Overview
This internship focuses on urban law, supporting research, analysis, and project implementation within the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). The role aims to contribute to the development of legal frameworks for sustainable urban development.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in conducting research and studies on urban law topics.
- Provide backstopping support to ongoing and upcoming projects.
- Conduct in-depth analysis and presentation of data.
- Contribute to written outputs, draft background papers, reports, and studies.
- Assist in the population and maintenance of the UrbanLex database.
- Apply and enhance the Section's toolkits.
- Contribute to the creation of communication materials and website updates.
- Organize expert group meetings, consultative sessions, conferences, and other events.
- Produce a personal project aligned with the Section's goals.
- Undertake other duties as may be required.
Required Experience
- Experience in carrying out research on urban law related to the thematic areas of urban planning, land, climate change, and housing, among others is required.
- Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),
- Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent.
- Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
- Preferred areas of study: Studies in law, international relations, or diplomacy.
