Back Internship - Nutrition Knowledge Management, Rome, Italy

JOB TITLE:

Nutrition Knowledge Management Intern

TYPE OF CONTRACT:

Internship

UNIT/DIVISION:

KMDI/NUT

DUTY STATION (City, Country):

Rome, Italy

DURATION:

six months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

Malnutrition is a problem of staggering proportions with significant negative consequences that affect individuals and societies. The number of children under five years of age affected by stunting (an indicator of chronic undernutrition) and wasting (an indicator of acute undernutrition) are alarmingly high at 144 million and almost 50 million, respectively, while at least 340 million children suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. Most regions are not on track to achieve the targets for child overweight and adult obesity is still on the rise in all regions. Undernutrition is the underlying cause in an estimated 45 percent of all deaths among children under five years of age.

WFP and the Nutrition Division (NUT) are committed to serve as a resource, advocate and thought leaders on food-based nutrition interventions to address undernutrition, as described in the Nutrition Policy. WFP's decentralized and mobile culture necessitates a greater focus on knowledge sharing to avoid loss of crucial lessons learned. A key component of improved KM is improved and optimally utilized platforms for data sharing.

Under the terms set forth below, the intern will report to the Knowledge Management and Digital Innovation Chief, while working closely under the supervision of the Learning Coordinator. The objective of this internship is to support the platforms, learning and knowledge management of the Nutrition Division.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide content-writing and editing to support the maintenance of the Nutrition topic section on WFPgo (internal intranet)
• Support in the updates and creation of visual assets for the NUT learning platforms, nutX included
• Provide content-writing and editing support to produce various materials and documents
• Manage the Global Nutrition shared folders and other repository on different platform as such as Teams and SharePoint Online
• Support in the organization process of nutrition-related events (in-person and online), including the NUT Brown Bag series for weekly presentations relevant to WFP Nutrition
• Support other NUT Knowledge Management colleagues on an as-needed basis

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT :

• Support provided to WFP Nutrition members at CO, RB and HQ level
• Food and Nutrition pages of WFPgo up-to-date and relevant
• NUT Welearn platforms successfully revamped
• Global Nutrition shared folders effectively updated and made useful
• NUT related events successfully organized and executed

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED : Education :

• Be currently enrolled in an undergraduate programme ( Nutrition, International Development, Communications, Management or related field ) from a recognised university and have completed at least two years of the programme. Candidates should have attended classes in the past 12 months;

or

• Be currently enrolled in a graduate programme (Nutrition, International Development, Communications, Management or related field) from a recognised university and have attended classes in the past 12 months;

or

• Be a recent graduate from an undergraduate or graduate programme (within six months prior to the application to the internship programme) from a recognised university and have attended classes in the last 12 months of enrolment in the university

Knowledge & Skills : Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Technology-friendly and able to quickly learn to use new tools as necessary

Ability to work in a team and establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds

Strong communications skills

Ability to manage projects and coordinate multiple stakeholders on deadlines

Good planning and analytical skills

Ability to work independently.

Languages : Terms and Conditions :

Fluency in English required. Working knowledge of another UN language desirable.

Interns receive a monthly stipend from WFP up to the maximum amount of US$1000 per month depending on the duty station of assignment

WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, travel to and from WFP internship location, necessary visas and costs related.

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