Internship duration: 6 months
Time: 40 hours per week
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Background:
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
UNFPA’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (APRO) is based in Bangkok, Thailand. UNFPA APRO provides a key link between UNFPA’s global vision and strategies, and the needs of the region by providing strategic support and technical expertise to 30+ countries across the Asia-Pacific region.
The Position:
Under the direct supervision of the Regional Communications Advisor and guided by Communications & Resource Mobilization Specialist, the Communications intern (content and digital) will support the UNFPA Regional Communications team in delivering activities outlined in the regional communications work plan, particularly relating to content development and digital engagement (online web management and social media management and analytics).
The Communications intern will support the design and development of communications materials relating to UNFPA’s mandate, including the thematic areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence and harmful practices, adolescents and youth, humanitarian emergencies, population and development, as well as innovation, disability, and human rights.
About UNFPA and How You Can Make a Difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations, and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on womens’ and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results. We seek interns who are exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Tasks and responsibilities:
- Support in the daily management of UNFPA APRO’s social media engagement channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube;
- Support in digital communications delivery for the key communication initiatives including the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP, Nov), regional roll-out of UNFPA’s global 8 Billion campaign (Nov), UNFPA APRO’s 3 key priority campaigns (Humanitarian/Climate Change, Population ageing, and ending gender-based violence) (ongoing)
- Support the implementation of on-the ground activities held in Thailand as part of the regional and global agenda including hands-on support to the ICFP to be held in Pattaya, Thailand, in Nov 2022
- Support in populating and updating UNFPA APRO’s content planning and social media planning system
- Support in the copy editing of blogs and articles
- Support in collecting information from the region on upcoming and planned contents at country level. This will allow UNFPA APRO to update the content planner/social media planner in a timely manner
- Monitor UNFPA’s digital performance
- Under the supervision of the Regional Communication Advisor, support as needed in the drafting and development of social media/web content such as blogs, infographics, videos, photo posts, etc.;
- Support in the timely updating of the UNFPA APRO website including uploading of relevant publications, press releases, human-interest stories, vacancies, etc.;
- Support in updating UNFPA APRO’s Flickr album by liaising with country office communications focal points;
- Provide other communications-related support as required.
Required Core Competencies:
- Communicating information and ideas
- Knowledge sharing/continuous learning
- Valuing diversity
- Working in teams
Essential Qualifications:
The intern should be a fresh graduate within one year or currently enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme or be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher); Preferred areas of studies are mass communications, graphic design, visual communications, media, or other similar subject at the university level;
- Excellent skills (writing and speaking) in English;
- Demonstrated graphic design and video editing skills is a plus;
- Knowledge of social media engagement is required, experience in digital data and analytics is a plus;
- Knowledge of digital marketing principles and practices is a plus
- Innovative and creative thinking;
- Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members of different national and cultural backgrounds.
Learning Elements:
Upon completion of the assignment, and depending on its duration, the Intern should be able to have:
- Increased understanding of UNFPA’s work across the region, and globally;
- Hands-on experience in managing corporate social media channels;
- Work experience as a team member in a multicultural organization;
- Insights and knowledge collected from testing and learning of digital contents throughout the duration of the assignment
- Increased knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence, young people, and population and development.
Stipends and insurance:
The intern will be provided with a monthly stipend, amount to be determined based on the stipend rates published yearly by the UNDP. No other remuneration including travel expenses of any kind will be made to the intern by the office in connection with an internship agreement. Interns are responsible for securing adequate medical insurance for the duration of their internship.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their CV and a brief cover letter outlining relevant experience to morooka@unfpa.org. Please include "Communications Intern" in the subject line.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
