Programme Management Intern: Support to Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy implementation and to the Network for Uniformed Women

Overview

This internship provides programmatic support for gender parity strategies for uniformed personnel in UN Peacekeeping Operations and supports the coordination of a network for uniformed women peacekeepers.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the conceptualization, organization and execution of online and other events and meetings;
• Assist in drafting, formatting and editing reports, communication materials and other written products;
• Support the creation and maintenance of an online information repository;
• Collect, analyze and visualize quantitative and qualitative information;
• Attend events/meetings/seminars and provide insights on results through meeting notes
• Conduct research on a wide range of topics and synthesize information
• Implement activities in support of the Office's efforts to implement gender parity strategies for civilian and uniformed personnel, including the Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy and the Gender Parity Action Plan, as required; and
• Perform other duties as required.

Required Experience

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. We seek candidates with relevant coursework in public policy, strategy design and project management, marketing, business/public administration, political science, information management, public relations, communication/ journalism, or data analysis and visualization.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (Master's degree, Ph.D., or equivalent, or higher); or (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's degree or equivalent). Be computer literate in standard word processing and spreadsheets software applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel or similar.

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