Fellowship Application Form | UNHCR Innovation

Personal Information

First Name

Last Name

Title

Duty station

Contract expiry date

Nationality

Email address (UNHCR email address):

Are you a currently a member of UNHCR staff or affiliate workforce?
Yes No

To the best of your knowledge, will your current contract extend through the duration of the Fellowship?
Yes No

You and Innovation

Shortly describe what innovation means to you and why is it important for your work.

Why do you want to be an Innovation Fellow? How do you think this program will benefit you and/or the organization?

Challenge

Describe one pressing challenge you currently face in your operation at UNHCR. Why would it be important to address this particular challenge?

Tell us an example of a situation (Drawing from your personal or professional life)…

…when you had to convince someone that change was necessary. How did you go about it?

…where you failed at something in your professional life. What did you learn from it?

…where you worked on something which involved working with people/teams outside your own department or your organization?

Have you ever tried to use a new idea without being certain of the outcome? If yes, tell us what happened.

Innovation Assignment

How would you design a spice rack for a blind person? Talk us through the process.

Personality

Is there anything else you would like to tell us about yourself that would give us a deeper sense who you are?

During your Fellowship, which of the following will be your focus area?
addressing an operational challenge facilitating innovation directly with refugees

Questions for Refugee Innovation Facilitators

Please answer the following 3 questions in this section ONLY if you apply for a facilitation of refugee innovations.

What do you think are the most important skills in succeeding as a (refugee) innovation facilitator?

Do you work closely with refugees (or other persons of concerns)? Please elaborate.

Have you completed Livelihoods Learning Program (LLP)?
Yes No

Workshop

Would you be able to attend the Fellowship Workshop in January 22-27.2017, and are you willing to complete the required work before and after the workshop?
Yes No Maybe

Certification of Commitment

Yes I certify that everything in this application is accurate and that I will be, to the best of my knowledge, working for UNHCR through the duration of the Fellowship.

Yes I certify that my supervisor is aware that I have applied for this Fellowship and supports the use of 20% of time towards innovation work throughout the duration of my Fellowship.

Updated Resume

Please upload an updated resume. (Accepted formats: PDF, Word. Size limit: 2mb)

Contact details of your supervisor and reference person

Supervisor Person

Full name of your supervisor

Title/position of your supervisor

Email address of your supervisor

Telephone number of your supervisor

Reference Person

Full name of reference person

Title/position of reference person

Organisation/institution of reference person

Please state in which capacity the reference person knows you

Email address of reference person

Telephone number of reference person