24 November 2024-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

• Type of assignment: Internship

• Number of available positions: 2

• Country of assignment: Italy

• City of assignment: Rome

• Hiring Unit: Climate and Resilience Service

• Supervisors: Asset Creation & Livelihoods Officer/ Skills Development Officer
• Working arrangement: In person

• Duration of assignment: 6 months
• Expected Starting Date: December 2024

• Data collection and analysis: collect and analyze data from Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and Annual Country Reports (ACRs), Decentralized Evaluations, studiesor other sources to provide insights and inform reports or communication material on asset creation and livelihoods skills development.
• Technical and Fundraising support: support the drafting of infotechs, guidance, strategies and PGMs , concept notes, proposals, articles, guidance and other technical and promotion materials
• Knowledge management: Support the Knowledge Management Focal point in the Team in managing and maintaining the Team’s knowledge management platforms (Teamwork Space, Teams, WFP.go, Go.docs and Doc360), focusing in particular on FFA and FFT programmes, and support the finalization of the FFT manual or the revision efforts of the FFA Manual.
• Liaising with WFP offices and partners: Support team members in setting up regular and occasional meetings and organize webinars with WFP’s RBx, COs and other partners and writing note for the records for such meetings, regularly updating the contact information for CO and RB focal points.
• Communications: Support team members in liaising with the PPGR communication team, provide relevant material and wording for specific communication material.
• FFA and FFT evidence and advocacy material stock take: Stock take evaluations, good practices, fact sheets and briefs, and other pieces of evidence available in WFP/externally, which demonstrate positive outcomes and impact of FFA/FFT progammes.

• Be currently enrolled in an undergraduate programme (for example, Bachelor’s degree) from a recognized university and have completed at least two years of the programme; OR
• Be currently enrolled in a graduate programme (for example, Master degree); OR
• Be a recent graduate from an undergraduate or graduate programme (within six months prior to the application to the internship programme);
• Classes attendance in the last 12 months of enrolment in a recognized university.
• Excellent written and spoken English is required (proficiency/level C). Working knowledge of another official UN language (French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian plus Portuguese) is an asset.

• Have a good understanding of WFP’s asset creation and livelihood skills development programmes, supporting the food security of millions of people every year by rehabilitating landscapes, improving natural resource management, and building small scale infrastructure and skills.
• Have a general understanding of what resilience building means within WFP and what are the key priorities for the humanitarian and development sector to address recurrent crisis.
• Have a broad understanding of the work of an action-oriented UN organization such as WFP, its key corporate processes and main longer term development
• Have experienced working as part of a multi-cultural team including field-based colleagues.
• Be acquainted to the challenges and opportunities of interacting and working with multiple country offices and regional bureaux.

• Interns receive a monthly stipend from WFP up to the maximum amount of US$1,000 per month depending on the duty station of assignment.
• WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, VISA requests and related costs.
• WFP will reimburse travel ticket for candidates who are nationals of developing countries and are pursuing their studies in their home country.
• WFP will recognize candidates’ educational credentials from recognised institutions that have been certified by competent international or national authorities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or Ministries of Education.
• Sons, daughters, brothers, or sisters of current WFP employees are not eligible to apply.

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at

  global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org

  in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified