Internship Gender In Humanitarian

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Description

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• UN Women Burundi is looking for a full-time International Intern to support the implementation of Burundi Country Office Bi-annual Work Plan 2024-2025 in the perspective of Gender in Humanitarian Action.

• Support in the Design and implementation of the programme strategies on Gender in Humanitarian Action
• Assist to Design and formulate concept notes, programme/project proposals and initiatives on Gender in Humanitarian Action;
• Draft inputs to strategy documents, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to Gender in Humanitarian Action;
• Provide technical inputs to concept notes and programme proposals on humanitarian response, ensuring gender is mainstreamed;
• Assist in gender assessments, gender analysis, and ensuring gender is mainstreamed in humanitarian and emergency plans and activities across all clusters
• Provide inputs on operational documents such as the Standards Operating Procedures, plans, monitoring and evaluation plans etc to ensure gender issues are fully addressed
• Support monitoring and reporting of the programme to ensure gender disaggregated data and analysis

• Assist to maintain alliances and strategic partnerships for the advancement of gender in humanitarian action;
• Contribute inputs to updates and briefs on country development situation to be used by government, stakeholders, UN Women Country Office, Regional Office and HQ;

• Participate in the implementation, monitoring and periodic updating of the gender sensitive resource mobilization strategy on humanitarian action;
• Provide support to the country office in mobilizing resources for the implementation of engendered humanitarian action;
• Assist in Research and analyze information on donors and their respective interests.

• Assist the UN Women Representative and on inter-agency coordination on humanitarian action including through the Humanitarian Country Team;
• Work closely with, and provide advice to Inter-cluster Committee, national bodies and interagency groups that influence national policies related to humanitarian action;
• Support specific efforts in mainstreaming gender interagency clusters of disaster preparedness, response and recovery efforts
• Foster the engagement and participation of gender focused local organizations and civil society networks in humanitarian coordination mechanisms.

• University studies in one of the following disciplines in Gender/Women’s studies, conflict and peace studies, humanitarian, gender and disaster risk reduction, communication or related discipline at the university level;
• Master’s degree students are preferred.

• 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.

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in French are required ;
• Working knowledge of English is distinct advantage.

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