Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)D
Family Type (not applicable for home-based)
Family
Staff Member / Affiliate TypeInternship
Target Start Date2023-09-01
Job Posting End DateAugust 20, 2023
Terms of ReferenceThe Candidate should be highly motivated and recently finished university passionate to contribute on climate action activities, with a good work ethic and the following qualities.
โข Organizational awareness, political awareness, and stakeholder management
โข Accountability and results orientation
โข Judgement and decision making
โข Communication, teamwork and collaboration
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a full-time internship with the Energy and Environment Unit of the Technical Support Service under the Division of Resilience and Solutions (DRS) at UNHCR Bangladesh.
Established in December 1950, UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for asylum seekers, refugees, returnees, internally displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. UNHCR currently operates in over 130 countries, using its long expertise to protect and care for millions.
Title: Intern (Environment and Climate Action Mainstreaming)
Duty Station: Coxโs Bazar
Duty Station: Coxโs Bazar
Duration: 1 August to 31 Dec 2023
Contract Type: Internship
Organizational context
Some 952,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar were residing in Bangladesh by year end, representing an increase of 33,000 people compared to 2021. 923,000 were hosted in 33 highly congested camps in Coxโs Bazar District vulnerable to climate shocks while the remaining 29,000 refugees lived on the island of Bhasan Char.
UNHCR and its partners continued to support the governmentโs response to the humanitarian and protection needs of Rohingya refugees who remained entirely reliant on humanitarian assistance for protection, food, water, shelter, energy and health.
This intern position will focus on the energy and environment activities of UNHCR Bangladesh, with a focus on supporting research and activities related to climate action mainstreaming into the UNHCR Bangladesh operations activities.
The position
UNHCR Coxโs Bazar office is seeking an intern to support research and mainstreaming of climate mitigation and adaptation efforts into the operational activities in the Rohingya refugee camps. The intern will support the Energy and Environment unit with ongoing energy and environment projects, provide research on climate and environment fundraising, support community engagement and ownership within environment projects and support other units with evidence and approaches for climate action mainstreaming. Areas of support will include approaches and nature based solutions for community resilience toward climate adaptation and mitigation within the camps, supporting ecosystem rehabilitation and conservation, and ensuring access to sustainable energy solutions, in line with and contributing to the 2023-2025 Strategy for Climate Action in Coxโs Bazar, Bangladesh developed by the Energy and Environment Technical Working Group (EETWG).
Duties and responsibilities
o Support ongoing environment projects within the Energy and Environment Unit.
o Provide field implementation support with partners to UNHCR Bangladesh environment projects in the areas of reforestation, conservation, human elephant contact mitigation and watershed management.
o Support community engagement and ownership processes within existing environment and climate related projects.
o Support the Energy and Environment unit with monitoring, learning and evaluation of ongoing environment projects.
o Support climate action research and mainstreaming within the UNHCR Coxโs Bazar operation.
o Provide research support to identify gaps in climate mitigation, adaptation and environmental protection activities within the UNHCR Bangladesh operation.
o Consult with different units within UNHCR and wider sectors within the Rohingya response to understand and document existing climate action related activities, ongoing challenges, and identify best practices.
o Provide research support on feasible and cost-effective approaches and nature-based solutions (NbS) toward climate mitigation and adaptation within the Rohingya refugee camps and surrounding hosting communities.
o Support development of Standard operating Practices (SoPs) for climate action mainstreaming within relevant UNHCR Bangladesh operational priorities.
o Conduct research on climate and environment related financing and funding mechanisms.
o Support the Energy and Environment unit on research into environment and climate related funding sources which could be considered for future funding and scaling of existing climate and environment related projects in the Rohingya refugee camps.
o Support knowledge sharing and learning on the next of climate change and environment within the Rohingya refugee response.
o Document best practices and lessons learned which can support wider climate mainstreaming in the UNHCR Bangladesh operation and wider humanitarian response.
o Support UNHCR to share learning and potential for climate mainstreaming with key stakeholders, including humanitarian and development agencies, government, the private sector and NGO partners.
o Provide data and technical support to for wider advocacy on climate mainstreaming within the Rohingya Joint Response Plan.
Minimum qualifications required
In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:
โข 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
โข Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in the field of environmental science, climate change adaption and mitigation, conservation, sustainable development or natural resource management, or of interest to the work of UNHCR.
Desirable qualifications and skills
โข Organizational awareness, political awareness, and stakeholder management
โข Accountability and results orientation
โข Judgement and decision making
โข Communication, teamwork and collaboration
Conditions
It is a full-time role with working hours starting from 8.00am to 5:00pm Sunday to Thursday (40 hours per week). The successful candidate will be assigned to support the team in Coxโs Bazar Bangladesh.
Allowance: Interns who do not receive financial support from an outside party will receive an allowance to partially help to cover the cost of food, local transportation and living expenses.
The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing or training.
We welcome applications from candidates with a refugee or stateless background.
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Other informationOnly Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the Assessment Exercises for the recruitment of the position, which may include Written/Technical tests and/or Interviews, as applicable for the recruitment of the position.This position doesn't require a functional clearance