Research and Communication Intern

United Nations - UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

Internship Closes 04 Jun 2026 7 days left

Overview

This internship focuses on research and communication within the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, supporting project evaluations and knowledge management.


Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure timely recording of project evaluations and dissemination to the PBF website.
  • Support tracking of overdue project evaluations.
  • Support portfolio evaluations with data and document collection.
  • Prepare summaries and social media content from evaluation findings.
  • Support organization of evaluation validation meetings and brown bag sessions.
  • Extract results from evaluations to populate a Microsoft Lists database.
  • Support meeting preparation for the PBF M&E Peer Support Group.
  • Support development and updates of a repository of M&E tools and good practices.
  • Ensure regular updates of communication lists.
  • Support the implementation of a new coding method by project teams.
  • Support project teams with learning sessions/training.
  • Support the development of knowledge products.
  • Manually add new PBF project results' blurbs to the Microsoft Lists database.
  • Support the preparation of reports and communications.
  • Summarize reports and take meeting notes.
Required Experience

Applicants to the United Nations 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).
  • OR 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.
  • A field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
Other Details
Languages Required
Fluency in spoken and written English is required.
Languages Preferred
Knowledge of an additional UN language is an asset.
Contract Duration
3 months, with a possibility of extension to 6 months.
Work Modality
Flexible (Hybrid, all remote, or in-person)
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.
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