Work Location

In-Person

Expected duration

6 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is the Secretariat Department responsible for strengthening international human rights mechanisms; enhancing equality and countering discrimination; combating impunity and strengthening accountability and the rule of law; integrating human rights in development and in the economic sphere; widening the democratic space; and early warning and protection of human rights in situations of conflict, violence and insecurity. The intern, under the general guidance of a primary supervisor, will be assigned to the Early Warning Analytics Unit (EWAU), within the Innovation & Analytics Hub (IAH), based in Geneva. The Innovation & Analytics Hub (IAH) is responsible for leading office-wide digital transformation strategy and supporting OHCHR in Data & Analytics, Human Rights Statistics, Foresight enabled Early Warning & Prevention and Applied Innovative Technology. The intern, based in the EWAU will support OHCHR in fulfilling its mission. Duties will include but are not limited to: – Support the preparation of OHCHR’s contributions for the United Nations Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC) daily report and enhanced monitoring update, for clearance within a set deadline; summarize submissions from human rights field presences, geographical desk officers, and OHCHR News Releases, according to priority information requirements; ensure data entry of all OHCHR contributions onto respective online platform; ensure distribution of the e-format version of the daily report to relevant stake holders; manage tracking matrix of inputs received, ensuring feedback to relevant partners within OHCHR, including geographical Desk Officers; conduct daily media and open source monitoring, checking various internal and external United Nations media sources, international and local media, OHCHR Press Briefing Notes, et cetera; highlight potential emerging issues or situations for submission to the UNOCC; – Support EWAU in the preparation of various documents and specialized reports, including drafting background papers on early warning and prevention mechanisms; assist in the maintenance of reference/resource information on specific topics; provide support with the organization of meetings, including serving as note-taker; liaise with relevant in-house and external partners as necessary or as requested by the Unit; – Perform other tasks as requested by the Unit Head or respective supervisor, as appropriate.

Qualifications/special skills

To qualify for the United Nations Secretariat internship programme, applicants must, at the time of submission, be a graduate or enrolled in a graduate school programme (i.e. Master’s degree or equivalent degree, or higher) or, be a graduate or enrolled in the final academic year of a first-level university degree programme (i.e. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree) preferably in the area of law, political science, international relations, social sciences or a related field, OR have graduated with a university degree as defined above AND, if selected, must commence the internship on the date specified in the Acceptance letter. Excellent communication and drafting skills. Please justify with examples. Strong analytical and research skills. Please justify with examples. Knowledge of human rights principles and international human rights mechanisms. Please justify with examples. Fluency in English (oral and written).

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship fluency in English is required (both oral and written), knowledge of French is an asset. Knowledge of another United Nations official language would be an advantage (i.e. Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

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.