Intern, Youth Programs and Domestic Advocacy

Canadian Unicef Committee • Ottawa, ON

10d • CA$0 - CA$27 • Onsite

About The Position

Join our Youth Programs & Domestic Advocacy team for a hands-on, meaningful internship where you’ll support youth engagement, event planning, communications, and activities in support of National Child Day/World Children’s Day. The Youth Programs and Domestic Advocacy team is seeking a motivated, organized, self-starter to join us as an Intern. You will assist with youth engagement, event planning, communications, and administrative duties to support the department’s planning towards National Child Day/World Children’s Day activities. In this role, you will also have an opportunity to work on projects to develop your skills in one or more of these areas: Youth engagement, Advocacy Programming and Government Engagement, Project management, Event planning, Safeguarding Considerations, Communications Skills.

Requirements

• Passion for children’s rights
• Strong interest in child and youth issues, youth voice and not-for-profit organizations
• Experience with youth engagement (is a young person themself, or has participated in similar activities as a youth participant), particularly youth events
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent time-management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Solid understanding of social media platforms

Nice To Haves

• Bilingualism in English and French is an asset

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination and execution of National Child Day (NCD), including tracking tasks, coordinating across Youth Programs and Domestic Advocacy teams, and supporting the timely execution of activities.
• Support youth engagement and the Youth Planning Committee (YPC), including liaising with UNICEF Canada staff, organizing and co-leading YPC meetings, and ensuring follow-up on action items and responsibilities.
• Support young people to prepare for participation in activities by coordinating briefings, materials, and logistical information to ensure meaningful and informed engagement.
• Contribute to content and materials development, including drafting and formatting internal and external communications and helping prepare engagement resources.
• Provide event and campaign support, including logistics coordination, event promotion, communications support, and post-event documentation and tracking.
• Support outreach and engagement efforts with MP and government offices in coordination with UNICEF Canada’s Government Relations Policy Specialist
• Provide support to key research assignments and/or youth engagement initiatives as needed

Benefits

• Consistent with our Child Safeguarding Policy, all successful candidates must receive clearance by a police background check (including a vulnerable sector screen).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed