Job Description

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

Together with the Malaysian government and others who are truly passionate about child rights, UNICEF works in Malaysia to ensure every child has the opportunity to grow healthy and happy; live safely; and achieve their full potential.

With the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the 11th Malaysia plan as our guides, we endeavor to change minds, change policies, and in turn change the lives of all children in Malaysia.

Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP)

In Malaysia, 5.5 million adolescents aged 10-17 make up the country's 32 million population. Whilst Malaysia has experienced rapid economic and social development over the last 20 years, a myriad of social, economic and health factors continue to undermine the ability of adolescents to reach their full potential. Adolescents and young people should have access to opportunities to develop skills for learning, personal empowerment, employability, and active citizenship to enable them as change makers which can contribute to eliminating Malaysian society's greatest challenges.

Engaging adolescents and youth have long been a part of UNICEF's mandate, as participation is a right and one of the guiding pillars of the Convention on the Rights of a Child (CRC). UNICEF Malaysia's Country Programme Document (CPD) 2022 - 26, includes a dedicated output for adolescent development and participation, recognising the importance of second decade programming. The engagement and participation of adolescents and youth is also an important strategy to deliver results across all areas of UNICEF's work. UNICEF's Strategic Plan 2018-2021 highlights "adolescent empowerment" as a key Result Area and "young people and children as change agents" as one of the Change Strategies. In Malaysia, MHPSS is building upon existing ADAP programming and multi-faceted approaches to assist our country to create supportive and healthy environments for children and adolescents. This will enable them to better cope with today's challenges, build resilience and develop the skills they need for better mental health and psychosocial wellbeing.

How can you make a difference?

One intern will be recruited, to support the Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) programme and will be under the day-to-day supervision of the Head of Section for ADAP.

Roles and Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:

ADAP intern:

• Support with the development of social media and webpage content, and coordinate content dissemination with the Communications/Innovation section, partners and young people
• Support with the development and review of digital engagement approaches and platforms for skills-building and civic engagement programmes for young people
• Support with the coordination and engagement of partners and young people for programme development and implementation
• Support with gathering current data on adolescents and youth in Malaysia on key issues and deprivations
• Coordination and operations support for workshops with young people and partners (offline/online)
• Support with the development of ADAP's emerging employability and entrepreneurship areas, through coordination on evidence generation and pilot programmes and initiatives
• Support with maintaining a high-quality archive of ADAP's MHPSS and partners' activities
• Support with drafting public information documents, website articles, social media posts, reports on ADAP activities, and internal reports (including mental health, employability and entrepreneurship initiatives)

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

• Currently enrolled or admitted either in undergraduate level or graduate level school
• Major in a social science related field or communications
• Solid skills in social media content production, design skills and digital engagement
• Excellent in verbal and written communication in English (including active listening and information synthesis, and strong writing abilities)
• Proficiency in verbal, written and interpersonal communication in Bahasa Malaysia preferred
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work within a multi-cultural team
• Previous relevant work or volunteer experience highly desired
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Conditions of the Internship:

• Intern will receive UNICEF laptop and email account during the internship period.
• Intern will receive a basic stipend according to UNICEF's internal standard.
• Intern is expected to work in UNICEF Putrajaya office/KL office at least three days of the week (depending on the office situation), and remotely for the other working days.

The candidate should possess the following competencies:

• Solid understanding and familiarity with using social media and online engagement platforms
• Familiarity with youth trends and challenges of youth development
• Excellent communication skills including both written and verbal use of language
• Ability to work well with people and in a team
• High standard for quality of work and drives for results
• Quick learner and strong research skills
• Enjoys creating and innovating
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter:

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.

Advertised: 26 Oct 2022 Singapore Standard Time
Deadline: 08 Nov 2022 Singapore Standard Time