UNHCR recruits 01 Private Partnership & Philanthropy(PPH) Intern

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has an exciting opportunity for an intern to join the Private Sector Partnerships team in the UNHCR office in Paris, France. Established in December 1950, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is responsible for leading and coordinating international action to protect and assist refugees and other people of concern. The partnerships with the private sector play a crucial role in helping to diversify the organization’s sources of funding. Since 2013, UNHCR has been mobilizing the private sector in France, creating strategic partnerships with companies and corporate foundations, and engaging individual donors and private foundations. As part of its corporates / corporate foundations and family/private foundations fundraising activities, the PSP department is looking for a PPH Intern, to support its activities.

The position, based in Paris, offers a unique opportunity to work within the PSP France team, dedicated to raise funds and establish partnerships for UNHCR with the private sector in France and Monaco.

Title: PPH Intern

Duty Station: Paris, France

Duration: 6-8 months

Start date of contract: 23 August 2021

Contract Type: Internship (paid, as per UNHCR policy)

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Organizational context

The Private Sector Partnerships (PSP) Services works in different regions: Europe, MENA, Americas, Africa, and Asia, and further decentralizes at local levels. The PPH Intern is part of PSP France team and it is based in the UNHCR Office located in Paris.

Duties and responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of this Internship are dependent on the team’s priorities over the course of the internship and may include:

Partners, major donors and middle donors

• Support for the work of preparing partner / major donor / middle donor appointments;

• Support for data sharing and reporting work.

Support for the organization of events

• Support for the organization of events dedicated to the private sector (World Refugee Day, etc.)

Prospecting and strategic intelligence

• Supporting the prospection of companies, corporate foundations, family foundations, major and middle donors: research, targeting, argumentation and creation and monitoring of prospecting tools,

• Strategic monitoring of the sponsorship and philanthropy sector (benchmarking, legal, fiscal and regulatory developments in patronage, etc.);

• Support for the design and writing of materials for private fundraising: thematic fact sheets, donor newsletters, iconographic research, etc.

Expériences / Formation

The ideal candidate will be required to have followings:

• Be a recent graduate (completed your studies within one year of applying to this internship) or current student in graduate/undergraduate school program for a university or higher education facility accredited by UNESCO in the areas of business administration, marketing or related field (preferably Master’s degree, second degree/ Bac +4/5 type business school, Master Marketing / Trade or IEP);

• Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest of the work of the Organization;

• Good writing skills and very good oral fluency in French and English (essential);

• Capability of initiatives and autonomy, you show rigor and organization;

• Knowledge on how to work in an emergency and sense of priorities;

• Very strong interest in fundraising activities with the private sector (corporate and philanthropy);

• Excellent computer skills with Word, Excel, PowerPoint; • Initial experience (preferably) in international organization or NGO and a good knowledge of sponsorship in France would be an advantage; • Availability for a minimum duration of 6 months.

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Conditions

The internship is associated with an internship agreement for 6-8 months. It is a full-time role with working hours starting from 9 AM to 6 PM, Monday to Friday (40 hours per week). This is a paid internship as per UNHCR policy.

Location

The successful candidate will be based with the team in UNHCR’s office in Paris, France with potential teleworking depending on the actual status of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comment postuler

Interested applicants should submit their letter of motivation, dully completed (including all work experience) and signed Personal History Form (P11), and CV to hqpsphr@unhcr.org indicating ‘Internship, PSP PPH Paris’ in the subject of the email. P11 forms are available at PHF Form / Supplementary Sheet.

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.