Environment Affairs Intern: Environment and development

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is seeking an Environment Affairs Intern to support the Environment and Development Policy Section. The intern will assist with research, development of knowledge products, policy briefs, and support organization of events related to environment and development policies in the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on climate change and sustainable development goals.

Responsibilities

• Assist with relevant research for data collection and analysis in support of major knowledge products.
• Develop infographics, attractive and interactive presentation of GHG projections/scenarios, posters.
• Support with the development of policy briefs and other outreach material.
• Support the development of draft agenda, background documents and related side events and exhibits during various conferences.
• Assist the organization of webinars, online courses and subregional and regional consultations and climate awareness on the SDG Help Desk.

Requirements

• 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 level or equivalent).
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• A field of study closely related to the type of internship applied for is required.
• Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
• Design software skills in development of infographics, posters, and publications are desirable.
• Video development skills are an asset.
• Excellent communication skills (speaking and writing) in English are required.
• Ability to draft news articles and/or social media posts is desirable.
• Ability to design surveys and polls is desirable.

Skills

• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• Infographic Design
• Poster design
• Publication Design
• Video development
• News Article Drafting
• Social Media Content Creation
• Survey Design
• Poll Design
• Research
• Policy Brief Writing
• Event Organization
• Climate Change Policy
• Sustainable Development Goals

Languages

English