Background

UN Women 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.

UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on four strategic priorities:

UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world.

Internship Office Background

Established in Seoul in 2022 with support from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of the Republic of Korea, the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality (the Centre) seeks to function as a 'knowledge hub' to facilitate research, education and training, sharing of innovations and lessons learned, networking, and development of multi-stakeholder partnerships for the achievement of gender equality in the Asia-Pacific region. The Centre aims to contribute to operationalizing normative frameworks on gender equality and the empowerment of women, informing innovative approaches to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), transforming harmful social norms in the fast-changing and unique social landscape of Asia and the Pacific, and forging partnerships across sectors. In 2023, the Centre implemented a full-scale programme with various partnership-building activities and research, policy dialogue, and gender training activities.

UN Women Centre of Excellence offers outstanding final-year undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to UN Women's work and gain technical knowledge and experience in international development and multilateral cooperation. The Centre's working language is English, offering an international working environment. 

This position is based within the Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality. The internship will deepen the intern's knowledge of various gender issues and build professional experience with practical skills in related communications, partnership development, and events organization for UN Women, along with exposure to an international and regional network of UN Women's work. It will also provide exciting collaboration opportunities with government and non-government institutions and with overseas UN Women and their national partners in various countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. The internship will offer opportunities for the candidate to understand UN Women's work in strengthening the capacity of the relevant stakeholders to implement the international commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment.

The internship will strengthen the candidate's core skills for any career in the future.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Gender Training Specialist, and in working closely with the Policy and programme consultant, intern will perform the support the Centre’s activities, including workshops, programme and policy events to advance gender equality:

  • Support to the organization of workshops and events on various thematic areas such as gender-based violence, gender and disaster risk reduction, gender and climate change.
  • Support the design of the online pre-assessment and post-evaluation workshop.
  • Support the logistic support for organizing the activities, including notetaking, coordinating with the participants, fact-checking, and documentation of the discussion and predation of workshop/event report.
  • Support the documentation of the activities.
  • Support the communications aspect of the activities, including the development of press release and web note.
  • Assist in implementing other activities per the guidance of the Gender Training Specialist. 
  • Support the Director and the office's ad hoc programme activities as needed.

Learning Elements

After completing this internship, the Intern will have:

  • Increased understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system on capacity development to advance gender equality.
  • Increased substantive knowledge of gender equality work in the Republic of Korea and in Asia and the Pacific region.
  • Increased knowledge related to programme implementation, documentation and management.
  • Experience of working 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

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:  https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competency

  • Research, writing, and organizational skills;
  • Attention to detail.
  • Ability to produce high-quality deliverables in a timely manner.
  • Capacity to manage and synthesize big amounts of information.
  • Creativity and technological awareness.
  • Ability to work in teams for data collection and project development.

 

Required Skills and Experience

Education

  • The intern must have studies in international development, gender studies, social sciences, or other subject relevant to this position, at the university level.
    • Meet one of the following:

   a)  Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a Master’s programme, or higher);

   b)  Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as Bachelor’s degree or equivalent);

   c)  Be enrolled in a mandatory national service programme of which the internship may form a part;

   d)  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.

Language

  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required.
  • Fluency in Korean is a strong advantage.

Renumeration

Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.

Application Information

  • All applicants must submit a completed and signed P-11 (https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/P_11_form_UNwomen%20-JUL%202021.docx) with Resume and Cover Letter for application.
  • Interested candidates are invited to submit electronic applications via the job announcement page on https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_jobs.cfm, not later than 28 December 2023.
  • Due to the high volume of applications received, we can ONLY contact shortlisted candidates.
  • Successful candidate will be required to provide proof of enrollment in a valid health insurance plan at the duty station of the internship, proof of school enrollment or degree, a scanned copy of their passport/national ID and a copy of a valid visa (as applicable).  

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.  

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.  

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.  All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (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)  

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