Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the
Environmental Affairs Officer the intern will:
- Assist in policy development, including
reviewing and analyzing issues and trends, preparing evaluations, and
conducting other research activities and studies.
- Support the Corporate Services Division (CSD) in
implementing UNEP’s Environmental Management System (EMS), enforcing
internal environmental policies, and identifying needs for drafting or
revising relevant guidance.
- Assist with initiatives aimed at reducing travel
emissions.
- Support survey initiatives by designing data
collection tools, reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting responses,
identifying problems or issues, and preparing reports.
- Assist in completing UNEP’s 2024 annual
environmental inventory.
- Support the identification of achievements
within the UNEP EMS cycle for each of the five (5) environmental aspects:
climate/energy, water, waste, staff sensitization, and sustainable
procurement.
- Assist in scheduling meetings, including
preparing agendas, compiling presentations, managing logistics,
communicating with members, and drafting meeting minutes and reports.
- Assist in managing sustainability aspects in the
context of UN reform offices and support other offices as needed,
including activities related to the Business Operations Strategy (BOS).
- Assist in updating the “WeCollaborate” EMS
webpage.
- Perform other tasks as assigned by the
supervisor.
Qualifications/special skills
- 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
degree or equivalent) in environmental sciences, business or public
administration, social science, environmental law, or related field.
- 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
