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14 Jul 2022

Education Programme Intern at UNICEF

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Job Description


UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Purpose:

The Education Programme Intern, based in Jijiga Field Office, will provide operational and administrative assistance, throughout the programming process for education particularly to the implementation of the BETE programme (integrated education and child protection programming), the promotion of girls’ education and skills for employment and transitions to the workplace and ensuring the meaningful participation of adolescents in these efforts. The Intern will support the networking and partnerships between UNICEF and young people, youth-led organizations, and other relevant national and local stakeholders, to help accelerate the Adolescent Development and Participation agenda in Ethiopia, contributing to Generation Unlimited objectives. The Intern will support UNICEF’s liaison with young people, ensuring that a diverse set of adolescent and youth voices are integrated into the development and preparation of education and skills development programmes. The Intern will bring an understanding of initiatives and programmes by and for Adolescents and Young People.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision Education Specialist, the Education Programme Intern will undertake the following tasks:

  • Assist education UNICEF Somali field office education unit in the Research information and support the development of a national database of youth-led organizations, and those targeting adolescents and young people.
  • Provide support to UNICEF Somali Field education to prepare materials and briefs for partnership development purposes to help UNICEF build and sustain effective working partnerships with youth-led organizations working on education and skills development programmes.
  • Provide administrative support to UNICEF Somali field office education unit in to develop and implement adolescent-friendly initiatives for building skills of disadvantaged adolescents for learning, personal development, digital and entrepreneurial skills, and skills for employability.
  • Provide support to UNICEF in conducting consultations with adolescents and young people on different programmatic issues and in different areas related to their lives, through different instruments (face-to-face and online).
  • Provide support to UNICEF’s Education and Communications, Advocacy & Partnership (CAP) Section for the implementation and scale up of interventions related to adolescents’ engagement.
  • Plan and or participate in appropriate meetings, events and monitoring exercises and prepare minutes for follow up action by Education colleagues and other stakeholders
  • Ensure coordination of UNICEF effort and initiatives related to adolescents and young people development and engagement with key regional level stakeholders including local government.
  • Provide administrative Support UNICEF Somali field office education unit to ensure integration of child protection principles in education programs associated with adolescent/youth development and engagement.

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

  • Enrollment at a university in Ethiopia at the graduate level or be a recent graduate (within the past two years) in one of the following fields is required: education, economics, psychology, sociology or social sciences is required.
  • Knowledge of relevant computer systems and applications; excellent knowledge of MS Office is required.
  • Good interpersonal, networking and communication skills.
  • Willingness to learn, contribute and work as part of a team.
  • Flexible and open to learning and new experiences.
  • Respect for diversity and adaptability to other cultures and working environments.
  • Fluency in English is required.




Method of Application

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Closing Date : 27 July. 2022





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