Career Opportunities: Internship-Social Protection, Kigali (165762)
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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are currently seeking to fill an internship position under the WFP Programme Unit. The position will be based in Kigali, Rwanda. The Internship will be for an initial period of 6 months starting from July 2022.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Social protection is an increasingly popular strategy for governments to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, and inequalities and promote access to essential needs for the most vulnerable. As a global leader in fighting hunger and malnutrition worldwide, WFP is increasingly called upon by governments to support national social protection systems. In 2020, WFP partnered with governments in 78 countries to strengthen their national social protection systems, making support in social protection an integral part of its activities in most of the countries where it operates.
In implementing its social protection activities, WFP Rwanda is supporting the Government of Rwanda’s efforts to extend the coverage, comprehensiveness, adequacy, and quality of its national social protection system. The objective is to ensure that all people have access, throughout their lives, to strengthen national social protection systems that should help individuals to meet their food security, nutrition and associated essential needs, and to reduce and address the risks and shocks they face. WFP activities also have a particular focus on advancing national efforts at shock-responsive social protection by strengthening linkages between disaster risk management and the national social protection system to address the contribution of disasters to poverty and food insecurity.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Currently enrolled in a graduate programme from a recognized university and have completed at least 2 years of studies, preferably in political science, social sciences, community development, public policy, international development, development studies or related fields.
- Must have attended courses in the last 12 months
- Recently graduated from a graduate programme (within 12 months) prior to applying of internship programme
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
- Fluent in English (both oral and written)
- or related fields.
- Must have attended courses in the last 12 months
- Recently graduated from a graduate programme (within 12 months) prior to applying of internship programme
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
- Fluent in English (both oral and written)
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Under the overall supervision of the Social Protection Programme Policy Officer, and in close collaboration with the Strategic Outcome 2 Manager, the intern will carry out the following responsibilities:
- Support in delivering an international conference on social protection and disaster risk management in collaboration with various units in the Country Office as well as external suppliers and international guest speakers;
- Support in the coordination of partnership meetings and development of communication and engagement materials such as briefs, case studies, and documentation of lessons learnt in WFP Rwanda’s work in social protection;
- Support in social protection project management, including by participating in the planning, implementation, and narrative and financial reporting of social protection activities
- Support in organizing trainings and workshops for government and non-government stakeholders; and
- Support on special projects and undertake additional responsibilities as required.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
8 June 2022
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
WFP is an equal opportunity employer. Female candidates meeting the above qualifications are encouraged to apply online through the WFP recruitment website.
This VA is open ONLY to Rwandan Nationals.
Please note that WFP does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
Only Women are eligible to apply.
Only Women are Eligible to Apply
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
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