Batch Recruitment Internship – Admin & Finance Intern, Yaounde and Buea Cameroon (6months)

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, Sustainability 

UNICEF has been working in Cameroon since 1975 to allow women and children to fully realize their rights to development without restriction, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF provides financial and technical support to Cameroon across seven areas to fully realize the rights of women and children. These areas include Health, HIV/AIDS, Water-sanitation-Hygiene, nutrition, education, child protection, and social inclusion. UNICEF focuses mainly on children and the most vulnerable and excluded families. The task is immense but not insurmountable; it requires the energy of all stakeholders in Cameroon and out of Cameroon: also, women, men, youth and children, government, technical and financial partners, donors, civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians, communities. Everyone is invited to take part in the struggle to meet the challenges that lie ahead. It is together that we will act for Cameroon, a country that summarizes the challenges and hopes of Africa.

Link https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/CMR/SitePages/AboutUs.aspx

How can you make a difference? 

Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, CFO, the Admin & Finance Intern is responsible for executing a broad variety of procedural and administrative tasks for the administrative unit in Buea field office. Intern will perform the following tasks:

• Supports organization of conferences and catering by making the logistical arrangements, through engaging with requesting sections, caterers and or event organizers.
• Liaises with budget focal points and section over costs and needs.
• Supports staff members in section for travel arrangements and entitlements based on the organization’s rules and policies.
• Provides comparison table to obtain the best service and price for all travels.
• Supports management of administrative supplies, office equipment, and updating inventory of items.
• Supports end of year physical count.
• Organizing the archiving of payment files, DCTs, liquidation FACE and ALL other accounting and financial documents.

For more details see the attached Terms of reference: 

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Be aged at least 18 years.
• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in Business administration, Finance, Accounting, procurement area of studies; candidates with master’s degree or currently pursuing master’s degree will be given preference;
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records;
• Good interpersonal, networking and communication skills;
• Fluency in spoken and written French or English;
• Previous experience as a volunteer (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be desirable;
• Computer skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and social media);
• Ability to coordinate with teams, support data analysis and minutes writing.
• Have no direct family members (father, mother, brother, sister) working for UNICEF, and have no other relatives in the line of authority to which the intern will report.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are (1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness(3)Drive to achieve results for impact(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:  

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable females candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.