Internship – Nutrition Information and Knowledge Management

How can you make a difference? 

Nutrition knowledge and information management is a key priority in the 2022-2026 Kenya country program geared towards ensuring timely, quality evidence to inform the situation of children, women, and adolescents, program performance, and adjustment based on lessons learned. To achieve this, the UNICEF Kenya country office is seeking the support of an intern to assist the nutrition section team in making the best use of available data and knowledge. The intern will support the nutrition section to identify, organize, and disseminate quality and effective products for varied target audiences including donors, government, and other stakeholders.  

Under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the Intern shall perform the following duties:

Arrange and consolidate information and data from the project staff and relevant national stakeholders for use in communications materials with a particular focus on Nutrition Emergency data.
Use graphic design skills to design project publications, fact sheets, and leaflets and prepare layouts for documents, reports, and communication materials developed through projects
Deliver creative non-technical nutrition-related communication materials.
Contribute to updating reporting schedules, preparing reporting templates, proofreading, and formatting reports.
Provide logistical support on activities such as the organization and reporting of conferences, events, etc.
Apply innovative approaches, and digital solutions and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable communications approaches.
Support the ECD task force secretariat with notetaking, literature, and desk reviews
Conduct other tasks as assigned

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in Social Sciences; Planning, Information Communication Technology, computer science, Monitoring & Evaluation, Biostatistics, Communication, or a related technical field.
Experience in Public health or Nutrition Sector Data analysis and Research and In-country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.
Prior experience in the area of reporting and communication is considered an asset.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Fluency in English is required. 
Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
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 that the intern will report to.
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Apply via :

jobs.unicef.org