Overview

The role supports the United Nations Information Centre in Prague with strategic communication priorities and administration. The intern will assist in disseminating UN information materials and bringing the United Nations closer to the people it serves.

Tasks Summary

• Assisting in maintaining digital communication channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• Adapting social media assets in Canva, designing and posting Instagram and Facebook stories, subtitling videos
• Assisting in editing/adapting content of UNIC Prague’s website
• Maintaining database of social media visuals and graphical elements in Trello
• Assisting in maintaining UNIC contact database (MS Excel, Mailchimp)
• Translating and editing (English-Czech and v. v.)
• Assisting in organizing public events
• Assisting with media monitoring
• Assisting in responding to public inquiries and media communication
• Assisting with logistics and administrative agenda
• Assisting with secretariat functions (mail, phone calls, emails)

Experience Requirements

Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience. A field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.

Qualification Requirements

• Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher)
• Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent)

Other Details

Languages Required: Fluency in spoken and written English is required. Fluency in spoken and written Czech is also required.

Languages Preferred: Knowledge of an additional official UN language is desirable.

Contract Duration: 3 months that may be extended up to a maximum of 6 months

Work Modality: In-Person, Part-Time

Remuneration: Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.