Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Intern

This internship is located in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Office of the Under-Secretary-General, Programme, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit. The intern will support drafting and reviewing programme plans, preparing meeting summaries, consolidating inputs for reporting, assisting in data collection and analysis, and supporting follow-up on evaluation findings.

Responsibilities

• Support the drafting and review of DESA’s proposed programme plan for 2028.
• Draft background papers and senior-level talking points.
• Prepare meeting summaries, concept notes and presentations.
• Consolidate input to senior managers compacts and to Secretariat wide reporting processes related to gender equality, disability inclusion and multilingualism.
• Contribute to the drafting and reviewing of monitoring and evaluation reports, including evaluations and audits conducted by oversight bodies.
• Assist in data collection, review and analysis of responses to evaluations and audits conducted by oversight bodies.
• Support the follow-up to the implementation of findings and recommendations of internal and external evaluations.
• Research, analyze and present information gathered from diverse sources on economic, social and sustainable development topics.
• Perform other duties as required.

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 must be computer literate and have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams and MS Copilot.
• Must have excellent drafting skills in English, ability to analyze, synthesize and extract essential information.
• The successful applicant must be detail oriented, diligent, and deliver high-quality documents.
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• A field of study in business administration, programme management, economics, political science, international relations, public administration, evaluation or a related field is required.
• Expertise with data collection and visualization tools will be an advantage.
• 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 is required for the internship.
• Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an asset.

Skills

• Programme Monitoring
• Programme Evaluation
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Report Writing
• Drafting Skills
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• Microsoft Copilot
• Information Synthesis
• Meeting Summary Preparation

Languages

English