United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Invites Unemployed Graduates to Apply for the Internships 2024/2025
Closing Date: 23 August 2024
Job Type: Internship
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Internship Description
Position Title: UNFPA ESARO Policy and Programme Support Internship
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high-impact and sustained results. We need interns who are exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.
Responsibilities:
You would be responsible for:
- Providing support to monitor trends and new developments in the political, social and economic environments relevant to sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and population and development in a selection of middle-income countries;
- Contributing to the preparation of policy briefs, reports and other relevant research output in line with the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action;
- Assisting in the development, implementation, and evaluation of technical cooperation programmes focused on sustainable financing to strengthen national development planning frameworks;
- Supporting the organization of the MIC-Hub initiated training, consultations, and pertinent meetings and conferences as per MIC-Hub’s annual work plan; and
- Assisting in any other task as required by the MIC-Hub, ESARO
Requirements:
- Have recently graduated with a university degree from a recognised university
- Or Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme in a recognised university;
- Or Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in a recognised university;
- Or enrol in a postgraduate professional traineeship programme at a recognised university and undertake the internship as part of this programme.
Other Requirements
- Demonstrate interest in the field of development;
- Demonstrate written and spoken proficiency in English;
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to new environments and to establish and maintain good working relations with individuals of different cultural backgrounds.
