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UN Women: Interns for UN Women Nepal Country Office

Kathmandu

  • Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Location: Kathmandu
  • Grade: Internship - Internship
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
  • Closing Date: Closed

Background

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the charter of the United Nations, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) 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 actions and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of national priorities and efforts, building effective partnership with government, civil society and other relevant actors. 

In Nepal, UN Women focuses on two programmatic areas, inclusive, and women's economic empowerment. Moreover, the UN Women Nepal Country Office (NCO) explicitly pursues the objective of transforming discriminatory social norms and harmful practices. The high prevalence of such norms and practices constrains the lives of Nepali women and girls by limiting their access to opportunities, resources and power. 

The NCO’s work focuses on the implementation of the frameworks of UNSCRs 1325, 1820 and its subsequent resolutions, Convention of Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Secretary General (SG)’s Seven Point Action Plan on Gender Responsive Peacebuilding, UN Peace and Development Strategy for Nepal, and the Nepal United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2018-2022 (UNDAF).

Duties and Responsibilities

Description of Responsibilities

UN Women Nepal is looking for full-time interns to support the WEE, Governance and SPRM Units. Under the supervision of the Thematic Leads, the intern will be responsible for the following:

• Provide research and knowledge management support on different aspects of inclusive governance and women’s economic empowerment; 

• Provide technical support to review documents, including partner reports, knowledge products and deliverables, as needed;

• Prepare short thematic briefs on different aspects of inclusive governance and women’s economic empowerment and SPRM

• Provide coordination support to organise meetings with partners, draft meeting minutes, notes and reports as appropriate;

• Provide logistic support for workshops, trainings and meetings;

• Undertake general administrative tasks such as preparing PowerPoint presentations, filing, documentation, scanning; logistic management etc;

Learning Objectives: 

• The interns will be provided with adequate learning opportunities and exposure on the issues of inclusive governance, women’s economic, strategic partnerships and with a wide range of the partners working in different field.

• The intern will be introduced to the larger range of partnership work and the various documents, regarding inclusive governance and women’s economic by the NCO, headquarters and the regional offices;

• The Intern will also be provided with networking and broader learning opportunities various programs and learning seminars;

• The Intern will have increased understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system;

• The Intern will learn to work as a team member in a multicultural setting.

Competencies

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.

Functional Competencies: 

• Knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights;

• Excellent organizational, inter-personal, communication and administrative skills;

• Proven ability to manage diverse and complex tasks, with tight deadlines;

• Able to take initiative and work independently, with minimum supervision;

• Able to work effectively in a team and in an international environment;

• Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty; and

• Commitment to UN WOMEN’s vision, mission, and strategic goals

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• The intern must be a graduate or enrolled the final year of graduate school programme in social studies, management, communication or related disciplines at the university level; Master’s degree students preferred. 

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required; 

• Working knowledge of Nepali will be a distinct advantage 

Interns are not financially remunerated by UN Women. 

Application Information: 

• UN Women will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest. 

• Selected applicants must provide the internship application, two letters of recommendation, proof of health insurance and school enrollment, passport, and visa (if applicable) 

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

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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 a one-year period of graduation. 

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 positions in the professional and above category 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

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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