Applications have opened for the Internship Opportunity at UNICEF in Belarus. Interested candidates can apply for the program until 15th March 2020. The name of the opportunity is Internship, Sport for Development and Volunteers’ Engagement National Intern.

• UNICEF has a long history of promoting every child’s right to play and has been a pioneer in using sport as a tool for development.
• Additionally, it supports sport for development programs and recognizes that new and innovative strategies are needed and harnessing the potential of sport to meet the needs of children around the world certainly meets the criteria.
• Moreover, to maximize its outreach and impact, UNICEF in Belarus partners with powerful sports federations and clubs. In 2020 Sport for Development and Volunteer’s Engagement Section in Belarus is working on expanding the number of sports partners and new projects with them.
• Furthermore, all activities with the partners require support from UNICEF volunteers who are an integral part of this Section.
• The intern will have the opportunity to learn how to develop and implement the Country Office Advocacy and Child-Friendly Sports (CFS) model with a focus on resource mobilization.

Duties

• Contribute to the strengthening and the implementation of the UNICEF CFS model with a strong focus on volunteer engagement in sports partnerships.
• Additionally, he/she contributes to the organization of special events with sports partners of UNICEF, including the creation of interactive part, implementation of programs with volunteer engagement in line with objectives of UNICEF country priorities in Belarus.
• Similarly, the candidate supports joint sport partner events by providing logistic assistance as well as volunteer to engage in the activities.
• Likewise, the candidate undertakes lessons learned and review of successful and unsuccessful organizing experiences as directed by supervisor.
• Moreover, he/she facilitates the onboarding of new volunteers.
• Additionally, he/she provides support for volunteer engagement online in collaboration with the Communication team.

Duration: The duration of the internship is 3 months. The incumbent will be based in Minsk and be available for 2-3 full or 5 part-time working days per week.

Qualifications

The candidate should meet the given criteria for the Internship Opportunity at UNICEF in Belarus

• National of Belarus.
• Also, the candidate must have a University degree or in the last year of university. He/she should focus on Communications, International Relations, Public Relations, Social/Human/Language Sciences or other related fields.
• Also, he/she should have the ability to work in a team.
• Additionally, the candidate should have the ability to cope with stressful and difficult conditions and political/cultural sensitivity and the ability to work in an international and multicultural environment.
• Furthermore, knowledge and skills in sport management.
• Also, Excellent writing, research, and analytical skills.
• Similarly, he/she should have experience in sport-related projects.
• Experience in sport volunteering activities is an asset.
• Furthermore, fluency in English and Russian is essential, both writing and speaking; Belarussian is an asset.

Application

• A completed UN P-11 form / CV
• Also, a cover letter.

Visit the official website for further details.

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