Duties and Responsibilities
Support the Policy Specialist to review/conduct economic empowerment related research from a gender economics perspective;
Support the Policy Specialist in programme management and implementation;
Support the Policy Specialist in various communications tasks such as writing position papers, talking points, website articles, developing social media posts, etc;
Support the Policy Specialist on administrative tasks as required.
Learning goals include:
Enhanced knowledge on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment;
Enhanced knowledge on gender and economics in development in Africa;
Enhance knowledge on the programmatic and operational aspects of working at UN Women.
Competencies
Core Values:
Respect for Diversity;
Integrity;
Professionalism.
Core Competencies:
Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
Accountability;
Creative Problem Solving;
Effective Communication;
Inclusive Collaboration;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Leading by Example.
Functional Competencies:
Demonstrable knowledge of feminist/gender economics;
Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
University studies in one of the following disciplines: feminist/gender economics;
Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program which is part of a degree programme and undertake the internship as part of the program requirements;
Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.
Language:
Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.
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