Women’s Economic Empowerment Intern UN Women

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Description of Responsibilities

• Support the Policy Specialist to review/conduct economic empowerment related research from a gender economics perspective
• Support the Policy Specialist in programme management and implementation 
• Support the Policy Specialist in various communications tasks such as writing position papers, talking points, website articles, developing social media posts, etc.
• Support the Policy Specialist on administrative tasks as required 

Learning goals include:

• Enhanced knowledge on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment 
• Enhanced knowledge on gender and economics in development in Africa
• Enhance knowledge on the programmatic and operational aspects of working at UN Women

Competencies :

Core Values:

• 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.

Functional Competencies:

• Demonstrable knowledge of feminist/gender economics;
• Demonstrable Knowledge of development issues in Africa, preferably in East and Southern Africa;

Qualifications

Education:

• University studies in one of the following disciplines: feminist/gender economics. 
• 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.

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