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Internship Title : Reporting and Communication Intern

Unit Name : UN Women

Division Name : Multi-Country Office Maghreb

Country and City of Internship Post : Tunis, Tunisia

Supervisor Name : Anne Eyrignoux

Supervisor Email : anne.eyrignoux@unwomen.org

Expected Start Date : February 15st 2016

Expected End Date :  August 15st 2016

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women at the global level focuses its activities on 5 areas of interventions:

1. Increase women’s leadership and political participation;
2. Develop women’s economic empowerment;
3. Ending violence against women;
4. Increase women’s leadership in peace, security and humanitarian action;
5. Introduce planning and Gender Responsive Budget.

UN Women based in Tunis is looking for a Reporting and Communication intern for a 6-month period.

Description of Responsibilities & Learning Objectives :

Under the supervision of the Human rights specialist, the intern will:

• Support the communication’s tools development for several office projects and programmes: brochures, documentaries, etc.;
• Contribute to the UN Women MCO Maghreb quarterly newsletters;
• Contribute to update and feed e MCO website/Facebook page;
• Support research on specific thematic relating to UN Women mandate;
• Support the organization and preparation of meetings and events planned by the MCO Maghreb;
• Contribute and ensure the visibility of events and key activities planned by the UN (drafting articles, podcasts, photos, etc.).

In addition, the intern will be responsible for the following financial and administrative tasks:

• To support events’ organization: service providers’ selections (communication agency, hotels, printer, etc.) and elaboration of terms of references, drafting selection minutes, contracts, etc.
• To follow the reception of deliverables and the services’ providers’ payment;
• To ensure the shaping of reports and documents;
• To ensure translations and synthesis.

Core Values and Guiding Principles :

• Integrity:

Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

• Professionalism:

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

• Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff; Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies :

• Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.
• Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.
• Development and Innovation: Take charge of self-development and take initiative.
• Work in teams: Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Communicating and Information Sharing: Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.
• Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards other.
• Conflict Management: Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.
• Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.
• Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Interns are not financially remunerated by UN Women.

Note: In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

UN Women Internship Policy :

1) Applicants to the United Nations internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

(a) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);

(b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);

(c) Have graduated with a university degree (as (b) above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within one year.

2) UN Women internship programme does not provide a salary or remuneration for the internship;

3) All the expenses connected with the internship will be borne by the intern, sponsoring Government or institution;

4) UN Women accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship;

5) The intern is responsible for obtaining necessary visas and arranging travel to and from the duty station where the internship will be performed;

6) Interns are not eligible to apply for, or be appointed to, any post in UN WOMEN during the period of the internship or for six months immediately following the expiration date of internship;

7) The intern must provide proof of enrollment in a health insurance plan, proof of school enrollment, a scanned copy of his/her passport, two letters of recommendation, and application