Youth and Adolescent Intern, Beirut, Lebanon, 6 months

UNICEF Lebanon is looking for Youth and Adolescent Intern to support UNICEF Lebanon’s Youth and Adolescent Development team in coordinating and implementing quality skills building and employability package.

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, hope

UNICEF started to work in Lebanon in 1948 and established its office in 1950. For more than 70 years we’ve been working closely with the Government of Lebanon, other UN agencies, international and local NGOs, universities, and more than 100 partners to meet the needs of disadvantaged children in Lebanon. Responding to lifesaving needs and ensuring equal access to quality public services, the impact of our work is felt in every aspect and every sphere of society. To learn more about our work, please refer to: https://www.unicef.org/lebanon/what-we-do

How can you make a difference?

While the adolescent period is characterized by a period of heightened vulnerabilities, it also provides a window of opportunity for successful transition to adulthood and equality especially for the most disadvantaged adolescents. Identifying these most disadvantaged adolescents and designing our interventions to address the barriers that limit their fulfilment of rights to development, protection and participation is instrumental to breaking cycles of deprivation and poverty for these adolescents.  

The youth program is designed to provide Adolescents and Youth with relevant skills building and competency development to empower them and enhance their access to decent job and income generation opportunities as well as increasing their participation and civic engagement through provision of comprehensive package of career guidance, Vocational trainings, functional and life skills development.
Within this perspective UNICEF support adolescents and youth with relevant employment services opportunities where they can practice the acquired skills and knowledge as well as establish links with the private sector, during which youth can in the same time generate incomes.
Due to the deteriorated economic situation and resulting socio economic fact influencing the interests, the educational plans and general situation of adolescents and youth and their families, UNICEF adapted its program and shifted approaches and intervention to match with increasing and reoccurring changes in the overall socio-economic situation and the needs of the adolescents and youth in a way to:

- Ensure food security for adolescents and youth and their families.
- Provide youth with relevant technical skills and increase their access to income generation and enrollment in the labor force while advocating to strengthen the linkage with the private sector.
- Increase the engagement of adolescents and youth in the response the the needs of their communities.

Scope of work:

The Intern, supervised by and working jointly with the YAD officer, under the management of the Youth and Adolescent Development specialist, is expected to support UNICEF Lebanon’s Youth and Adolescent Development team in coordinating and implementing quality skills building and employability package.

The intern is also expected to support UNICEF Lebanon’s Youth and Adolescent Development section in documenting the running initiatives and analyzing their impacts on the individuals, families the local market and the community through: Documenting a maximum of 10 economic engagement initiatives (5 large, 5 individual initiatives) implemented in the North, South, and Bekaa. These range from cash to work, vocational training apprenticeship, on-the-job training, and internships for youth in different sectors (construction, agri-food, winter kits production etc.) including:

 a- the implementation of the projects, their socioeconomic impact on the beneficiaries, their dependents, the implementing partners, and relative stakeholders, the communities and the local market.
b- identifying changes in the business (if any), such as value chain modifications, internal organization, and such.
c- a report and narrative to be done by initiative

d- Compiled report on the engagement of youth.

e- develop/compile success stories to be made visible for all the initiatives.

The methodology for data collection can vary from Key informant interviews, questionnaires to focus groups (more methods can be considered if needed). The participants will represent the different stakeholders involved and will conduct on-site visits.

Deliverables and schedules:

In order to ensure a quality and impactful implementation of the CBT/Workplace based learning program the intern is expected to contribute to:

• Increased field monitoring of the planned and ongoing activities in coordination with the officers in the field offices.
• Support in the coordination among implementing partners and follow up on the daily tasks especially the ones related to the implementation of the WBL.
• Improve knowledge generation by providing timely reports on the field monitoring.
• Data organization and documentation.
• Support in the related administrative actions.
• Documentation process based on the scope detailed in the section above.
• Develop success and impact stories for the initiatives.

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

• Fresh graduate in one of the following fields: public policy, law, economy, sociology or social work, international relationship, political science, or another related field.
• Excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Previous internship or work in projects supported by UN agencies
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Good knowledge of MS Office and computer skills (MS applications, especially Word, Publisher, and Excel).
• A high level of individual responsibility, commitment, and initiative.

• Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Administrative issues:

• Supervisor: YAD Officer
• The Intern will provide her/himself with a laptop.
• UNICEF will provide a temporary desk and access to Internet and printing facilities at the UNICEF offices.
• Successful candidates are expected to arrange for the visa requirements, if and when required.
• UNICEF Lebanon may assist with the visa procedures; however, all visa related costs must be borne by the Intern.
• The selected intern will be required to share proof of health/medical insurance prior to contract issuance. Health/Medical Insurance costs will be borne by the intern.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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.

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