United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Graduate Public Information Intern Job Vacancy

Location: Abuja
Department/Office: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Job Opening Number: 18-Public Information-OCHA-93096-J-Abuja (A)
Staffing Exercise: N/A
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

• The
  United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  (OCHA) is the UN Secretariat department responsible for bringing together
  humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to complex emergencies
  and natural disasters. OCHA also ensures that there is a framework within
  which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.
• OCHA
  ReliefWeb aims to provide reliable disaster and crisis updates and
  analysis to humanitarians by: collecting information from more than 4,000
  global information sources around the clock; delivering content which is
  most relevant to ReliefWeb’s global audience, includes country and
  disaster reports, maps, info-graphics, job announcements and learning
  opportunities thereby; enabling humanitarian partners to analyze context
  and situations and make better decisions.
• This
  internship will be situated within OCHA ReliefWeb office based in Bangkok,
  Thailand, and the intern will be under the general guidance of the
  Editorial Assistant with a directing reporting line to the Head of
  ReliefWeb office. The internship is being offered for a minimum period of
  three (3) months, with a possibility of extension up to a maximum period
  of six (6) months, starting on 1 April 2018.

• In
  general, the intern will support OCHA in fulfilling its mission to
  coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership
  with national and international actors; advocate the rights of people in
  need; promote preparedness and prevention; and facilitate sustainable
  solutions.

• Supporting
  with editing and preparation of reports, bulletins and information
  products;
• Assisting
  in the dissemination of information through social media (facebook,
  twitter etc);
• Assisting
  in the organization of meetings, seminars, conferences, work-shops, etc.,
  and serving as note-taker to such events;
• Assisting
  in the preparation of briefing materials/pack for high-level or donor
  missions;
• Supporting
  the flow of information between the country office and sub-offices;
• Researching,
  analysing and presenting information gathered from diverse sources on
  assigned topics/issues;
• Monitoring
  of the local and international media for current humanitarian issues;
• Assisting
  in the writing of web stories;
• Performing
  other tasks requested by supervisor, as appropriate.

• Client
  Orientation: considers all those to whom services are provided to be
  “clients ” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view;
  establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining
  their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to
  appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside
  the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps
  clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for
  delivery of products or services to client.
• Communication:
  speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly
  interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions
  to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors
  language, tone, style and format to match the audience; demonstrates
  openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
• Teamwork:
  works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals;
  solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is
  willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda;
  supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such
  decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team
  accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

• Be
  enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university Degree or
  equivalent, or higher); or
• Be
  enrolled in the final academic year of a first university Degree programme
  (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent); or
• Have
  graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the
  internship within a one year period of graduation from an academic
  programme:
• Applicants
  who are unable to commence the internship within one year of graduation
  shall not be accepted. The University degree must be in the area of
  communication, journalism, international relations, public administration
  or in a related field.

• Applicants
  should be computer literate in standard software applications; have a
  demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations, a personal
  commitment to the ideals of the Charter and; have a demonstrated ability
  to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural
  backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to understand and be
  tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Applicants
  are not required to have professional working experience for participation
  in the Programme though any academic and/or practical experience in
  humanitarian affairs issues including humanitarian coordination,
  humanitarian financing mechanisms, humanitarian funding trends, gender
  equality programming, is an asset. Research interest and published work on
  these or/and any related areas is desirable.

• English
  and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
  For this internship fluency in English (both oral and written) is
  required.
• Knowledge
  of Arabic is desirable. Knowledge of another United Nations official
  language is an advantage.

• Title
  of degree you are currently pursuing;
• Graduation
  date (when will you be graduating from the programme);
• IT
  skills and programmes in which you are proficient;
• Explanation
  why you are the best candidate for the internship position.

• In
  your PHP, be sure to include all past work experience, if any; IT skills
  and three (3) references. Due to high volume of applications received,
  ONLY successful candidates will be contacted.