27.2043, Internships: General Ling: Evaluating and Improving a Global Glossary on TVET : Unesco-Unevoc/Germany

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Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 10:08:28
From: Carolin Schaulandt [c.schaulandt at unesco.org]
Subject: Evaluating and Improving a Global Glossary on TVET

 

University or Organization: Unesco-Unevoc
Web Address: http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/go.php

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Voluntary
Internship Location: Bonn, Germany
Minimum Education Level: BA
Special Qualifications: Being in advanced stage of university studies (at masters level) in a relevant discipline, e.g. education, sociology, public management, international relations, political science, social sciences etc.;
Experience in evaluation/survey or any other process requiring the gathering of qualitative/quantitative data.
Interest or experience in the field of international education, TVET;
Excellent command of written and spoken English is compulsory; knowledge of other UN languages would be an asset;
Good analytical skills, willingness to learn;
Ability to pay attention to detail
Ability to work in a multi-cultural team. 


Description:
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education
and Training (TVET) in Bonn is currently looking for an intern to assist the
knowledge management team. The core-mission will be to build, plan and execute
an evaluation of the TVETipedia glossary, one of UNESCO-UNEVOC
online-services.

The TVETipedia glossary gathers 600 TVET terms and 1000 definitions from 100
sources worldwide. Before further developing the service, the Centre would
like to better know the profiles and expectations of its users. The evaluation
would need to be based on qualitative as well as quantitative data.

Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the TVETipedia development team, the intern
shall perform the following duties and responsibilities:

Assist in:

- Developing an evaluation of the TVETipedia glossary (Elaborating a
protocol;Gathering qualitative and quantitative data;Producing a short report
summing-up the findings, their analysis, and suggestions of actions)
- Adding and developing content for TVETipedia (definitions, further reading
articles…)
- Any other knowledge management activity or activities related to the
programme of work of the Centre as need arises and, where possible, according
to personal interests
- Any other task as assigned


Application Deadline: 

Contact Information:
	Carolin Schaulandt
	Email: c.schaulandt(at)unesco.org


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