Work Location

Vienna, Austria

Expected duration

This internship is foreseen to start in January 2025

Duties and Responsibilities

Position Overview The internship is located in the Global Programme on Implementing the Organized Crime Convention in the Conference Support Section (CSS), Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch (OCB), Division for Treaty Affairs (DTA), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna, Austria. Background Fraud has evolved significantly over the years, adapting to technological advancements and changes in society. It has become increasingly sophisticated, often using psychological manipulation, enabled by information and communications technologies (ICTs). The high volume and severity of fraud pose a significant risk to people, economies and prosperity worldwide, and have a negative impact on the public’s confidence in the rule of law. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through its Global Programme on Implementing the Organized Crime Convention: from Theory to Practice, has been assisting States in the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Organized Crime Convention) through adopting or amending legislative instruments and developing and implementing strategies, policies and plans to address transnational organized crime, including organized fraud. The international community has recognized the worrying scale of fraud and the need for joint efforts in preventing and combating fraud. In resolution 78/229, the General Assembly reaffirms the importance of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in fulfilling its mandate on crime prevention and criminal justice, including providing Member States with technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance in respect to all forms of crime, including fraud. In October 2024, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) at its twelfth session adopted resolution 12/2.This is the first UNTOC COP resolution on the evolving and growing threat of organized fraud carried out by organized criminal groups on a massive scale throughout the world. UNODC Global Programme on Implementing the Organized Crime Convention is working on preventing and combating organized fraud through knowledge management (i.e. populate the SHERLOC (Sharing Electronic Resources on Laws and Crime) database with relevant legislation and case law on fraud), tools development, capacity building and education and advocacy. With respect to tools development, UNODC, under the Global Programme, has developed an Issue Paper on Organized Fraud and is currently working on developing a legislative guide on combating fraud. In the upcoming months, the Global Programme, under the education and advocacy workstream, aims to develop one education module on organized fraud with the goal to educate, empower and engage current and future generations at the tertiary education levels on this threat. To this end, UNODC plans to organize a meeting of experts to receive comments and inputs on the raft education module. This internship is UNPAID and full-time. Interns work five days per week (40 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to which they are assigned. For more information on the work of UNODC, please visit the following website: www.unodc.org Primary Responsibilities Within this framework, under the guidance of a Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, the intern will support the work of the Global Programme on Implementing the Organized Crime Convention, with a focus on assisting in the preparation of the meeting of experts for the purposes of reviewing the draft education module on organized fraud and uploading legislation and case law to SHERLOC. Daily responsibilities will vary and depend on the intern’s background. Duties may include, but are not limited to: • Upload legislation, case law and other documents on organized fraud to the SHERLOC knowledge management portal; • Support during presentations of SHERLOC to States and civil society organizations; • Assist in the preparation of a meeting of experts for the purposes of reviewing the draft education module on organized fraud; • Assist the team in servicing intergovernmental processes on transnational organized crime, including the Working Group of Government Experts on Technical Assistance; • Conduct research on aspects related to organized fraud and draft background documents, presentations, and reports; • Support the development of UNODC’s communication and advocacy, the creation of web stories, social media content, and campaign materials and their uploading on relevant platforms; • Undertake other tasks and activities as requested.

Qualifications/special skills

• A field of study in law or a related area is required, preferably with a specialization in criminal law. • Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent). • 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. • Applicants should have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams. Knowledge of data management software applications is an advantage;

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.

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.