JOB – Internship at the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF – NGO, Yaounde, Cameroon

Internship – Development et Participation de L’adolescent (Coordination Program) Yaounde, Cameroon (6 months) Cameroon Nationals Only.

Job no: 563051
Contract type: Internship
Duty Station: Yaounde
Level: Internship
Location: Cameroon
Categories: Adolescent Development
UNICEF works in the world’s most inhospitable places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents. To defend the rights of every child, wherever they are. In more than 190 countries and territories, we do everything we can to help children live, thrive and reach their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

And we never give up!

For every child, a chance

The internship program in the Cameroon office has the primary objective of creating a pipeline of available human resources with experience of UNICEF and imbued with its culture and working conditions. In this, national internships will be prioritized with a focus on finding female interns to continuously contribute to improving the gender balance of the office.

Internships at UNICEF aim to:

Provide a framework whereby eligible undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students from various academic backgrounds are assigned to the UNICEF Cameroon office to enhance their educational experience through practical assignments;
Expose the intern to the work of UNICEF;
Provide the Cameroon office with the assistance of qualified students, specialized in various professional fields.
To better understand what UNICEF Cameroon does, please click here:

https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/CMR/SitePages/AboutUs.aspx

How can you make a difference for UNICEF Cameroon?

Under the supervision of the specialist in charge of training and learning, the Intern will support the Coordination and particularly the Adolescent Participation Program (ADAP) in the operationalization of the Protective Learning Environment (PLE) strategy.

Support the section in setting up advisory groups (AGAB) in the regions;
Support the Section in the compilation of reports and data including focus groups with adolescents and interviews with partners;
Support the Section in the networking of advisory groups across the areas of implementation, including the organization of national meetings;
Contribute to the management of data from the process and the documentation of good practices;
Support any other activity related to the operationalization of the PLE strategy
Support any other activity required in terms of program coordination.
To qualify as a champion for each child, you must:

Be enrolled in a university undergraduate or graduate program or have obtained a degree within the last two years in social sciences (Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology), communication, monitoring and evaluation, or any other related field;
Be at least 18 years old;
Do not have close relatives (father, mother, brother, sister) working in a UNICEF office
Master French and have a good knowledge of English;
Have excellent academic performance, demonstrated by recent university or institutional documents;
Having previous professional experience is a considerable asset;
Knowledge of data management software: spreadsheet (advanced Excel functions, etc.), databases (Access, Oracle, etc.).
Have knowledge of office software (Word and PowerPoint).
Never have completed an internship at the Cameroon office;
Meet UNICEF child safeguarding standards.
For each child, you will need to demonstrate…

The UNICEF values ​​of caring, respect, integrity, trust and accountability (CRITA) and basic skills in communication, working with people and research of results.

View our Competencies Framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce and encourages all applicants, regardless of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic background, including persons with disabilities, to apply to join. organisation.

UNICEF has a zero tolerance policy for behavior inconsistent with the purposes and purposes of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child protection principles. All selected candidates will be required to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore be subject to rigorous reference and background checks. The background check will include verification of academic credentials and employment history. Selected applicants may be required to provide additional information to complete a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and proceed to the next stage of the selection process.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged.

Deadline: 30 Jun 2023 W. Central Africa Standard Time

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at: 

 https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/filter/?search-keyword=&location=cameroon

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