Work Location

Geneva

Expected duration

Six months

Duties and Responsibilities

The Team seeks to increase the visibility of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) and the interlinkages with the Rights of Older persons. It works to elevate OHCHR’s work on economic inequalities and its role on ‘Leave No One Behind.’ Their work is cross-cutting across the three teams of the Branch: Sustainable Development Goals, Right to Development, and Economic Social and Cultural Rights, and complementary to the ongoing work of the Surge initiative. The Team also identifies and conceptualizes advocacy, development, and partnership opportunities and materials. For outreach to stakeholders, the team relies on global advocacy tools and campaigns, event planning, capacity building, and research. Under the team leader’s directions, illustrative duties include: ● Support the conceptualization and writing of projects and initiatives ● Identify funding opportunities and support grant-writing. ● Support the design and organisation of various capacity building training and workshops ● Research on areas linked to the teams responsibilities ● Drafting human rights briefs, infographics, and other written materials about ESCR, climate change, right to development, and economic inequalities for internal use or to support reports being drafted. ● Participate in engagement with stakeholders from other UN agencies, civil society, or academia.

Qualifications/special skills

Minimum first degree in related areas of specialization ( Law, Mass Communications, Journalism, Economics) Masters degree in Law/ Communications/ Journalism/ Economics .

Languages

Fluency in Official UN languages Desirable

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.