Intern – Resource Mobilization and Partnerships

Duties and Resposibilities:

Support with the analysis of data and information on the resource mobilization progress in the region;
Support in researching the presence, interests and application requirements of the main donors and other sources of funding for the Regional Office (RO) and Country Offices (COs); 
Support in developing and maintaining a contact list of all donors and partners at regional and country level; 
Support in the development of knowledge products related to partnerships and disseminating internally to support institutional capacity on partner relations;
Support in contributing to the monitoring of soft and hard pipelines on resource mobilization;
Support with quality assurance of Donor Agreements through the Donor Agreements Management System (DAMS);
Support in the organization of Resource Mobilization related events, including donor briefings; 
Support and contributing in the organization of capacity building workshops and webinars for COs; 
Support in drafting minutes of meetings held with donors and partners and keeping a well-organized archive within sharepoint of communication flows with donors and partners; 
Support in the collaboration with communication unit to enhance the visibility of the donors and their contributions to the region, and supporting the development of advocacy/ resource mobilization materials for Gender Equality and Women Empowerement (GEWE) support in the region.

Learning goals include:

Enhanced knowlegde of UN Women mandate and policies, including regional set-up;
Enhanced knowlegde and understanding of the Partnerships & Resource Mobilization unit within UN Women; 
Familiarization with UN Women Governance and Executive Board;
Enhanced knowledge and understanding of UN Women programme design and delivery mechanisms;
Enhanced knowledge in UN technical language, working procedures, and coordination mechanisms;
Enhanced knowldge and understanding working in a multicultural setting.

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:

Strong IT skills, including the use of MS PowerPoint, ERP, Excel, Teams and SharePoint;
Experience in visualization tools like Power BI;Google Data Studio, Canva;
Creativity in writing and designing content, including storytelling skills is an advantage.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

University studies in one of the following disciplines:International Relations, Sociology, Development Studies or related fields;
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;
Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

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