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Applications are now open for the 2026 UNICEF Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Remote Internship.
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the first global multilateral fund dedicated to supporting education for children and youth (3–18-year-olds) in countries affected by wars, disasters, and protracted crises. It was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by a broad coalition of international aid agencies and public and private donors to usher in faster and more sustainable education responses in crisis settings.
WORTH
- Interns will receive a stipend based on their location. USD 1,700 per month in the following offices: New York, Geneva, and Copenhagen; or 70% of the monthly salary of the GS level 3 step 1 in all other the duty stations.
ELIGIBILITY
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Be at least 18 years old at the time of application.
- Be enrolled in a master’s degree programme or have graduated from a bachelor’s or master’s degree within the past three years.
- Have an academic background in any of the following:
- Education, international humanitarian/development and/or social sciences.
- Quantitative and or qualitative data analysis skills: data cleaning and management, analysis, impact evaluation, applied statistics (using R, STATA, Excel, Power Query, Kobo).
- Have academic or professional experience in any of the following:
- Synthesizing information and drafting global level reports in English, preferably in education or education in emergency matters.
- Analytic skills (solid experience using Excel is required, candidates with experience using R, PowerQuery, and other data management and statistics software are encouraged to apply).
- Have lived experience in a low-middle income country.
- Be proficient in English (speaking, writing & reading) up to the highest standard.
- Proficiency in French and/or Spanish is a plus.
- Have no immediate relatives (e.g., father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office or in the ECW Secretariat.
- Are not disqualified under the UNICEF Child Safeguarding Personnel Standards (DHR/STANDARDS/2019/001), or as amended.
DEADLINE: December 19, 2025
