Community-Based Protection Intern – INT102 – Internship - Beirut, Lebanon - JR2325281
Minimum Qualifications Required:
In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:
• Be either a recent graduate (having completed their studies within two years of applying) or a current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by IAU/UNESCO; and
• Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- Recruitment as a UNHCR staff member and engagement under a UNHCR affiliate scheme or as an intern is subject to proof of vaccination against Covid-19.
- UNHCR is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, color or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. UNHCR has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment. Successful candidates will be subject to mandatory UN Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment clearance check prior to receiving an offer. UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training or any other fees). All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
Organizational Context:
Community-based protection (CBP) empowers communities to obtain their rights in safety and dignity. It is a process that engages refugees of different ages and backgrounds in all stages of the programme cycle. Using a community-based protection approach approaches, crisis-affected communities and the humanitarian actors who assist them can identify a community's concerns, priorities and risks, explore their causes and effects, and jointly decide how to prevent and respond to them. This achieves better protection impact and improves the lives of people of concern.
By undertaking this internship, one will gain insight into participatory and community engagement techniques with both communities and civil society being applied in displacement situations. One will also strengthen skills in accountability mechanisms, including around feedback and complaints.
The Position:
The internship entails supporting the CBP team in the development of participatory and community engagement activities, as well as in data collection, analysis and reporting.
In addition to possessing the needed skills, the ideal candidate should also exhibit the following:
• Professionalism and strong work ethics
• Commitment to humanitarian and refugee issues
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical skills, as well as critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative and able to work in teams
• Dynamism and creativity
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Willingness to continuously learning
Duties and Responsibilities:
Accountability:
• Contribute to the development of UNHCR Lebanon’s Participatory Assessment (PA) exercise (structured dialogue) with refugees and others, including feedback to them in its aftermath
• Update a multi-year trends analysis report, using the PA as a basis and other community information sources
• Support in monitoring, analyzing and reporting on qualitative and quantitative data from different community structures, including data from community center tools and live dashboards in coordination with information management
• Support in quantitative and qualitative data analysis based on inputs from community structures such as outreach volunteers that feed into relevant reports
• Support in data analysis from M&E tools related to the UNHCR self-help desks or kiosks within community centers
Reporting, meetings and trainings:
• Support in trainings relevant to the Community-Based Protection Unit and its partners
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting of activities
• Draft minutes of meetings, trainings and workshops
Other
• Other tasks as requested by the supervisor
ملاحظة:
دليل مدني، شبكة المجتمع المدني، يوفر للمنظمات منصة لنشر الوظائف, وليس مسؤول عن عملية التوظيف. كل منظمة مسجلة على دليل مدني هي مسؤولة بشكل فردي عن منشوراتها وعن عملية التوظيف.
- Lebanon
- بيروت
- بيروت