Internship - Communication specialist

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is seeking a Communication Intern to support humanitarian engagement with the Government of the UAE and partners. The internship involves monitoring humanitarian needs, event planning, information dissemination, social media management, and administrative support.

Responsibilities

• Support in monitoring, analysis, and reporting on humanitarian needs.
• Assist in planning events organized or co-organized by OCHA in the UAE.
• Support in developing and disseminating information material on humanitarian issues and ensuring visibility to OCHA UAE partnerships.
• Support coordination of meetings and consultations with partners in the country.
• Manage OCHA UAE’s social media content and UAE’s humanitarian aid visibility.
• Draft summaries, meeting minutes, and reports.
• Perform any other administrative work as required.
• Support the development of communication products on humanitarian needs targeting specific audiences.

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) in communication, media and international relations.
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
• Ability to draft news articles and/or social media posts is desirable.
• Fluency in reading, speaking, understanding and writing in English and Arabic is required.

Skills

• Communication
• Media Relations
• International Relations
• News Article Drafting
• Social Media Management
• Event Planning
• Information Dissemination
• Humanitarian Engagement
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams

Languages

English, Arabic