Internship Summary:
Organization: Unicef
Country: Mali
City: Bamako
Office: UNICEF Bamako
Position type: Internship
Location: Mali
Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal
School/Unit: Mali
Department/Office: Bamako, Mali
Categories: Programme Management
Application Deadline: Closing date: Saturday, 22 February 2025
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.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, hope
As part of its commitment to the professional development of young people, UNICEF offers this internship to provide a learning opportunity within an international organization. This internship will allow the intern to develop practical skills and gain valuable experience in various areas covered by the organization’s Representation.
How can you make a difference?
Main responsibilities:
- Communication Coordination/PAFEEM
- Organize monthly Communication/PAFEEM meetings.
- Write the minutes of these meetings.
- Participate in PAFEEM meetings and submit summaries to the Representative.
- Analysis of the socio-political environment of Mali
- Develop a weekly summary (one page) on the socio-political environment of Mali.
- Propose an analytical structure for these weekly reports.
- Participate in field visits with the Communications team.
- Write a summary report (one page) on the progress and challenges observed.
- Support for advocacy for children’s rights
- Assist in advocacy activities with senior Malian authorities.
- Contribute to the preparation of necessary documents and materials.
- Support for internal and external meetings Identify and prioritize key meetings in consultation with Fatoumata Ba and the Representative.
Delegate secondary meetings to other colleagues (Deputy Representative, Section Heads, etc.).
- Correspondence management
- Draft responses to certain letters intended for the Representative’s signature.
- Ensure the quality and conformity of official correspondence.
- Other tasks
Respond to other requests from the Representative as needed
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- University degree in social sciences, international relations, communications, law or any other relevant field.
- Good Good analytical and synthesis skills.
- Excellent writing skills in French.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Proficiency in office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Interest in socio-political issues and children’s rights.
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are… (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.
Remarks:
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
