Intern - Programme Development – Subprogramme 4: Effective Urban Crisis Prevention and Response at UN-Habitat

 Responsibilities  

• The objective of this internship is to assist the team in charge of the coordination of UN-Habitat’s work on urban crisis prevention and response at Headquarters, which currently focuses on:
• The implementation of the UN-Habitat global programme on urban migration and displacement;
• The development and coordination of UN-Habitat response to crises in urban contexts, including development and backstopping of selected country programmes of UNH;
• The engagement of UN-Habitat in the implementation of the Secretary General’s Action Agenda for Solutions to Internally Displaced People (IDPs);
• The preparation of UN-Habitat’s contribution to flagship events in 2024, including the 12th World Urban Forum (4-8 November 2024) ;
• he coordination of programme development, reporting and monitoring.  
• Depending on his/her profile, the intern will support the activities related to the development, implementation and monitoring of programmes/projects, strategies and work programmes, projects, tools, outreach activities of UN-Habitat, and ad hoc operational support to the related functions of the team in charge of urban crisis prevention and response (Subprogramme 4 in UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2025), within the Programme Development Branch, Global Solutions Division.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),  
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),  
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent.    
• Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).  
• Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.  
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.  

Preferred areas of study:

• The candidate must be currently enrolled in the final year of a bachelor’s degree, or an advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in urban, humanitarian or development studies, social or political science, Business administration, public information, or a related field.  
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for 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.  
• Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application.
• Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage.  
• Your training, education, work, or volunteering experience might have given you opportunities to work on urban crisis/urban migration-related issues, which is a desirable criterion. If so, please explain how, using concrete examples.  
• Experience in communication and/or support to event management is desirable.
• Please explain how you meet this criterion using examples.
• If you have proficiency in computer software applications (E.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint), please explain how you excelled your skill.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
• For this internship position, fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Knowledge of another UN language is desirable.