Overview
The intern will support the Private Partnerships & Philanthropy Headquarters team in Copenhagen with coordination, event planning, communications, and knowledge management, with a focus on a peak period of events and engagement activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the planning, coordination and delivery of PPH-related events, meetings and engagement moments.
- Maintain event workplans, timelines, trackers, participant lists and task follow-up tools.
- Support preparation of agendas, briefing materials, background notes, talking points and run-of-show documents.
- Assist with scheduling, invitation management, logistical coordination and information flow.
- Contribute to post-event follow-up.
- Support coordination across PPH workstreams.
- Assist in drafting and editing internal communications, short updates, announcements and team-facing materials.
- Support the preparation of concise materials for internal audiences.
- Help ensure that messages, materials and updates are clear, consistent and aligned with PPH priorities and UNHCR standards.
- Support the coordination and implementation of communications and visibility activities for key private sector donors.
- Support the development, drafting and updating of internal news articles, SharePoint content, knowledge products and team updates.
- Assist with clean-up, organization and maintenance of PPH SharePoint pages, document libraries and knowledge repositories.
- Help structure and archive event-related materials, templates, guidance notes and lessons learned.
- Support the identification of outdated, duplicated or missing content and propose practical improvements.
- Contribute to the development of simple templates, checklists and process notes.
Required Experience
Experience supporting events, meetings, communications, content development or coordination processes is desirable.
Qualifications
Candidates must meet UNHCR’s internship eligibility requirements, including being either a current student in an undergraduate or graduate programme from an accredited university or higher education institution, or a recent graduate who completed their studies within two years of applying. Candidates must also have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR. Studies in international relations, communications, business administration, political science, public policy, development studies, event management, knowledge management or another relevant field.
