Overview
Support ongoing work on urban resilience and resilient infrastructure in the Arab States by conducting research, data analysis, and drafting materials.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct desk reviews of existing strategies and policy documents.
- Support the design and analysis of structured surveys, interviews and questionnaires.
- Support the collection and analysis of secondary and primary data.
- Support the identification and analysis of gaps in integration of urban resilience and DRR.
- Conduct research on good practices and approaches for localizing DRR and urban resilience.
- Draft analytical summaries, background notes, presentations, and briefing materials.
- Prepare knowledge products, including presentations, briefs, and communication materials.
- Ensure cross-cutting themes are reflected in all outputs.
Required Experience
- Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
- Experience or familiarity with urban resilience, disaster risk reduction, or climate adaptation is desirable.
Qualifications
- Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent).
- Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and MS Teams.
- Applicants must be computer literate in standard software applications including MS Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to conduct policy analysis and desk research is desirable.
