Communications and Visibility Intern

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - UN Women

Internship Closes 14 Jul 2026 2 days left

Overview

Support the UN Women Mozambique Communications and Visibility team in implementing institutional communication activities, including audiovisual production, graphic design, and social media content preparation.


Key Responsibilities
  • Design visual materials such as social media cards, banners, infographics and other branded communication products.
  • Draft and adapt content for social media, including captions, tweets, short posts and text adaptations from regional or global materials.
  • Assist with scheduling and uploading digital content, ensuring alignment with communication priorities.
  • Provide event coverage, including photography, videography, collection of quotes, and quick-turnaround visual content.
  • Support the development of communication materials, including briefs, success stories, human interest stories and inputs for newsletters.
  • Assist in visibility and advocacy initiatives, including preparation of communication materials and basic logistical support for events.
  • Contribute to knowledge and documentation efforts, such as organizing media files, supporting the drafting of event summaries and maintaining communication resources.
  • Other relevant duties as assigned.
Required Experience
  • Demonstrated academic or practical experience in public relations, communications, multimedia production or advocacy (through university projects, volunteer work, internships or freelance assignments).
  • Hands on experience using social media platforms (Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn) for content creation, engagement or management — professional or academic.
  • Basic experience in media relations is an asset, including assisting with press engagement, drafting short notes, or supporting event coverage (desirable but not mandatory).
  • Experience or coursework in audiovisual production, including filming, photography, editing short videos and preparing visual content for digital platforms (strong advantage).
  • Familiarity with digital tools such as Canva, CapCut, Adobe Express, Adobe Premiere, Lightroom or similar editing/design applications.
  • Previous internship, volunteer experience or student leadership roles related to communication, journalism, multimedia, social media or gender advocacy will be considered an advantage.
Qualifications
  • University studies in one of the following disciplines: Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Social Sciences, Digital Marketing or other relevant subjects is required.
  • 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 programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);
  • Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a two-year period of graduation; or
  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program which is part of a degree programme and undertake the internship as part of the program requirements.
Other Details
Languages Required
Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English and Portugues are required
Languages Preferred
Working knowledge of another UN language is an advantage.
Contract Duration
Not specified
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Interns who are not in receipt of financial support from other sources such as universities or other institutions will receive a stipend from UN Women to partially subsidize their basic living costs for the duration of the internship.
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