and grantees;
• contributing to the development of capacity-strengthening activities; and
• monitoring safeguarding risk trends and contributing to ExCom risk reports

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

Have an academic background in any of the following:

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• Education, Social Work, Psychology, Law
• International development/human rights/humanitarian affairs
• Liberal Arts or Sociology, particularly with a focus on women’s and gender studies

• Be at least 18 years old at the time of application.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset. 
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by university records.
• Fluency in English. Proficiency in French and/or Spanish is plus. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian) or a local language is an asset.
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office or in the ECW Secretariat.
• Are not disqualified under the UNICEF Child Safeguarding Personnel Standards (DHR/STANDARDS/2019/001), or as amended.

ECW is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all national, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization.

Due to the COVID pandemic we expect remote online work to be the standard. Office space may be available in New York and Geneva based on discussion. Applicants who are in the USA or Switzerland at the time of application (for the US with a valid OPT/CPT if international student) are personally responsible for arranging any visa or immigration requirements, covering the entire period of their internship.

The internship is full-time (35 hrs) and working hours are flexible and set-up in mutual discussion with the supervisor considering existing study commitments. Interns will be associated with the ECW Secretariat Finance and Operations section under which Grants Management team sits. Interns may take up to 2.5 days per month off work for any reason, including for medical reasons. The stipend will be reduced for any absence beyond this quota.

Expected starting date mid-October 2023 for 6 months (26 weeks). An internship may be terminated by either party, with a notice period of at least two weeks.

The monthly amount of internship stipend is the amount that is lower of the following two amounts:
USD 1,700 per month in the following offices: New York, Geneva, and Copenhagen; or 70% of the monthly salary of the GS level 3 step 1 in all other the duty stations.

ECW follows UNICEF’s rules and regulations in human resources management. Applicants are encouraged to read the FAQs on the UNICEF Internship program – which apply also to ECW – available at these links:

INTERNSHIPS-Start your career with UNICEF

https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_faq.html

https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/DHR/SitePages/Internship-Programme.aspx

For every Child, you demonstrate... 

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter:https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are...
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness(3)Drive to achieve results for impact(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity(6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. 

Remarks:  

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this internship, eligible and suitable candidates from all national, religious, and ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF internships may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of internship, without compensation, if a visa or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Advertised: 18 Jul 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
Deadline: 14 Aug 2023 Eastern Daylight Time

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