📌 Type of Contract: Internship
➡️ Unit / Division: Programme Unit / WFP Ukraine
📍 Duty Station: Kyiv
➡️ Duration: 6 months
The position is only open to Ukrainian nationals.
What will you do in this position?
The Programme Intern will contribute to the implementation of all WFP programmes in the area of assignment of the Northern Regions Operations.
She/he will liaise with communities, local authorities, cooperating partners, and other stakeholders and ensure a two-way information flow between the area of responsibility and the Country Office.
Why work with WFP Ukraine?
The war in Ukraine has had drastic consequences, both for people inside the country and for those around the world who depend on its food supplies. The war has caused immense suffering for civilians, displaced families, and disrupted supply chains and food production. It has caused one of the fastest forced population movements since the Second World War. Close to 6 million Ukrainians are still living as refugees across Europe, and almost 3.3 million are internally displaced. Many have lost their homes and livelihoods. As food production and supply lines are disrupted by fighting, many families in the east and south of Ukraine do not have reliable access to nutritious food.
WFP uses a combination of food and cash assistance to support communities affected by the war. This includes working with local partners to distribute food boxes in areas near the frontline and providing cash transfers in locations where people have access to banks and markets to buy food. Since March 2022, WFP has distributed food and cash assistance equivalent to 3.01 billion meals to people displaced and affected by the war.
How can you make a difference?
Under the direct supervision of the Programme Associate, the Programme Intern will undertake the following tasks:
1. Perform specialized and/or standardised processes and activities within the specific technical area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
2. Provide programmatic support to the office in the implementation of WFP programmes following established targets and WFP’s policies and procedures.
3. Within the specific area of responsibility, compile data and support analysis and preparation of reports in order to support operational decision-making.
4. Arrange for and participate into regular field missions and meetings with local authorities and cooperating partners on commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food entitlements and other relevant issues to support effective communication flow and efficient operations.
5. Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services.
6. Perform data entry and data verification tasks on beneficiary lists received from local authorities and partners and provide relevant feedback to colleagues.
7. Communicate with beneficiaries as needed to clarify and rectify data received, with the utmost
professionalism and sensitivity.
To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have:
Education:
To be considered for an internship with WFP, applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
Experience:
Specific experience in one or several of the below topics is an advantage:
• Gathering information from multiple sources and reporting on the main findings;
• Data cleaning and management.
Knowledge & Skills:
Languages:
Fluent English (written and spoken)
Required Ukrainian
The UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization working towards zero hunger by 2030, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. Powered by the passion, dedication and professionalism of our 20,000 staff worldwide, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 80 countries to bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures. In 2020, WFP assisted 115.5 million people – the largest number since 2012. On any given day, WFP has 5,600 trucks, 30 ships and nearly 100 planes on the move, delivering food and other assistance to those in most need. Every year, we distribute more than 15 billion rations at an estimated average cost per ration of US$ 0.61. We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human capital through school feeding programmes. In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability. For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.