Responsibilities
Under
the direct supervision of the Programme Officer, the intern will support the
Office in its role as UNEP’s liaison with Major Groups and Stakeholders. In
this context, the Office seeks energetic and motivated interns to begin in
October 2025 and contribute to the following areas, as assigned:
- Assist in planning and organizing key events,
including the Global Consultative Meetings with Major Groups and
Stakeholders, the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum, and the
Youth Environment Assembly, as part of the preparatory process for seventh
session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7).
- Support coordination and planning meetings for
Major Groups and Stakeholders and their Major Groups Facilitating
Committee (MGFC) during UNEA-7, including logistical and technical
assistance and post-event reporting.
- Assist with meeting support in the Green Room,
manning and receiving clients / and participants at the exhibition booths
by Major Groups and Stakeholders during UNEA-7.
- Support colleagues in the registration of civil
society actors processes: verification and approvals of requests received.
- Participate in meetings and assist with
developing agendas, taking minutes, and preparing written summaries of
discussions.
- Support accreditation of applications from
non-governmental observers in all steps of the process.
- Facilitate engagement of Major Groups and
Stakeholders in meetings of the Committee of Permanent Representatives and
its informal Group of Friends.
- Assist with organizing follow-up activities,
meetings, workshops, webinars and conferences related to the engagement of
Major Groups and Stakeholders.
- Support in any communication related matters on
substance: website updates, social media outreach and email communication
to Major Groups and Stakeholders in line with UN mandates and guidelines.
- Undertake other tasks as requested.
Qualifications
- A first-level degree (bachelor’s or equivalent)
in environmental and / or international relations, social and political
sciences; sustainable development, law, philosophy, political science or
cultural and social studies and related fields is required; and
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme
(second university degree or equivalent, or higher) OR
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a
first university degree program (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent);
OR
- Have graduated with a university degree
- 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.
How to Apply
