Overview
The internship supports the Strategic Communications Section with public outreach and media relations for UN Peacekeeping. The role involves assisting with communication products, media monitoring, and contributing creative ideas.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with strategic communication and public outreach, specifically with media relations related tasks, including helping in drafting responses to media inquiries, key messages and in sourcing content for the daily press briefing.
- Assist with drafting and editing UN Peacekeeping communications products (e.g. articles, fact sheets, brochures, newsletters, correspondences, meeting notes and pitches) for internal and external audiences.
- Assist with the planning, preparation and implementation of public events such as media briefings and press conferences and others related to UN Peacekeeping.
- Assist with monitoring media to determine trends and to inform communications efforts, and circulating media monitoring reports.
- Proactively contribute ideas for projects and media stories and pitches that will help to promote communications and build narrative on the work of UN Peacekeeping.
- Perform any other duties as requested by the supervisor.
Required Experience
Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
Qualifications
- 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).
- Proficient in standard word processing and software applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint or similar.
- Be proficient in standard office automation equipment, scanner, printer, etc.).
- Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
- Relevant training in communications, event planning, public relations desirable.
