Country: Canada
City: Winnipeg
Organization: University of Winnipeg
Theme: Other
Job years of
experience: N/A
Job type: Internship
Deadline: February
18, 2013
• Eligibility
Requirements • Application Process • Position Descriptions • Success Story
Global College is pleased to invite applications for 2013 –-
2014 associates placements in Indonesia,
Kenya, Morocco and Tanzania. Five (5) applicants will
be selected as Global College Associates to work in offices of the
International Labour Organization’s
(ILO) Youth Employment Network (YEN). The program is directed at recent
Canadian university graduates, and expenses for the associates program are
supported by a contribution from the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA). Over the course of this decade the world will witness an unprecedented
youth bulge with over 1 billion young people entering global labour markets.
Recent economic conditions indicate that the supply of jobs is shrinking, while
many young people do not have the skills and experience needed to attain what
jobs are available. Governments and partners in the UN system recognized the
urgency of this challenge by setting up YEN in 2001. Our associates program
brings together YEN and the University of Winnipeg Global College to assist
partner countries to respond effectively to the youth unemployment challenge
through assigning interns as “"YEN Associates"” to key national
institutions While the long term objective of the Global College/YEN associate
programme is to increase the participation of young Canadians working in
international development, the immediate objective is to provide youth
employment institutions with a skilled labour force to assist them in
delivering their work plans. For the past two years our YEN Associates have
successfully worked with these institutions developing and implementing policy
and programme to promote youth employment.
Eligibility Requirements: In order to be eligible for this
program you must be: 1. Between 19 and 30 years of age at the time of signature
of agreement with the Global College; 2. A Canadian citizen or Permanent
Resident legally entitled to work in Canada; 3. A post-secondary graduate; that
is, graduate of a degree or diploma program in a university, college,
post-secondary school of technology, post-secondary institute or a CÉGEP (College
d’enseignement general et professional, Québec); 4. Unemployed or underemployed
(underemployment can be interpreted as: individuals working in their field of
study but only on a part-time basis; individuals working on a full or part-time
basis in an area not related to their field of study); 5. Out of school (with
no courses, co-op terms or thesis left to complete to satisfy current degree
requirements; interns cannot use the internship as a credit to graduate); 6.
Ready to begin your professional career; 7. Have not participated in an
internship within the Career Focus stream of the Government of Canada’s Youth
Employment Strategy (YES). Please review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
for Interns for additional information on eligibility:
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/acdi-cida.nsf/eng/ANN-914135058-NXE
Additional Criteria:
The following
criteria will be used in assessing the applications we receive
• Degree in a related
field
• French language
skills (Required only for the Morocco
posting with ILO and EFE)
• Work experience in
international development or cooperation
• Experience working
or living abroad
• Gender sensitivity
• Cultural
sensitivity
• Leadership
initiative and work ethic
The following general
description applies to all positions:
• Assist Lead Country
partners with ongoing activities to meet their objectives and timeline regarding
development of National Action Plan for Youth Employment
• Assist in
developing guidelines for the Governments mainstreaming strategy on youth
employment
• Assist ILO to
support IYEN to develop provincial action on youth employment
• Assist the development
of IYEN's knowledge platform
• Assist in
developing social marketing for resource mobilization
• Assist in
organizing capacity building gender and cultural sensitive events for IYEN
members
• Assist National
Programme Coordinator with any other tasks
How to apply:
Application Process
If you meet all of the eligibility requirements, you are
invited to apply as follows: 1. Review the Eligibility Requirements (above) and
carefully read over the Position Description (below) of the position(s) for
which you are applying. If you are applying for multiple positions please
indicate them in your online application and letter of application - Do not
submit more than one application. 2. Complete the online application format:
https://docs.google.com/a/globalcollege.ca/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=...
Submit a Letter of
Application (professional cover letter) and your CV/Resumé to
global.college@uwinnipeg.ca indicating "IYIP Application" in the
subject line.
NB: Your application will not be considered complete until
your online application, letter of application, and CV/Resumé have all been
received prior to the application deadline. General Position Description
This could be the start of a rewarding career in
international development. Next year, this spot could be featuring your success
story! Apply now to the International Youth Internship Program (IYIP)