Intern – Communications and Advocacy

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities The Intern may be responsible for the following duties:

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

• Contribute to the maintenance of OSAA’s content calendar
• Contribute to the collection of strategic communication materials from various sources
• Contribute to the maintenance of Trello boards for OSAA events and/or campaigns ADVOCACY
• Contribute to the organization of OSAA events, including hybrid and in-person
• Contribute to the creation/maintenance of distribution lists for media and products outreach
• Contribute to the coordination of meetings with partners to advance OSAA’s advocacy agenda DIGITAL DESIGN
• Contribute to the production of data visualizations for OSAA knowledge products
• Contribute to the design of event flyers, social media assets and PowerPoint presentations
• Contribute to the creation of desktop publishing assets for OSAA knowledge products WEBSITE CONTENT MANAGEMENT
• Contribute to the maintenance of the information architecture on the OSAA website
• Contribute to the creation, curation and posting of multimedia content for OSAA’s website
• Contribute to the enhancement of the language versions of the OSAA website

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Contribute to the creation of multimedia content for OSAA’s official social media accounts
• Contribute to the monitoring of social media trends related to OSAA’s priorities
• Contribute to the titling and/or subtitling of short videos used on OSAA’s social media MONITORING & EVALUATION (M&E)
• Contribute to the compilation of analytics data from OSAA’s website and social media account
• Contribute to the collection of data from various OSAA surveys
• Contribute to the testing and research for tools to boost OSAA’s M&E capacity

Qualifications/special skills

To qualify for an internship with the United Nations, applicants must meet one of the following requirements:

• be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher)
• be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent) Interested candidates must be pursuing or pursued their degree in areas related to this Job Opening. In addition, interested candidates must:
• Be computer literate in standard software applications;
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter; and,
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views. 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.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the internship advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of other official languages of the United Nations is an advantage.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/241472?language=en