Deadline: August 13, 2020
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners; peace-building, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.
Duration: 6 months
In order to enhance the impact of project implementation, UNOPS is currently developing new innovative solutions to help its partners achieve the Agenda 2030. Therefore, UNOPS has started creating a global system of innovation centers. Currently three innovation centers are already up and running in Sweden, Japan and in Antigua, and more centers are going to be opened.
This position will be located in the Global Innovation Centre in Sweden. Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Innovation Centre Manager, and in close coordination with the local team and stakeholders, the intern will be an integral part of the team driving concrete responsibility areas. The intern will learn and practice skills related to communications and event management.
UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.
With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.
Work life harmonization:
UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.
Functional Responsibilities:
- Help draft engaging and crisp material to use in GIC Sweden communication such as updates to stakeholders and steering group, invitations to events, presentation materials, joint communication with partners, etc.
- Actively participate in content creation and moderation of social media channels owned by UNOPS Innovation, covering all GICs.
- Support external communications by helping with incoming requests from various stakeholders, under the guidance of a supervisor.
Education/Experience/Language requirements:
1. All applicants must be enrolled in a university programme such as Bachelor, Masters or PhD. (or the equivalent) or have graduated from such studies within three (3) years prior to the application date of the internship.
- The preferred education is in the area of communication, journalism, graphic design, mass media, digital communication, public relations and other related studies.
2. Language Skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
- Swedish is desired but not required.
3. Computer Literacy
- Computer/tech savvy is desired.
- Video editing skills are desired.
4. Internship-related experiences
Communications experience from the public sector and/or large multinational companies is desired.
- Experience from the Swedish innovation ecosystem is a plus.
- Social media knowledge is desired.
- Messaging and story-telling to different audiences (formal/informal etc.) is desired.