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Your role

About the position:

The duration of the internship is six (6) months. The internship is UNPAID and may be either full-time or part-time. It should be noted that full-time internship working hours are 35 hours per week, while part-time internship working hours are 20 hours per week. The internship will be undertaken either remotely outside the duty station or in a hybrid working arrangement at the UN Premise, New York, United States.

The position is located in the Office of Military Affairs (OMA), Department of Peace Operations (DPO). The incumbent reports to the Capability Development Officer (Gender Specialist) and other Desk Officers as required. The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) serves as a centre of excellence for peace operations, responsible for preventing, responding to, and managing conflict and sustaining peace in countries where peace operations under its purview are deployed, and provides support to other entities on peace and security issues.

The Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) focuses primarily on five action areas in international peace and security:

• Ensuring sound analysis and early warning
• Preventing conflict and engaging in peacemaking
• Managing political crises and violent conflicts
• Sustaining peace
• Enhancing partnerships

The Department's mandate is to prevent and resolve conflict through inclusive political solutions.

The internship is for six months depending on the needs of each office. They are targeting to hire 2 interns who will serve 6 months each, one after the other. The internship is UNPAID and full-time. Interns work five days per week (35 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to which they are assigned. The internship is UNPAID and full-time. Interns work five days per week (35 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to which they are assigned.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will depend on the individual's background, the intern's assigned office as well as the internship period. Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Assist in the implementation of the Gender Military Strategy and the Office of Military Affairs' work plan to operationalize women's peace and security (WPS) mandates, including working on political advocacy, strategic communications, knowledge management, and capacity strengthening.
• Assist the Office of Military Affairs in the development, activities, and work to operationalize the Women, Peace and Security mandate (1325), and develop a Gender Strategy for the military component in UN Peace Operations; including political advocacy, strategic communications, knowledge, and capacity building.
• Assist in collating and analyzing data and information to promote learning and knowledge management on women's peace and security in peacekeeping and the military component.
• Contribute to the implementation of the WPS communications effort for the Office of Military Affairs; including identification of the target audience. Assist in the development of content for strategic communications products, including drafting blog posts, articles, and other digital projects.
• Proactively contribute and support ongoing research on best practices regarding leadership and participation of women in the military component, in peace and political processes in selected peacekeeping missions.
• Coordination and support to related policy and guidance work.
• Support the OMA Gender Team with reporting responsibilities, through written inputs into reports and other documents and support to presentation preparation.
• Attend meetings as an observer.
• Manage meeting agendas and draft meeting notes.
• Assist with special projects as assigned.
• Perform any other duties as requested by the supervisor.

Duration: Flexible (Hybrid, all remote, or in-person). 6 months. The desired start date is 1 September 2024, or sooner.

About you

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).
• Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).

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's or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent.
• 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
• MS Teams

Languages:

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.​

Intern Specific text:

The United Nations does not financially remunerate interns. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

Benefits

The internship is unpaid, full-time.

If you join as a full-time employee, you will get the following benefits:

• Holidays and leave
• Health insurance
• Retirement pension
• Tax exemption
• Allowances
• Contribute to impactful global initiatives and work towards promoting peace, security, and human rights worldwide.

Training & development

Throughout the internship, interns will gain hands-on experience in implementing gender strategies, political advocacy, strategic communications, and data analysis to support women, peace, and security mandates. As an intern, you'll also develop valuable skills in research, policy coordination, and content creation for strategic communications within UN Peace Operations.

Career progression

You will be allowed to work with the United Nations people. As part of their team, working directly with outstanding and inspiring career professionals and senior management, you will be exposed to high-profile conferences, participate in meetings, and contribute to analytical work and organizational policy of the United Nations. Initially, you will take on the amount of responsibility you can shoulder; the growth potential, however, is yours to develop.

How to apply

The Motivational Statement must also include:

• Title of degree you are currently pursuing.
• Graduation Date (When will you be graduating/have graduated from the programme?)
• Explain why you are the best candidate for this specific internship.
• Explain your interest in the United Nations Internship Programme.
• In your online Personal History Profile, be sure to include all past work experiences, IT skills, and three references.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• youtube.com/unitednations
• careers.un.org/payandbenefits
• careers.un.org/job-level CP