Duties and Responsibilities

Under the general supervision of the Rome Liaison Officer and the direct supervision of the Team Assistant, the incumbent will carry out the following tasks: – Translate press releases/articles/news related to UNICRI’s mandate, from English into Italian for the website www.onuitalia.it, from the official UNICRI website and other UN sources, research institutes, governmental and non-governmental organizations’ websites. – Assist in editing, updating and uploading news onto the website www.onuitalia.it. – Draft tweets in Italian for OnuItalia’s Twitter account and translate tweets posted on UNICRI’s Twitter account – Draft a daily press release with the major news from UN agencies and the international press – Conduct research and provide analysis on topics related to the UNICRI mandate collected as background documentation in support of institutional meetings, conferences and new areas of interest for UNICRI training activities. – Assist in drafting and preparing background documents, reports, issue briefs, talking points, articles, presentations etc, produced by the Rome Liaison Office. – Assist in the organization and implementation of the training activities organized in cooperation with UNICRI’s Partners in Rome. – Monitor regional and global news sources for articles and stories relevant to UNICRI’s projects, programmes, and Rome Liaison Office’s activities. – Assist in data collection and in maintaining databases concerning Ministries, Embassies, Special Missions, UN Agencies, Diplomatic Corps, AICS (the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation), press and media contacts. – Perform other job-related duties as assigned. The intern will work both at the Rome Liaison Office and from home.

Qualifications/special skills

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). Preferable fields of study: foreign languages, literature, translation, journalism or other related fields. 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. Ability to draft news articles and/or social media posts in desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Fluency in spoken and written Italian is also required. 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.