united Nations relief and works agency
for Palestine refugees in the near east
Internship Opportunity
UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance and emergency assistance. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 28,000 staff.
Background to the Humanitarian Principles
Endorsed by UN General Assembly resolutions 46/182 and 58/114, the Humanitarian Principles guide the work of all actors working in the humanitarian sphere. As an Agency with a humanitarian mandate – namely, to assist and protect Palestine refugees – these principles have been enshrined in UNRWA’s Regulatory Framework.
The Humanitarian Principles are understood as the following:
- Humanity: Human suffering must be addressed wherever it is found. The purpose of humanitarian action is to protect life and health and ensure respect for human beings.
- Neutrality: Humanitarian actors must not take sides in hostilities or engage in controversies of a political, racial, religious or ideological nature.
- Impartiality: Humanitarian action must be carried out on the basis of need alone, giving priority to the most urgent cases of distress, and making no distinctions on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religious belief, class or political opinions.
- Independence: Humanitarian action must be autonomous from the political, economic, military or other objectives that any actor may hold with regard to areas where humanitarian action is being implemented.
Internship Opportunity – Intern – Graphic Design
Department: Executive Office
Duty Station: Remote
Type of Appointment: Part time internship (the intern would be expected to be available during varying
times between 0800 and 1600 Amman time)
Duration: 03 months
Languages required: Arabic and English
Expected Starting Date: ASAP - Negotiable
Terms of Reference:
Daily responsibilities will depend on the individual’s background. Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
§ Assisting in the design of brochures, reports, one pagers, infographics etc.;
§ Innovatively improve the look and feel of key internal guidance documents in Word and PowerPoint and/or other presentation tools within the confines of UNRWA’s style guide
The intern will work under the supervision of the Graphic Designer.
Minimum Qualifications and Skills:
§ Be enrolled in a graduate or final year undergraduate degree majoring in Graphic design, Communication Design, Interactive/Digital design or IT related field
§ Proficiency in InDesign, MS SharePoint, MailChimp, and PowerPoint
§ Ability to layout texts in Arabic and English
§ Excellent IT skills particularly in relation to the application of graphic design to online content
§ Strong attention to detail
§ The following skills are also desirable:
o Video Editing
Special Notice
- A completed application (Cover Note or Personal History Profile) is required. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
The Cover Note must include:
· Your availability for the internship (start and end date), as we recruit interns throughout the year for assignments of at least 3 months. Please note that start and end dates are flexible: Winter/Spring (January to April); Summer (May to August); Fall (September to December)
· List IT skills and programmes that you are proficient in
· Explain your interest in this Internship Programme
· Due to a high volume of applications received, ONLY successful candidates will be contacted. Your application will be evaluated based on the information provided in the PHP and not on any attachments.
· The internship is not financially remunerated.
· Interns work five days per week between the hours of 08:00 and 16:00 Amman time under the supervision of a staff member in the office to which they are assigned.
Should you be interested in this short-term assignment, please send your CV or PHP form at internship@unrwa.org as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than 9 November 2021. Early applications will be considered as they arrive. Please do mention in the subject line “Graphic Design Internship”.
How to apply:
Should you be interested in this short-term assignment, please send your CV or PHP form at internship@unrwa.org as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than 9 November 2021. Early applications will be considered as they arrive. Please do mention in the subject line “Graphic Design Internship”.