Internship Openings at UN-Habitat

The intern will:

• National Urban Policy (NUP)
• Contribute to the review of introductory materials of the PLGS portfolio and research on contemporary topics related to National Urban Policy in the context of sustainable urbanization and the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. • Assist on the analysis and presentation of the data and information gathered from diverse sources in reports, tools, and normative products among others.
• Copy-edit and finalize project reports, tools, frameworks and other deliverables
• Produce a personal project that aligns with the goals and objectives of the Section, contributing to the overall mission of advancing knowledge and understanding in National urban Policy (NUP), Urban Rural Linkages, Metropolitan Development and corridor development.
• Review and produce summaries on existing courses to support National Urban Policy workstream’s effort to produce training packages ;
• Assist in translation and review of background documents, concept notes among others from English to French and French to English as appropriate.
• Urban-Rural Linkages (URL) and Metropolitan Development
• Contribute to the review and production of summaries on existing courses to support the Section’s effort to produce training packages on urban-rural linkages.
• Assist reviewing the introductory materials of URL workstream and research on contemporary topics related to the same in the context of sustainable urbanization and the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Organize expert group meetings, consultative sessions, conferences, and other events, support outreach activities, and promote knowledge-sharing within the Urban Rural Linkages (URL) community.
• Undertake any other duties as may be required to ensure the Section's effective functioning and the successful implementation of its initiatives.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
• Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter. Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Preferred areas of study: The candidate must be currently pursuing or have recently attained an advanced university degree in one of the following fields: Urban/Public Policy, Governance, Urban and Territorial development, Urban Development, Metropolitan Management, Project Development or Management, Architecture, or other related fields (Master or PhD candidate preferably).
• 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.

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Duties may include the below tasks, but are not limited to:

• Support the planning, design and implementation of capacity building projects and programmes at global, regional and country levels.
• Research assistance: Assist in conducting literature reviews, data collection, and analysis for ongoing research projects and workstream; Aid in the development, distribution, and analysis of internal UN-Habitat surveys in a variety of focuses, such as capacity building, university partnerships, and capacity building support needs assessments.
• Writing and editing: Assist in drafting and editing technical papers, reports, background documents, concept notes, and presentations. This includes facilitation of work with university and academia network as well as other research conducted by CDTU.
• Instructional design: Support in designing and implementing training products such as e-learning courses, applying instructional design principles for impactful learning
• Graphic design and video making: assist the unit with graphic design-related products including design of presentation template, infographic, webinar banner; planning, reviewing and coordination of the making of Global Urban Lecture videos.
• Project assistance: Provide support in planning, tracking, and reporting on project activities, ensuring deadlines and objectives are met; Assist in coordinating and communicating with stakeholders, including scheduling events/meetings and preparing meeting agendas and minutes; Support to maintain projects documentation, plans, and reports.
• Collaborative Work: Work collaboratively with other team members to undertake any other assignments as necessary to support the implementation of the unit’s work programme.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
• Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views. Preferred area of Study: Currently pursuing or hold a Master’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Education, Social Sciences, Geography, Public Administration, Business Administration, International Development, or similar relevant topic.
• 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.

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The intern will:

• Communication and Information Technology
• Contribute to written outputs e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies and inputs to publications.
• Assist with outreach activities which include the production of awareness materials to support the rolling out of the PLGS work plan,
• Assist with the production of communication materials: online versions of publications, updating the Section’s website and App Content Management System (CMS) with creating webstories, and providing improvements to the E-Learning tools available through creation of short explainer videos.
• Assist in improving the National Urban Policy database. Assist in cleaning code and test various functionalities like the PDF summary generator from the database. Experience with PHP (Laravel, Drupal, WordPress) and JavaScript frameworks (Vue and React).
• Assist to debug code and create wireframes using Figma, for user testing. 
• Assist in the development of the PLGS app. Experience in React Native.
• Assist in the development of the Urban-Rural Linkages database.
• Assist with Graphic design: layout of publications, reports, short articles, short meeting minutes, presentations, social media cards. Experience required in Adobe Suite tools: InDesign, Premier Pro, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Improve our online presence in terms of publication outreach through the creation of engaging short videos, and explainer videos. Assist in social media maintenance and regular posting.
•  Assist in creative ideas of outreach of our publications, by exploring how audio books could be made effective within the section publications catalogue.
• Administration and Finance
• Assist with liaising with different offices regarding individual communications requests and provide assistance with the review and publication of communication material (including. articles, broadcasts).
• Attend meetings with UN counterparts and coordinate follow-up to decisions within the section, as appropriate.
• Assist in preparing presentation materials including graphs, charts, excel tables and PowerPoint slides.
• Assist in organizing expert group meetings, consultative and other meetings and conferences, support outreach activities.
• Assist in drafting notes, minutes, preparation of reports and background documents.
• Assist in reviewing and Audit recommendations and follow up on the implementation.
• Create and compile a folder in Teams with important UN Circulars, Policies, rules, and regulations.
• Work closely with the PLGS Administrative Programme Management Assistants (PMAs) on administrative and financial issues/tasks.
• Assist in follow-up of PLGS administrative actions and requests that require approval from our UN-Habitat Management and Compliance Service (MACS) office.
• Assist in taking minutes for the PLGS Virtual/Hybrid Team meetings held regularly, when required.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher), b. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite). Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter. Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Preferred areas of study: The candidate must be currently pursuing or have recently attained an advanced university degree in one of the following fields: Communications and IT, Graphic design, Application Analyst, Application developer, Data analyst or other related fields (Master or PhD candidate preferably).
• 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.

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Responsibilities

• To participate in the processing of Archives according to established principles.
• To participate in identifying, digitizing, and uploading relevant documents on past UN-HABITAT project documents to knowledge resource page on in-house electronic system.
• To assist in identification, listing, transfer, and preservation of non-current records · To participate in the appraisal, disposal and developing finding aids to ensure efficient access.
• To participate adding content in the intranet · Provide management support of the Audio-visual Archives through processing the Audio-Visual collection of UN-Habitat according to format i.e., photographs, videos, films, and sound recordings
• To participate in the implementation of OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint Online

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite). Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Preferred areas of study: Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences, Knowledge Management and IT, Library and Information Sciences and related studies.
• 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.

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Responsibilities

• Assist in the definition and implementation of the communication strategy of the Planning, Finance and Economy Section, such as:
• Support and contribute in the communication activities, events and materials.
• Identify, collate and prepare informative and promotional materials for diverse media, researching different sources of information as required.
• Assist with writing of news articles, newsletters, reports, articles, and concept notes.
• Support in the graphic design, photo and video editing of outreach, promotion and information material, such as publications, presentations, catalogues, brochures, videos, flyers, infographics and handbooks.
• Review and monitor communication channels and metrics associated with the projects and initiatives.
• Research best practices for communication and identify the media that fits the projects objectives and purpose.
• Participate in team meetings, prepare minutes and help to coordinate follow-up activities.
• Create surveys and assist in their analysis and translation of results into various communication media/applications.
• Assist and plan activities and events regarding all the projects and areas UN-Habitat works.
• Write, Review, post, update content and create artwork (if necessary) to post on the website;
• Create web stories and social media posts related to the projects in PFES to be published on the official UN-Habitat platforms;
• Liaise with UN-Habitat Advocacy, Outreach and Communication Unit to ensure relevant content from the PFES is disseminated at the UN-Habitat corporate website, social media platforms, etc;
• Support the compilation of a library of photos, videos and stories;
• Other functions as required.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
• Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter. Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Preferred areas of study: Communication, Graphic Design, Public Relations, Journalism, or Media studies , International development, or related field that is relevant for sustainable urban development. 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.