UN Women VNM is looking for two national Administrative interns who will work closely with the Programme Unit.

Deadline for submissions: 17:00 (Hanoi time) 8 Fenruary 2017

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Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:

• Letter of interest

• Updated CV/Resume

And send to [email protected] no later than 8 February 2017. 

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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.

The goal of UN Women’s presence in Viet Nam is to support national partners to implement their commitments and priorities for advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN Women Viet Nam provides critical support in the following areas:

• Building capacity on gender equality and women’s empowerment for state management a on gender equality.
• Raising woman’s awareness of CEDAW and building government capacity to concretely implement the Convention.
• Empowering female migrant workers through gender sensitive migration policies and
• Gender mainstreaming in legislation
• Advocate for gender responsive HIV policy and
• Engaging men and boys in ending violence against
• Building capacity of grass root women to respond to climate change through Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 

The Internship Programme offers a small group of outstanding students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to UN Women’s work. It is designed to complement women’s development-oriented studies with practical experience in various aspects of multilateral technical cooperation, but also complements other international studies.

The UN Women Vietnam Country Office is currently looking for two national administrative interns who will work closely with the Programme Unit. 

Description of Responsibilities & Learning Objectives:

In working closely with UN Women Programme Officers and Programme Associates and under the supervision of the Programme Specialist, the intern is responsible for the following assigned duties:

• Providing logistical and administrative support to programme activities such as meetings, workshops, training sessions;
• Provide support in travel arrangements for UN Women staff and meeting participants;
• Providing administrative support to operational routine tasks in UN Women Office;
• Undertaking and/or managing work requiring translation from English to Vietnamese and vice versa;
• Assisting to maintain an effective office filling system in both hard filing and electronic filling;
• Undertake other duties to assist programme implementation as assigned by Programme Officers;

While some routine functions may be components of internship assignments, the intern is intended to be  learning and developmental experiences that compliment advanced studies 

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

• Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of

Professionalism:

• Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of

 Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

• Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
• Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

 Core Competencies:

 Ethics and Values:

 Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and

 Organizational Awareness:

• Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound

Development and Innovation:

• Take charge of self-development and take

Work in teams: 

• Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural

Communicating and Information Sharing:

• Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

• Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards

Conflict Management:

• Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

• Encourage learning and sharing of

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

• Demonstrate informed and transparent decision

Qualifications

Education:

The application should meet one of following requirements:

• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);
• Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one- year period of

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required; Working knowledge of another UN language a distinct advantage

Application Information:

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:

• Letter of interest
• Updated CV/Resume

And send to [email protected] no later than 8 February 2017.

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.

For further information related to the UN Women Internship Programme, please have a look at the following link: http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/internship-programme