Internship - SBC section Internship (multiple Interns), Yaoundé, Douala, Buea, Maroua, Bertoua, and Ngaoundéré in Cameroun, 6 months (full time)

UNICEF Cameroun is recruiting 12 Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interns, deployed in two cohorts of six interns each for a period of six months. During the first phase, six interns will be deployed across UNICEF Cameroon offices as follows: Yaoundé (Centre Region):1 intern, Douala (Littoral Region):1 intern, Buea (South-West Region): 1 intern, Bertoua (East Region): 1 intern, Ngaoundéré (Adamawa Region): 1 intern, and Maroua (Far North Region): 1 intern. The interns will contribute to strengthening community engagement efforts in Child-Friendly Municipalities, expansion of Accountability to Affected Populations, expansion of birth registration and implementation of the initiative to prevent child marriage. UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture.., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visitour websiteto learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child,care UNICEF has been working in Cameroon since 1975 to allow women and children to fully realize their rights to development without restriction, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF provides financial and technical support to Cameroon across seven areas to fully realize the rights of women and children. These areas include Health, HIV/AIDS, Water-sanitation-Hygiene, nutrition, education, child protection, and social inclusion. UNICEF focuses mainly on children and the most vulnerable and excluded families. Cameroon’s 2020 population is estimated at 26,545,863 people according to UN data. The population is young and generates strong socioeconomic demand. In rural areas, limited access to basic social services and the effects of climate change lead to household impoverishment and severe child deprivations. The task is immense but not insurmountable; it requires the energy of all stakeholders in Cameroon and outside of Cameroon: also, women, men, youth and children, government, technical and financial partners, donors, civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians, and communities. Everyone is invited to participate in the struggle to meet the challenges ahead. Together, we will act for Cameroon, a country that summarizes the challenges and hopes of Africa. To learn more about UNICEF Cameroon, use the below link:https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/CMR/SitePages/AboutUs.aspx How can you make a difference? To drive change for children, UNICEF in Cameroon is supporting the Government for the implementation of the national SBC Strategy, for the effective et efficient use of available services, both in humanitarian and development context. The results achieved during the last three years by SBC has considerable contributed to accelerate results for children in the domain of Child Protection, Education, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Adolescent and Youth Engagement, Health, HIV, Nutrition, climate… Strategies implemented in various sectoral domain, contributed to reach and engage Frontline workers, care givers, families and communities for positive change for children. For the coming years, demand generation along with community engagement, behaviour insight and AAP, Social and Community Listening will reinforce UNICEF’s leadership as a credible voice for and with children. To strengthen field presence and ensure systematic community engagement, UNICEF will recruit 12 Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interns, deployed in two cohorts of six interns each for a period of six months. During the first phase, six interns will be deployed across UNICEF Cameroon offices as follows: Yaoundé (Centre Region):1 intern, Douala (Littoral Region):1 intern, Buea (South-West Region): 1 intern, Bertoua (East Region): 1 intern, Ngaoundéré (Adamawa Region): 1 intern, and Maroua (Far North Region):  1 intern. Working closely with both international and national UN Volunteers (UNVs), the interns will contribute to strengthening community engagement efforts in Child-Friendly Municipalities, expansion of Accountability to Affected Populations, expansion of birth registration and implementation of the initiative to prevent child marriage. The purpose and objectives of the UNICEF internship programme are: The intern position will ensure Cameroon SBC strategy facilitates increased engagement and participation from targeted groups, as well as ensuring better use of services available to achieve results for children. Specifically, the intern position will contribute to: Provide a framework by which current eligible undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds are assigned to UNICEF offices, where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work assignments. Expose the interns to the work of UNICEF. Provide UNICEF offices with the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional SBC domain. Responsibilities of the Internship: Duty stations:Yaoundé, Douala, Buea, Maroua, Bertoua and Ngaoundéré (one intern per duty station for each cohort). Under the supervision of UNICEF, the interns will provide operational, monitoring and documentation support in the following areas: 1. Support the establishment and functioning ofFamily Circles in Child-Friendly Municipalities, including community mobilization, organization of sessions, follow-up of activities and documentation of results. 2. Support the expansion ofAccountability to Affected Populations (AAP)by promoting community participation, collecting and documenting feedback from children, adolescents and communities, and ensuring its referral to relevant UNICEF teams and partners. 3. Support the expansion ofbirth registration through the “Mon Baptême, Mon Nom” initiative, including sensitization, community mobilization, coordination with religious leaders, municipalities and civil-registration services, and monitoring of children reached and registered. 4. Support the implementation of theinitiative to prevent child marriage, particularly through community engagement, adolescent participation, awareness-raising activities, and collaboration with community, traditional and religious leaders. 5. Contribute to collect and compile activity data, document achievements and lessons learned, and contribute to periodic progress reports. 6. Prepare a final internship report summarizing the activities conducted, results achieved, challenges encountered, and recommendations. Duration:Each cohort of intern is needed for a period of 6 months. Remuneration and working conditions The intern will observe the opening and closing hours of the office as follows: Monday to Thursday: 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM with a break between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM; Friday: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The intern will receive a monthly stipend by the regulations. However, he shall not enjoy health coverage or other privileges or immunities by the relevant rules and procedures of the organization. He/she must provide a valid medical certificate upon arrival. However, to perform his work in the best possible way, the intern will benefit from a workspace, a machine, and access to the Internet. Evaluation of the internship The intern will have to produce mini reports on a weekly basis, highlighting his or her interventions or all the requests he or she has handled. The consolidation of the four weekly reports will constitute the monthly report, which will be submitt