Environmental Affairs Intern at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The intern will support the team in the furtherance of its work on energy efficiency and sustainable cooling.

• Tasks to be undertaken under the supervision of substantive experts will include:
• Analysing submissions from parties and conducting related research on energy efficiency and sustainable cooling;
• Developing sections of background documents for key meetings, fact sheets and policy briefs and online resources and conducting the associated research;
• Supporting meetings taking place during the internship period.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
• be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) in engineering, environmental policy, or related field;
• be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in engineering, environmental policy, or a related field.
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work. experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
• Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme.
• Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage.
• Applicants should have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
• Ability to draft technical papers for general readership is desirable.
• Ability to deliver high-quality products under pressure is desirable.