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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements.

It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.

Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Management Officer of the Innovation Unit, the intern will contribute in the following ways;

Support the drafting of outputs such as concept notes, background notes, technical studies, case studies and other thematic analyses for projects and initiatives within the Innovation Unit, particularly the Climate Smart Cities Challenge, the Cities Connect initiative and the upcoming Co-Designing Urban Futures programme.

Conduct research on challenge-driven innovation, including data collection and drafting of chapters and case studies.
Help draft the UN-Habitat playbook on challenge-driven innovation for local governments, and contribute inputs and sections.
Help draft chapters for the UN-Habitat playbook on climate-smart cities, including collecting and producing relevant case studies.

Support the development of web articles, posters, infographics, presentations and other communication products to raise visibility of the Innovation Unit's programmatic work related to urban innovation and climate-smart cities, in close collaboration with project teams within and outside the Unit.

Update the innovation and smart cities web pages on UN-Habitat's website regularly.

Help organize the Innovation Unit's relevant events, including webinars, in-person expert meetings, roundtables, and support in event advocacy and any other communications and capacity development activities.

Assist in planning, promoting and organizing meetings or substantive presentations and the day-to-day operations and the preparation of special events of the Innovation Unit, including taking notes.

Support the organization, promotion and coordination of new innovation projects, events, partnerships, and other initiatives, as tasked by the supervisor.

Support the promotion of the Innovation Unit's work in the preparations towards the World Urban Forum in November 2024.

Perform any other tasks as assigned by the team or supervisor.
Due to a high volume of applications received, ONLY successful candidates will be contacted.

Requirements
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:

Graduate or Post Graduate studies in Communications, Strategic Design and Management, Media, Journalism, Information Design, Web Development, Public Relations, or any other related studies.

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. Background in urban development, sustainability, smart cities or innovation is desirable.

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 Arabic is desirable.