Climate and Disaster Resilience Intern

Overview

The intern will support humanitarian coordination and information management functions within the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Lao PDR.

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Key Responsibilities

• Supporting inter-agency and cluster/sector coordination meetings (planning, agendas, minutes, action tracking).
• Drafting and consolidating situation updates/situation reports and short briefs.
• Tracking humanitarian assistance and maintaining the 5W matrix and related response trackers.
• Tracking implementation of the Inter-Agency Contingency Plan.
• Supporting compilation and organization of disaster impact information shared through official coordination channels.
• Maintaining organized files and version control for trackers and reports.

Required Experience

Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.

Qualifications

The basic education required is HS Diploma. 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 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. Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.

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