Intern - Social Sciences (Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Communications)

The internship supports communications work related to gender equality and women's empowerment within the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Section of the Social Development Division. Duties include drafting content for public information materials, producing multimedia materials, conducting research, assisting in event organization, and other related tasks under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Draft content for public information materials including social media, website content, news stories, and blogs.
• Produce multimedia materials such as infographics, presentation slides, event flyers, backdrops, banners, and short videos.
• Conduct research and compile information for reports preparation and production.
• Assist in organizing and convening events including commemorations, meetings, seminars, and workshops.
• Assist with photography and video coverage when required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Chief of Section.

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).
• Demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different backgrounds and beliefs, including willingness to understand and be tolerant of different opinions and views.
• Strong communication skills: speaks and writes clearly and effectively, listens and interprets messages correctly, asks questions to clarify, tailors language and style to audience, demonstrates openness in sharing information.
• Teamwork skills: works collaboratively, values others' ideas, places team agenda before personal agenda, supports group decisions, shares credit and responsibility.
• Client orientation: considers all service recipients as clients, establishes productive partnerships, identifies client needs, monitors developments, keeps clients informed, meets timelines.
• Planning and organizing: develops clear goals, identifies priorities, allocates time and resources, foresees risks, monitors and adjusts plans, uses time efficiently.
• Motivation statement must include planned internship period and mode, expected duration, starting and ending dates, and onsite/remote/mix mode.
• No working experience required but assets include practical experience with digital communication tools, social media platforms, graphic design, video editing and production using tools like Adobe or Canva.
• Experience creating content for digital publishing including adapting briefing notes, press releases and speeches for social media and websites.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex research into common language.
• Experience working on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, particularly care economy or entrepreneurship.
• Fluency in English required; knowledge of additional UN official languages or Asia-Pacific languages is an asset.

Skills

• Digital Communication Tools
• Social Media Platforms
• Graphic Design
• Content Creation for Digital Publishing
• Video Editing
• Adapting Briefing Notes
• Press Release Writing
• Speech Writing
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Research Translation
• Gender Equality Expertise
• Women Empowerment Knowledge
• Entrepreneurship Knowledge
• Event Organization
• Multimedia Production
• Care Economy

Languages

English