UNICEF India internship

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UNICEF India internship

ANNOUNCEMENT UNICEF INDIA INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

12 June 18 August 2006

Background

UNICEF India Country Office invites applications for a full-time

India Internship programme from 12 June to 18 August 2006. Conceived as part of

a broader initiative to build a Knowledge Community for Children in India

(KCCI), UNICEF India is partnering with research and academic institutions to

encourage young students and scholars from around the world in engaging in

development issues pertaining to India's children and women.

The internship offers an opportunity for analysis, research and

documentation (written as well as film) of field level interventions

for children in India across a variety of areas: child development, child

protection, health, nutrition, primary education, and water and

sanitation. The assignment will involve a combination of desk-work

and field work at the district or village level. The internship will

provide an opportunity for young graduate students from India and abroad to work

in groups under the supervision of a partner research institution.

Expected Outputs

The expected outputs from each team are: (a) 30 page written case

study ( A ten minute film clip documented by a trained film student in each

team. On meeting minimum quality standards, these will be published and

disseminated.

Eligibility

Applicants should be enrolled in a Masters level graduate programme

or a higher degree program, in one of the following disciplines:

anthropology, child psychology, demography, economics, education, engineering,

film making, human rights, international development, journalism, legal studies,

public health, sociology, statistics, rural development, social work, or any

other relevant area. Those who have completed their Masters level graduate

programmes in 2006 are also eligible to apply.

Applicants

should have excellent command of English, both written and spoken.

Applicants for whom English is not the first language will be asked

to provide standard test scores such as TOEFL scores.

Location

Selected interns will be placed in research institutions across

states where UNICEF has a presence. Likely locations are: Hyderabad (Andhra

Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Mumbai

(Maharashtra), Bhubhaneswar (Orissa), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Kolkata (West

Bengal), Jaipur (Rajasthan), and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).

Interns will report to New Delhi for an initial orientation before traveling to

their assigned duty stations where they will be based and from where they will

be expected to travel to village / district field sites.

Support

All interns are expected to bear the costs such as travel from home

to duty station and back, as well as accommodation and food for the

entire duration of the internship programme. UNICEF India will meet the expenses

incurred on the following: (a) travel from Delhi to the assigned state capital

after the orientation workshop, ( field trips from the State capital to the

field and, © travel from state capital to Delhi for the closing workshop at

the end of the internship programme. UNICEF will also provide Rs. 15,000 as

partial support to all interns for the two month period.

Insurance

UNICEF does not accept responsibility for medical insurance. Interns

must ensure that they carry appropriate medical and life insurance

coverage for the entire period of the internship, without which they will not be

able to participate in the programme.

Application

Interested and eligible students should download application from

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_forms.html (titled

Application for offices outside New York). Students are requested to indicate in

the cover letters their area of interest and preferred geographical area which

will be taken into consideration to the best extent possible. Please note that

the dates of this programme are non-negotiable and interns are expected to

attend the entire duration of the programme.

Due Date

Completed applications should be sent to indiahr@... no

later than December 15, 2005. Please write UNICEF India Internship

Applicationin the subject of your email. UNICEF India will contact only the

short listed candidates who will be subject to a phone interview. Final

selection will take place no later than 31 March 2006.

Jhumka Gupta, MPH

Doctoral Student

Department of Society, Human Development, & Health

Harvard School of Public Health

jgupta@...

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