Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)B
Family Type (not applicable for home-based)
Family
Staff Member / Affiliate TypeInternship
Target Start Date2023-09-15
Job Posting End DateSeptember 11, 2023
Terms of ReferenceOrganizational Context:
Community-based protection (CBP) empowers communities to obtain their rights in safety and dignity. It is a process that engages refugees of different ages and backgrounds in all stages of the programme cycle. Using a community-based protection approach approaches, crisis-affected communities and the humanitarian actors who assist them can identify a community's concerns, priorities and risks, explore their causes and effects, and jointly decide how to prevent and respond to them. This achieves better protection impact and improves the lives of people of concern.
By undertaking this internship, one will gain insight into participatory and community engagement techniques with both communities and civil society being applied in displacement situations. One will also strengthen skills in accountability mechanisms, including around feedback and complaints.
The Position:
The internship entails supporting the CBP team in the development of participatory and community engagement activities, as well as in data collection, analysis and reporting.
In addition to possessing the needed skills, the ideal candidate should also exhibit the following:
• Professionalism and strong work ethics
• Commitment to humanitarian and refugee issues
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical skills, as well as critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative and able to work in teams
• Dynamism and creativity
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Willingness to continuously learning
Duties and Responsibilities:
Accountability:
• Contribute to the development of UNHCR Lebanon’s Participatory Assessment (PA) exercise (structured dialogue) with refugees and others, including feedback to them in its aftermath
• Update a multi-year trends analysis report, using the PA as a basis and other community information sources
• Support in monitoring, analyzing and reporting on qualitative and quantitative data from different community structures, including data from community center tools and live dashboards in coordination with information management
• Support in quantitative and qualitative data analysis based on inputs from community structures such as outreach volunteers that feed into relevant reports
• Support in data analysis from M&E tools related to the UNHCR self-help desks or kiosks within community centers
Reporting, meetings and trainings:
• Support in trainings relevant to the Community-Based Protection Unit and its partners
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting of activities
• Draft minutes of meetings, trainings and workshops
Other
• Other tasks as requested by the supervisor
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.
Desirable Qualifications and Skills:
• BA in social sciences field, including anthropology, social studies and public health
• Strong digital technical skills, including in Excel
• Strong drafting and analytical skills
• Preferably familiar with PowerBI and Kobo
• Excellent command of English and Arabic
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Other informationRecruitment as a UNHCR staff member and engagement under a UNHCR affiliate scheme or as an intern is subject to proof of vaccination against Covid-19.This position doesn't require a functional clearance