Intern - Programme Management

The intern will support the Sustainable Development Unit within the Executive Office of the Secretary-General by providing policy analysis, supporting coordination efforts, monitoring global trends related to sustainable development, preparing analytical reports and supporting meetings and events for senior officials. The internship focuses on advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development across various thematic tracks.

Responsibilities

• Provide policy analysis for the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), collaborating across the different areas of work within the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) and supporting coordination efforts with relevant divisions of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) and with United Nations Agencies.
• Help monitor, identify, and analyze global trends related to sustainable development, with a focus on one or several of the following eight thematic tracks: financing for development, environment, energy and climate change, health, gender, governance & peace and security, sustainable food systems, education, and SDG acceleration and partnerships.
• Support the preparation of analytical reports, papers, talking points, background notes, correspondence, key messages, video remarks, interviews, and daily briefs.
• Support the preparation of meetings, events, summits, and visits for senior officials.
• Support the transition of the new UN Senior Leadership.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in, or have completed, an undergraduate (Bachelor’s level or equivalent) or a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent or higher such as Master's degree or equivalent, Ph.D. or post-graduate degree).
• Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent).
• Work experience is not required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme.
• Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.
• Knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS Powerpoint, other presentation and visualization software and MS Teams, is desirable.
• Knowledge in report editing and drafting news articles and /or social media posts is desirable.
• Knowledge in data analysis using statistical software (e.g. R, Stata, SPSS) or AI-assisted tools (e.g. Copilot) to support coding, analysis or research is desirable.
• Fluency in English is required.

Skills

• Policy Analysis
• Programme Coordination
• Report Writing
• Data Analysis
• Statistical Software Stata
• STATA
• SPSS
• AI-Assisted Tools
• Copilot Agent
• Presentation Software
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• Social Media Content Creation
• News Article Drafting
• Meeting Support
• Event Support

Languages

English