Knowledge Management and Research Intern

Background:

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The Policy, Programme, and Intergovernmental Division (PPID) supports UN Women offices in all regional and country locations to deliver results in line with UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and internationally agreed goals on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, including the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Division provides intellectual and strategic leadership on normative support and the delivery of integrated policy and programme advice, including through policy analysis and gender mainstreaming.

The Division leverages innovation, knowledge management, and cutting-edge technical expertise to support UN Women programmes and to strengthen the capacity of partners to deliver results on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. The Division develops and implements UN Women’s programme of work across its normative, coordination, and operational triple mandate and provides policy advice and guidance and technical support to intergovernmental processes, UN system, and UN Women regional and country offices, among other partners and stakeholders. It is organized in thematic sections, which undertake policy research; analyze data on country, regional and global trends; and propose evidence-based options for global policy, norms and standards as well as for UN Women’s policy advocacy and global programme strategies, including Gender Equality Accelerators.

UN Women’s commitment to a rules-based approach, anchored on human rights is central to advancing the rights and dignity of women and girls. Our work is grounded in the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. These documents, together with our founding resolution guide our normative, operations and coordination efforts at national, regional, and global levels,  informing advocacy and technical support to Member States to ensure the translation of global norms and standards to gender responsive laws, policies and institutions.
In addition, UN Women integrates international human rights standards into its programming, in alignment with the Beijing Platform of Action, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); all interrelated and fundamental for its work on women’s leadership and decision-making, women’s economic empowerment, gender responsive governance, ending violence against women and women, peace and security agenda. 
This approach positions gender equality not only as a normative issue but a policy objective and a legal obligation, reinforcing accountability and driving sustained results. The Human Rights and Non -Discrimination section drives this work at UN Women, converging the Entity’s thematic work on human rights; access to justice; LGBTIQ+ rights; the rights of women with disabilities; women living with HIV/AIDS; indigenous women; racially marginalized groups; and Gender-Responsive Foreign Policies (GRFP).

UN Women’s global initiative on gender responsive foreign policies is rooted in 3 pillars:i) Evidence, Data and Knowledge to promote gender responsive foreign policies; ii) Advocacy for increased representation of women in diplomacy; iii) And gender mainstreaming in all areas of foreign policy. The initiative cuts across all impact areas of UN Women’s strategic plan and all thematic areas of the Human Rights and Non-Discrimination Section.

The intern will provide dedicated support to the gender responsive foreign policies initiative and will work in collaboration with other teams in the Human Rights and Non-Discrimination Section.

Description of Responsibilities

1.    Support knowledge management efforts related to gender-responsive foreign policies:

 Support the production of knowledge products, including summary and content generation for use on internal and external platforms.

  Support the production of knowledge products and knowledge dissemination including through new and/or existing communities of practice;

  Support organization and delivery of virtual events, knowledge exchanges and meetings to disseminate and engage with the knowledge produced;

  Support dissemination of knowledge in other audio-visual formats as needed;

  Support management of internal databases of partners and resources related to gender responsive foreign policy as requested;

  Support the design and maintenance of internal intranet pages on gender responsive foreign policy.

2.    Support research, data collection and analysis for effective implementation of UN Women’s portfolio on gender-responsive foreign policies, including through:

Data collection, compilation, transcribing and analysis from various sources as requested;

 Visualization of data and reviewing secondary data when required;

  Drafting of research reports, publications, policy briefs, and knowledge management products as relevant;

  Maintaining excellent documentation of the data in an organized data base

3.    Support GRFP global multilateral engagement in Geneva through:

 Support to planning and organization of strategic discussions with diplomats on GRFP related issues   Support to planning and organization of GRFP trainings and capacity building sessions with diplomats

4.    The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation, contributing to learning objectives for the internship

Learning objectives for the internship in this area:

1.    The intern will have an opportunity to contribute to UN Women’s new and expanding work on gender responsive foreign policies especially its intersection with the Human Rights System
2.    The internship opportunity will provide a platform to interact with the diplomatic community in international Geneva, offering insights on how diplomatic corps advances gender equality through foreign policy objectives
3.    The intern will have an opportunity to understand firsthand UN Women’s work, including implementation of its triple mandate at global, regional and national levels

Competencies :

Core Values:

📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

Integrity; Professionalism; Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues; Accountability; Creative Problem Solving; Effective Communication; Inclusive Collaboration; Stakeholder Engagement; Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework: 

Functional Competencies:

Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with people from varied cultures and professional backgrounds;

•              Excellent writing, communication and public speaking skills;

•              Ability to work independently under minimum supervision and within delegated authority;

•              Ability to communicate sensitively, effectively and creatively across different constituencies;

•              Good knowledge of web-based knowledge management systems;

•              Ability to gather and interpret quantitative and qualitative data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations;

•              Good analytical skills;

•              Knowledge of gender, human rights and foreign policy issues is desirable

Qualifications

Education:

University studies in one of the following disciplines: international relations, international law, political science, diplomacy, gender studies, public administration, human rights, social sciences, or a related field is required.  Meet one of the following:  Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);  Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);  Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a two-year period of graduation; 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. 

Language:

Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;  Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.

Renumeration: 
Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.

Application Information: 
•     All applicants must submit a completed and signed P.11 form with their application.
•     Due to the high volume of applications received, UN Women can ONLY contact successful candidates.
•     The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of enrollment in a valid health insurance plan at the duty station of the internship, proof of school enrollment or degree, a scanned copy of their passport/national ID and a copy of a valid visa (as applicable).  
 

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.