Internship for Sustainable Development Goals Outreach and Partnerships

The internship offers an opportunity to learn and work in a dynamic environment focused on promoting and coordinating implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The intern will support various activities including research, event organization, stakeholder engagement, and drafting documents related to SDG implementation.

Responsibilities

• Supporting in drafting concept notes for events targeting the mobilization of stakeholders from different sectors towards their engagement on the SDGs.
• Contribute to the implementation of stakeholder engagement strategies and plans, including compiling and summarizing inputs from online consultations, drafting reports and outreach materials.
• Engage collaboratively in research and analysis as well as in drafting and reviewing documents on several topics as well as engage with stakeholders from different sectors and parts of the world.
• Assist with the organization of in person, virtual and hybrid events and training sessions, including by supporting with the preparation of agendas, co-drafting background materials, and meeting reports, providing technical support to events, monitoring and managing live substantive exchange, drafting public information materials, supporting outreach, including social media, preparing summaries, reviewing participants lists and preparing documents to be posted online.
• Contribute to the review of SDG Partnerships and follow up on their implementation, including analysis and research.
• Supporting the research for the preparation of papers and reports related to the SDGs, including in connection with international Conferences (such as the 2026 UN Water Conference) and intergovernmental meetings (for instance, the High-Level Political Forum, the ECOSOC Partnership Forum, the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum and others).
• Support stakeholder engagement in intergovernmental events and Conferences, including high-level special events and side-events selection and management.
• Attend intergovernmental meetings, expert events and webinars and prepare summaries.
• Provision of general office support (e.g. processing correspondence; maintaining online files and records in Sharepoint; taking meeting minutes for events; etc.).
• Supporting staff with outreach engagement, including communications and social media.
• Participating in person and virtual UN Headquarters events, as appropriate.
• Providing support to staff with website content updates.
• Other ad hoc related activities to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Requirements

• Applicants must be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or 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 software applications.
• Applicants are not required to have professional work experience for participation in the programme.
• Knowledge of issues in the context of sustainable development is an advantage.
• 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.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship.
• Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage.

Skills

• Sustainability Knowledge
• Research
• Event Organization
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Document Drafting
• Standard Software Applications
• English Fluency

Languages

English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish