Public Administration Intern

The internship involves conducting research in public administration, assisting during conferences and meetings, drafting analytical documents, and managing information and databases. The role supports the Department of Economic and Social Affairs with various tasks depending on the intern's background and assigned office.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in the areas of public administration and institutions, public service delivery and innovation, sustainable development, and digital government.
• Assist during conferences and meetings.
• Assist in research, drafting and preparing analytical documents.
• Assist with information management and database population.

Requirements

• Applicants must be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher).
• Applicants must be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• A field of study closely related to public administration, institutions, public service delivery, innovation, sustainable development, or digital government is required.
• 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.
• Applicants should have a good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
• Ability to design surveys and polls is desirable.
• Applicants who have previously served six months, in total, as an intern in one or more UN Entities in the UN Secretariat cannot be engaged as an intern.
• Applicants who are children, siblings, and sons or daughters-in-law (including stepchildren, half-siblings, or stepsiblings) of an active staff member in a UN Secretariat cannot be engaged as an intern.
• Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations.
• Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.
• Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization.

Skills

• Public Administration
• Research
• Survey Design
• Data Management
• Report Writing
• Meeting Support
• Conference Assistance
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams

Languages

English, French