UNHCR was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband. Today, over 65 years later, our organization is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees around the world.

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Programme and Operations Intern

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA

Experience

Nairobi

Job Field

Graduate Jobs , Project Management

Duties and responsibilities

• Support in overseeing Operations’ compliance with programme cycle requirements.
• Support in overseeing Operations compliance with project monitoring.
• Collect and analyse projects data to assess progress and suggest improvements.
• Support documentation related to the quality assurance of partnership agreement.
• Participate in meetings, document key takeaways, and follow up on action items.
• Maintain unit’s documentation, including taking meeting notes, collecting and consolidating reports, status updates.
• Assist in preparing project status reports and/or presentations.
• Assist in taking stock of post-distribution monitoring conducted by the country operations and support its quality assurance and analysis of the findings.
• Offer general administrative assistance, such as scheduling meetings, preparing materials, and organizing project-related activities.

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Minimum qualifications required

In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Be either a recent graduate (having completed their studies within two years of applying) or a current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by IAU/UNESCO; and
• Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR.

• Support in overseeing Operations’ compliance with programme cycle requirements.
• Support in overseeing Operations compliance with project monitoring.
• Collect and analyse projects data to assess progress and suggest improvements.
• Support documentation related to the quality assurance of partnership agreement.
• Participate in meetings, document key takeaways, and follow up on action items.
• Maintain unit’s documentation, including taking meeting notes, collecting and consolidating reports, status updates.
• Assist in preparing project status reports and/or presentations.
• Assist in taking stock of post-distribution monitoring conducted by the country operations and support its quality assurance and analysis of the findings.
• Offer general administrative assistance, such as scheduling meetings, preparing materials, and organizing project-related activities.

• Be either a recent graduate (having completed their studies within two years of applying) or a current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by IAU/UNESCO; and
• Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR.