Security Sector Reform Intern – Country backstopping

This internship is a six-month unpaid position within the Security Sector Reform Unit of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The intern will support UN peace operations with SSR mandates by assisting with country-specific activities, research, document drafting, data management, and organizing consultations and engagements.

Responsibilities

• Support country- and/or region-specific activities, including scheduling meetings, attending relevant Security Council meetings, taking notes and preparing readouts, reviewing and summarizing documents.
• Assist with the development of knowledge and guidance tools, including through literature reviews and research on good practices and lessons learned.
• Gather, research, analyze and present information from various sources.
• Assist with the drafting of various documents.
• Assist with data and information management.
• Support the organization of expert consultations and Member States engagements, including the annual meeting of senior SSR practitioners and meetings of the UN Group of Friends of SSR.

Requirements

• Applicants must be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's degree or equivalent).
• 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.
• Ability to design surveys and polls.
• 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 completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. Programme.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and French are required.

Skills

• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• News Article Drafting
• Social Media Content Creation
• Survey Design
• Poll Design
• Research
• Document Drafting
• Data Management
• Consultation Organization
• Engagement Facilitation

Languages

English, French