PDU Intern

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

A (least hardship)

Family Type (not applicable for home-based)

Family

Staff Member / Affiliate Type

Internship

Target Start Date

Job Posting End Date

February 1, 2024

Terms of Reference

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building a better future for people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. UNHCR leads international action to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people. UNHCR works in collaboration with governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other international partners to provide humanitarian assistance, advocate for refugees’ rights, and find durable solutions for displaced populations.

UNHCR’s core functions include ensuring the safety and well-being of refugees, advocating for their rights, ensuring access to rights and services and facilitating durable solutions.

The intern will be placed within the Policy Development Unit under the guidance of the Assistant Protection Officer. The specific team under PDU focuses on the capacity development and monitoring activities related to PMM/PDMMs as well as analyzing and monitoring various registration practices, contributing to the overall protection and assistance efforts of UNHCR.

Internship at UNHCR presents a unique opportunity to actively contribute to global humanitarian efforts and gain valuable hands‑on experience in the field of protection. The intern, under the guidance of the Assistant Protection Officer, will engage in various tasks such as organizing and monitoring capacity development activities, analyzing online evaluations, and producing visualizations of registration practices. This internship offers a platform for skill development in data analysis, translation, and cross‑functional collaboration.

By participating in meetings, workshops, and training sessions, the intern will contribute directly to UNHCR’s mission of safeguarding the rights and well‑being of refugees. Overall, the experience provides a comprehensive learning environment, combining theory with practice and at the same time providing meaningful contributions to the organization’s humanitarian objectives.

The intern will assist the Policy Development Unit Registration team in media monitoring, preparing and follow up on trainings conducted, coordinating and communicating with other Units, checking and monitoring monthly statistics, translating relevant documents to English and/or Turkish, following up on Counselling Line Tickets, preparing maps, graphs and supporting the Registration Team on any other clerical tasks and in performing other duties as required.

• Assist the Unit in the organization and follow up on the logistics of capacity development and monitoring activities carried out for/by PMM/PDMM staff and third‑party personnel deployed to PMM/PDMM. Assist with the analysis of online pre‑test post‑tests, evaluation forms.
• Assist the Unit in follow up of the regular charts/reports with regards to activity monitoring.
• Support the Unit in production of graphs, tables, charts and maps on different registration practices analyzed by the Unit.
• Cross‑check the accuracy of the dashboards produced by the functional unit against the calculations made by the Associate Protection Officer.
• Participate in meetings, workshops, trainings, take notes and draft minutes / reports.
• Assist in the translation (English‑Turkish) of documents and support in proofreading of reports and documents translated.
• Perform other duties as 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.

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