Intern, Programme implementation / Operations support

The internship is located with the UNODC Programme Office in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat. The internship is for six months, part-time and unpaid, supporting programme implementation and operations under supervision of professional staff. The intern will assist in organizing meetings, drafting training materials, social media campaigns, data collection, operations support including finance, procurement, HR, and archiving.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the organization of meetings, events and conferences, side events to strengthen strategic engagement with UN system partners.
• General support in processing, drafting and finalizing training materials.
• Provide assistance in social media campaigns.
• Support to develop communication materials based on good practices, impact example and achievements.
• Assist in data collection of science, technology and innovation practices.
• Conduct web research and provide analysis on science, technology and innovation and sustainable development issues.
• Add data to the databases.
• Provide support in operations, including finance, procurement, HR, general administration.
• Assist with archiving: prepare procurement materials for archiving, register the archived files, update the register of archived files.

Requirements

• Pursuing graduate degree in law, international relations, management, business administration, finance, social sciences or other relevant academic disciplines.
• Applicants must meet one of the following: (a) be enrolled in, or have recently completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) be enrolled in, or have recently completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
• Be computer literate in standard software applications.
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, including willingness to understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• A field of study closely related to the type of internship applied 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 recently completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. Programme.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Russian is required for the internship.
• Knowledge of Turkmen is desirable.
• Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage.

Skills

• Programme Implementation
• Operations Support
• Meeting Organization
• Training Material Drafting
• Social Media Campaigning
• Data Collection
• Finance Support
• Procurement Support
• Human Resources Support
• Archiving
• Computer Literacy
• English Fluency
• Russian Fluency

Languages

English, Russian, French, Turkmen