Responsibilities
- Support
the implementation of ongoing water and sanitation projects in close
collaboration with the water and sanitation team.
- Review
and contribute to relevant progress reports on ongoing water and
sanitation projects.
- Undertake
desk research and analysis of issues and trends in water and sanitation
from diverse sources, including challenges to be addressed such as climate
change and gender parity and propose corrective actions.
- Prepares
various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections
of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
- Participate
in field missions to monitor and report on ongoing water and sanitation
projects.
- Support
the planning of online webinars and face-to-face workshops, including
preparation of background documents, invitation of speakers and
participants, drafting of talking points and meeting reports.
- Support
proposal writing and resource mobilization for water and sanitation
projects.
- Perform
other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
- 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: PhD, MBA, 4th Year Undergraduate, graduate of Sustainable
development, Civil/Water/Sanitation/Public Health Engineering, Urban
Infrastructure Planning, Environmental studies, education or related area.
- 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.
How To Apply
