Urban Law Intern (Multiple Positions)

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is seeking Urban Law Interns to assist in research, analysis, and support activities related to urban law topics such as urban planning law, housing law, and climate-smart urban planning legislation. Interns will contribute to reports, maintain databases, support events, and produce a personal project aligned with the Section's goals.

Responsibilities

• Assist in conducting research and studies on various urban law topics such as urban planning law, housing law, public participation, and climate-smart urban planning legislation.
• Provide proactive and responsive backstopping support to ongoing and upcoming projects, ensuring smooth implementation and overcoming challenges.
• Conduct in-depth analysis and presentation of data collected from diverse sources to offer insights for informed decision-making.
• Contribute to written outputs, draft background papers, reports, and studies, and participate in developing publications on housing, land, property rights, urban law assessment, and land law assessment report.
• Assist in the population and maintenance of the UrbanLex database, ensuring accuracy and relevance.
• Apply the Section's toolkits, ensuring integration and maximizing impact in urban law and governance practices; contribute to enhancement of toolkits.
• Contribute to creation of communication materials and updates for the Section's websites.
• Organize expert group meetings, consultative sessions, conferences, and other events; support outreach activities and promote knowledge-sharing within the urban law community.
• Produce a personal project aligned with the Section's goals and objectives.
• Undertake any other duties required to ensure the Section's effective functioning and successful implementation of initiatives.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher), or be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent), or have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent.
• Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
• Have demonstrated a 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.
• Preferred areas of study: Studies in law, international relations, or diplomacy.
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience but must have a field of study closely related to the internship.
• Experience in carrying out research on urban law related to urban planning, land, climate change, and housing is required.
• Experience in the review and analysis of legal documents is required.
• Experience in organizing events or supporting outreach activities is desirable.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required; knowledge of another UN language is desirable.

Skills

• Research on urban law
• Legal Document Analysis
• Urban Planning
• Housing Law
• Climate Change Law
• Event Organization
• Outreach Support
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Report Writing
• Database Management

Languages

English, French