Internship - Field Operations and Emergency Section, Kenya Country Office

Purpose

• The purpose of the UNICEF internship programme is to provide a framework by which students pursuing university or having recently completely a tertiary education are assigned to UNICEF offices to enhance their education experience through practical work assignments; to expose them to the work of the UNICEF; and to provide UNICEF offices with the assistance of qualified students or recent graduates specialized in various professional fields.

Scope

• Provide programmatic, administrative, and logistical support to the Emergency and Field Operations (FOE) Section.

Main Tasks And Responsibilities

• Supporting programmatic, administrative, and logistical requests and queries to FOE section.
• Organizing and scheduling appointments with internal and external stakeholders.
• Planning meetings, taking minutes, and following up on action points.
• Maintaining emergency reports schedule and alerting team members on when reports are due.
• Supporting consolidation and dissemination of reports.
• Supporting the maintenance of the online filing system for all FOE documents.
• Providing support to the planning and reporting for field missions and workshops.
• Supporting the implementation of training and learning activities.
• Support to coordinated Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) for key emergencies, including prioritization of disaster risks, and subsequent updating of preparedness/response/contingency plans by the Emergency Focal Points (EFPs)

Eligibility & Minimum Requirements
To be considered for the internship, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Enrolment in a degree programme in an undergraduate or graduate school, or recently graduated in the last 2 years in the field of social sciences (including sociology, anthropology, project management, community development, or related discipline).
• Proficiency in at least one of UNICEF’s working languages: English, French or Spanish and fluent in the working language of the office of assignment.
• Strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Prior experience in programme support functions will be an asset.
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office; and have no other relatives in the line of authority which the intern will report to.

Core Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability

Competencies

• Builds and maintains partnership
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others