Work Location

This internship is designed to be in-person and full-time at the New York duty station. However, flexible work arrangements at the duty station may be an option, with the agreement of the successful candidate and the internship supervisor.

Expected duration

2 months, beginning 27 May 2025

Duties and Responsibilities

The Secretariat of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) is responsible for supporting the work of CEB: the highest inter-agency body for coordination in the UN system on social, economic and related matters. CEB is chaired by the UN Secretary- General and is composed of the executive heads of 31 organizations of the UN system. It aims to advance cooperation and coherence among UN system organisations (specialised agencies, funds and programmes, and other related organisations) in programme and management areas through a coordinated approach on issues of system-wide concern. The NY-based Secretariat also supports the work of CEB’s High-level Committee on Programmes (HLCP). HLCP promotes policy coherence and system-wide cooperation, coordination and knowledge sharing in strategic programme areas and in response to emerging challenges of concern to the entire UN system. The Committee’s agenda is focused on critical sustainable development issues and global trends and major transitions affecting people and planet. For more information about CEB, please visit, https://www.unsceb.org. The intern will support the work of the CEB Secretariat by: • Assisting in the monitoring and analysis of the work of UN inter-governmental bodies, including meetings of the General Assembly and its main committees, as well as the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, ECOSOC and its functional commissions, on a wide variety of issues, including sustainable development, frontier technologies, financing for development, climate change, human rights, the peace-development-humanitarian nexus issues and emerging challenges; • Attending formal and informal inter-governmental and inter-agency meetings and debates and preparing meeting reports and summaries from those meetings; • Contributing to the substantive and organizational preparation for and follow-up to the meetings of CEB and HLCP, including by assisting in the preparation of briefing notes and background material, public information material, statements and talking points, and providing logistical assistance; • Assisting, through research, information collection and analysis, in the preparation of thematic papers on issues of UN system-wide concern and of interest to HLCP and CEB; • Drafting correspondence and other communication; • Creating content for the CEB corporate website; • Undertaking other tasks as required.

Qualifications/special skills

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) 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. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required. Applicants’ field of study should be related to sustainable development, with emphasis on economics. Experience in project coordination would be an advantage. Demonstrated ability to draft/edit summaries in English is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.

Additional Information

Not available.

Intern Specific text

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. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.