Career Event - Finding a Job at the UN

Holly White is the Managing Director of HWhite Group, a Boutique Human Resources consulting firm based in Brooklyn, NY focused on organizational effectiveness through alignment, engagement, and development of people and teams. Holly has spent over 25 years working as a Human Resources Professional spanning the public and private sectors. She spent 15 years working for the United Nations (UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA) both in the US and West Africa.  Holly earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

This event is organized by the Career Advancement Center.

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Open Mic & Poetry Night: Diaspora Stories

The Migration Working Group's second annual Open Mic night will be held at a bar called SUITE near Columbia: 992 Amsterdam Ave @ 7 pm. Food from Roti Roll and drinks will be served! This event serves to create a safe space for students to share their migration and diaspora stories in whatever form they desire #VoiceYourStory. 

Managing Humanitarian Crisis

Join EPD, HRHP, and MEI for a discussion with Su‘ad Jarbawi. Su’ad was formerly the international relations and aid management consultant for the Palestinian National Authority. She also served as a program manager for CHF International and as the Middle East regional director for Mercy Corps. Su’ad received her Master of International Affairs from Columbia's SIPA in the field of Economic and Political Development.

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The Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) within the Strategy, Planning, Resources, and Effectiveness Division (SPRED) focuses on assisting UN Women and partners to achieve higher-quality development results through an integrated approach that links strategic planning and Results-Based Management (RBM) with more effective and new ways of working.  The SPU is the custodian of RBM as well as field and HQ level strategic planning and results-based reporting in UN Women. The SPU provides quality assurance on strategic planning and results reporting exercises at the corporate and field levels. It takes a collaborative approach to strategic planning and programmatic learning, creating space for innovation enabling UN Women and its partners to be more effective, knowledgeable, and data-driven, and driving higher quality UN Women programming.  It is also charged with engagement in all planning inter-agency initiatives. SPU is also the leading unit as the business owner for UN Women results management systems to support strategic planning and results-based monitoring and reporting processes as well as data aggregation and analysis to communicate results with stakeholders.

Under the supervision of the Business Process Specialist, the intern will support the rollout of the Planning, Monitoring, and Reporting (PMR) Policy and the development of the PMR Procedure and Guidance. 

Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.

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This position is located in the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate (OVRA).  The mandate of the Victims' Rights Advocate was created as part of the four-pronged strategy set out in the 2017 report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse: a new approach (A/71/818). Its mandate is directed to ensuring that the rights and dignity of victims are at the forefront of all elements of the United Nations system-wide response to sexual exploitation and abuse alleged to be perpetrated by United Nations uniformed or civilian personnel and non-United Nations troops serving under a Security Council mandate. 

The intern will support the work of the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate and work under the supervision of the Human Rights Officer. 

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The Office of Supply Chain Management includes the Office of the Assistant Secretary-General for Supply Chain Management, the Logistics Division, the Procurement Division, the Uniformed Capabilities Support Division, the Global Service Centre, the Aviation Safety Section, and the Enabling and Outreach Service. OSCM is committed to building efficient, agile, responsive, accountable, end-to-end uniformed capabilities and supply chain solutions for all our global partners and clients.

The interns work as full members of our team, pursue projects that are designed to make a significant difference in OSCM, and have opportunities to learn about the United Nations overall.

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UNCDF is seeking an intern to be part of the Partnerships, Policy, and Communications Unit (PPC) in its Headquarters located in New York, United States. Working under the guidance and supervision of the Head of PPC, and working closely with PPC staff, the intern will support the ongoing work plan and goals of the unit, including but not limited to expanding partnerships; preparing policy briefs for high-level meetings; supporting the launch of major initiatives on blended finance and enterprises in Africa; and building and maintaining a base of knowledge about the Member States.

The internship manager is committed to providing the intern with the training, guidance, and support necessary to complete the duties and responsibilities effectively and within the internship period. This will include, but not be limited to, scheduled meetings (weekly) to assess output progress, systems training (where required), and completion of required university reports for the purpose of meeting any necessary Degree requirements.

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The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) was launched in June 2017 in New York. The AWLN seeks to enhance the leadership of African women in the transformation of the continent, in line with the Africa Agenda 2063 and the Global Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. AWLN serves as a continental platform to galvanize women’s leadership towards lasting peace and sustainable development, the promotion of gender equality, and women’s empowerment in all sectors and at all levels, building on, and working with, existing women networks. 

The Project Support Intern will work closely with the AWLN Policy Analyst; as a person supporting the implementation of a women's leadership project, the intern’s duties and responsibilities would be crucial in ensuring the success and impact of the initiative.

This is a part-time internship, The Resettlement Intern will assist case management staff in providing reception and placement services to newly arrived refugees as they adjust to their new lives in the US. (S)he will play a key role in helping refugee families access needed benefits and services within their first to six months in the United States. The intern will also perform a series of clerical and administrative duties to ensure client files are kept up to date.