Project Coordination Intern – Generation Equality

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. 

Generation Equality was initiated to disrupt decades of under-investment and lack of progress on gender equality implementation. The initiative intends to support the achievement of the SDGs and the realization of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action on women’s rights. With the intersecting challenges to gender inequality of COVID-19, the climate crisis, growing conflicts and intensified economic and political instability, the initiative aims both to stop reversals in women’s and girls’ rights as well as accelerate concrete progress.

Generation Equality was launched in 2021 at events in Mexico and France, and in the presence of Heads of State, VIPs, CEOs and civil society and youth leaders and activists. Initially conceived as a five-year initiative, work will continue through and beyond 2026 to enroll new commitment makers, press for collective action on gender equality and ensure accountability.

A Coordination Hub has been established in the Office of the Executive Director to foster, promote and enable a whole-of-organization approach to UN Women’s role as convenor of Generation Equality in line with the Phase II Project Document. The Hub coordinates the timely and quality delivery of project results through effective and efficient management and oversight of the project: systematic planning; monitoring, reporting and evaluation; resource management; operations support; knowledge management; internal and external coordination, communications and stakeholder engagement; cross Action Coalitions/Compact collaboration; localization; partnerships and resource mobilization. It liaises with UN Women’s leadership, senior management and Regional and Country Offices, and promotes a coordinated approach to political outreach and advocacy opportunities. 

Under the direct supervision of the Coordination Specialist at the Generation Equality Coordination Hub, the Project Coordination Intern – Generation Equality will support the Generation Equality project planning and implementation, and coordination of stakeholder engagement.

Description of Responsibilities

Support planning and coordination of Generation Equality stakeholder engagement

• Support coordination of multi-stakeholder engagement across regions, constituencies and thematic areas within Generation Equality and in the context of the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
• Support the organization and coordination of in person and virtual events, webinars, learning sessions and meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide timely support, including participation in events or meetings and drafting and providing high quality and relevant inputs to planning documents, meeting minutes, concept notes, background documents, guidance notes, talking points, briefs, and presentations for internal and external engagements.
• Support liaising with colleagues for effective information flow and knowledge exchange, including capturing project results, drafting stories for internal and external updates, supporting process flows and conducting necessary follow-ups

Support Generation Equality project coordination and implementation

• Support financial and programmatic monitoring and reporting exercises.
• Provide operational support for the preparation of request for procurement, consultancies and payments in line UN Women polices and guidelines.
• Support documentation of progress and results against the Generation Equality Phase II Project Document.

Learning objectives: 

• Increase understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system
• Increase knowledge of women’s rights and gender equality
• Increase knowledge regarding multi-stakeholder initiatives
• Increase knowledge regarding project coordination and management 
• Work as a team member in a multicultural setting

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

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

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