Internship opportunity, Wellbeing of the Young Key and Priority Populations, HIV/AIDS Unit, Programme Group (Part-time)

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, HIV/AID, Health

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, and every adolescent, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favouritism. The focus on equity accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations. Ending AIDS among children is vital to ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. This is a priority in UNICEF’s global HIV programme.

How can you make a difference? 

The selected intern will have a deep passion for applying the science of ‘What Works’ to programming, and will:

• Contribute to the knowledge management function of UNICEF’s HIV Section and its contribution to the UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS, including preparation of literature reviews, programmatic toolkits, programming briefs, advocacy pieces, landscape analyses snapshots, case studies, vignettes, resource libraries, and technical updates on adolescent-responsive programming.
• Engage in collaborative learning communities to advance the state of the art in programming for the most marginalized and vulnerable populations, specifically adolescents living with HIV, adolescent girls and young women at substantial risk of acquiring HIV, adolescents from the key populations, and pregnant adolescents.
• Foster engagement, including knowledge curation and technical advocacy, with a group of Young Champions for Equality and the networks of adolescent and young key populations to advance robust knowledge communities and support the successful performance of youth-led organizations.
• Contribute to high-level technical advocacy and strategy-setting for key and priority populations of adolescents and young people living with and affected by HIV.
• Advance global visibility of emerging centers of excellence and expertise nodes and cultivate the strategic engagement of these adolescent and youth networks within and beyond the global HIV, health, and gender response.
•  Support curating the tacit knowledge and experiences of adolescent and young key populations, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, through tasks such as study management, survey tool development, convening consultations, and data analysis and visualization.
• Participate in HQ-based technical assistance and technical exchanges between regional and field offices.
• Participate in the preparation of various internal and external consultations and convenings.
• Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications (Academic, Language, etc.):

Education: Currently enrolled in a degree program of an institution of higher education, or recently completed such a degree (within the last two years). Specifically, enrolled in one of the following programmes or related:

• Medical Anthropology
• Medical Sociology
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Statistics/Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
• Community Psychology

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience in gender diversity and equality at the local/community, national, or regional level.
• Experience in HIV and/or sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programming.
• Demonstrated experience within the youth networks at national, regional, or global levels would be a distinct advantage.
• Motivation to gain and apply new skills in mid- to higher level knowledge management approaches.
• Demonstrable analytical skills preferred.
• Demonstrable design skills would be a distinct advantage.
• Strong writing and conceptualization skills required.

Language:

• Fluent in at least one UN official language widely used in the sub-Saharan Africa Region – specifically, English, French, and/or Portuguese.

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