Intern – External Partnerships and Communications (EPC) at World Food Programme (WFP): (Deadline 28 December 2022)

Intern – External Partnerships and Communications (EPC) at World Food Programme (WFP): (Deadline 28 December 2022)

Career Opportunities: Intern – External Partnerships and Communications (EPC)

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGMENT:

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

Rwanda is a low-income, least-developed country with a population of 12.9 million people, of whom 52 percent are women and girls and 48 percent men and boys. In the past two decades, the Government of Rwanda has consistently and rather successfully pursued development objectives, but many challenges persist including in food and nutrition.

WFP Rwanda helps the Government enhance the national capacity to manage and innovate, but also to tackle more immediate humanitarian needs and provide a path to self-reliance, ensuring no one is left behind while facilitating national ownership. WFP is increasingly transitioning from humanitarian action into development and humanitarian nexus efforts to create links and make greater impact.

The position is in the External Partnerships and Communication Unit. The WFP Rwanda Country Office (CO) aims to continuously enhance its partnership management, communication and advocacy to sustain support to beneficiaries, scale-up existing and implement new programmes in support of the Government’s vision for the country.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Supporting the implementation of WFP Rwanda’s Partnership Action Plan by mapping and identifying potential partners for thematic funding opportunities (e.g., school feeding, social protection, climate mitigation and adaptation)
• Supporting the internal capacity development of fundraising activities with strategic outcome managers.
• Implementing RWCO’s Social Media Visibility Plan.
• Supporting the development and implementation of a Communications and Advocacy Strategy to enhance the visibility of RWCO’s activities to its partners, e.g., through the development and management of social media content and interactions, videos, presentations and factsheets.
• Contributing to the preparation of management and partner briefs, briefings, reports and project visits; and
• Ensuring timely and high-quality follow-up to meetings by drafting notes for the record/minutes of meetings and monitoring agreed actions.

Other Functional Requirements (if any)

• Supporting graphic design requirements of RWCO.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Student or fresh graduate of economics, sociology, nutrition, public health, journalism/communication or similar.

Experience:

Not a mandatory requirement, but internship in similar capacities would be a plus

Knowledge &Skills:

Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Adobe Publisher, Photoshop or similar programmes

Proven affinity and experience with social media (active accounts, followers, voluntary experience with social media management of an NGO or similar background)

Languages:

Fluency in English. Knowledge of Kinyarwanda is an asset.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

28th December, 2022.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP is an equal opportunity employer. Female candidates meeting the above qualifications are encouraged to apply on-line through WFP recruitment website.

This VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT 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

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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