AUC-UNDP African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Programme 2019 (Fully Funded Travel)

African young women leaders fellowship program is designed with the partnership between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This is the opportunity to work for the advance of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals.

The main objective of this program is to build a new generation of young African women leaders and experts to serve Africa and the world in designing and implementing development programs in the context of the SDGs and Agenda 2063. The program will be supporting 20 young African women who are ready to take up a fellowship assignment for 12 months starting from October 2019.

Eligibility

• National of an AU Member State
• Aged below 34 years at the date of application
• Hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Political Science, Business Administration, International Relations/Development, or other relevant fields
• Maximum 1 year of working experience in research, analysis, and program/project development, implementation and management
• Available in 2019/20 to dedicate 12 months for a fellowship program and available to participate in an induction workshop in Addis Ababa from October 2019
• Willing to live and work outside their country of residence
• Proficiency in at least one AU working language (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese) and working knowledge of English
• Understanding of, and interest in, poverty eradication, sustainable structural transformation, the SDGs and Africa’s Agenda 2063
• Capacity to gather comprehensive information on complex problems or situations, evaluating information accurately, analyzing and identifying key issues and solutions

Benefits

• The Fellowship Programme will cover expenses related to travel and medical insurance
• Each Fellow will be paid a stipend to cover accommodation and living costs at the respective duty station

Application Process

Your application must be in English and must include the following (to be scanned and uploaded as one document):

• A detailed CV
• A one-page motivation letter highlighting why you would be an outstanding candidate, your strengths and how your participation in the Programme would contribute to your future career
• A short essay of not more than 1,500 words (3 pages single-spaced) detailing your innovative solution to a complex development problem – youth unemployment.  Describe the nature of the problem, what are the underlying causes, who is responsible for solving this problem, what your innovative solution is and how you would implement it
• Copies of your academic degrees
• 2 professional references