International Intern to support the implementation of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health interventions at facility and community level, UNICEF Lao PDR.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is looking for a qualified International Intern to Support the implementation of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health interventions at facility and community level to be based in our office in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child,

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is looking for a qualified International Intern to Support the implementation of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health interventions at facility and community level to be based in our office in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

To assist the UNICEF country office implementation of the Health and Nutrition activities.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Under the supervision of the Maternal and Child Health Specialist and the Nutrition Manager, the intern will undertake the following tasks:

• Assist in the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of Maternal and Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition activities.
• Assist in the collection, analysis and revision of indicators, databases and tools for monitoring programme progress including the presentation of the maternal and child health and nutrition disaggregated data for the targeted districts and villages.

Results/Expected Outputs

• Assist the maternal, newborn child health partners’ coordination, monitoring of activities and organization of events.
• Data interpretation, reporting and presentation on the related M&E, including use of the routine health information systems.
• Contribute to documentation of activities, and submit for office reporting, publications, social media/websites, newsletters.
• Assist in weekly tasks that contribute to the outputs for maternal and child health and nutrition including attending virtual meetings, recording minutes and preparing reports.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

-Enrolled in a degree programme in an undergraduate or graduate school or be a recent graduate.

-Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

-Proficient in at least one of UNICEF’s working languages: English, French or Spanish and fluent in the working language of the office they are applying to.

-Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.