Intern, Coordination Support, Office of the Deputy Executive Director (DEDO), New Yor

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

The Office of the Deputy Executive Director (DEDO) provides strategic and coordination support to the Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, UN Coordination and Programme Results. DEDO works across UN Women's divisions, country and regional offices, and inter agency mechanisms to advance coordination on the organization’s normative, inter agency and programmatic priorities. Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Executive Director and the direct supervision of the Special Assistant, the intern will provide coordination support across five priority work streams: the Young Women and Girls Strategy, UN Women's Middle East response, follow up to the Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) Strategic Leadership Group, and support the coordination of the Africa strategy with UN Women's Liaison Office to the African Union.

Across all 4 work streams, the intern’s role will consolidate and track information on behalf of the Deputy Executive Director's Office, and wherever possible the intern will draw on existing meetings, minutes and trackers already in circulation. The incumbent will also ensure a short digest from the consolidated trackers is shared back with contributing teams, so the trackers are a resource for them as well as for the Deputy Executive Director's Office.

• Young Women and Girls Strategy
• Support the Global Youth focal point with the review and finalization of the Young Women and Girls Strategy, including compiling comments from divisions and country and regional offices, and draft communications plan
• Maintain a consolidated tracker of partner engagement related to correspondence on the Strategy as follow up from DED’s bilateral engagements.
• UN Women Middle East Response
• Support internal coordination of UN Women's Middle East response, including follow-up with the relevant sub working groups.
• Maintain a coordination tracker of action points, decisions and pending items across the sub working groups.
• Assist in compiling situation updates and briefing notes for the Deputy Executive Director's Office.
• IANWGE Strategic Leadership Group
• Support follow up to Strategic Leadership Group meetings, including tracking commitments, action points and outstanding correspondence.
• Assist with the finalization and circulation of the Terms of Reference and related documentation.
• Support preparation for subsequent Strategic Leadership Group engagements, including RSVP tracking, scheduling and briefing materials.
• Africa Strategy Coordination
• Maintain a coordination tracker between the Deputy Executive Director's Office and UN Women's Liaison Office to the African Union, covering scheduled engagements, joint initiatives and pending action points.
• Track key African Union processes, summits and decision points relevant to UN Women's Africa strategy and gender equality priorities ahead of the AU Summit.

• A consolidated comments matrix and coordination and logistics plan supporting finalization of the Young Women and Girls Strategy and UN Women's engagement in CSD.
• An up to date coordination tracker for the Middle East response, covering action points, decisions and pending items across the sub working groups.
• A finalized Terms of Reference and updated action tracker for the IANWGE Strategic Leadership Group, reflecting follow up from the meeting and subsequent engagements.
• A consolidated Africa strategy coordination tracker for the Deputy Executive Director's Office, covering engagement with the AU Liaison Office, key African Union processes and decision points, and outstanding action items.
• A final handover note summarizing outstanding actions and status across all 4 work streams.

The internship offers direct exposure to inter agency coordination, multilateral process…