Meeting Analysis and Knowledge Intern

United Nations - UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Internship Closes 21 Aug 2026 6 days left

Overview

Support the production of United Nations meeting reports and knowledge products derived from a verified transcript corpus of intergovernmental meetings. The role combines substantive research on Asia-Pacific environment and development topics with editorial quality assurance and the structured verification of meeting records.


Key Responsibilities
  • Perform quality assurance on meeting transcripts and reports, including proofreading, verification of speaker identifications against official rosters and programmes, and structured error and garble audits.
  • Conduct substantive research and knowledge management on Asia-Pacific environment and development topics, including background notes, case studies, briefing material and agenda or thematic mapping.
  • Support editorial review of draft reports against United Nations editorial and house style, and validate structured extractions such as country requests and thematic tags.
  • Assist with organising and documenting the meeting-report knowledge base and supporting follow-up tasks.
Required Experience

The role suits a candidate with a development or international-relations background.

Qualifications

Applicants must, at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements: (a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) related to development studies, international relations, public policy, environmental policy, area studies, communications, or related disciplines; or (b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent) related to development studies, international relations, public policy, environmental policy, area studies, communications, or related disciplines.

Other Details
Languages Required
Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the Internship Programme.
Languages Preferred
Familiarity with United Nations processes, intergovernmental meetings, or Asia-Pacific development policy is desirable. Basic data literacy is an asset. Interest in the responsible use of AI-assisted workflows is desirable. Familiarity with the responsible use of AI tools to improve work quality and efficiency, in line with UN guidelines, is desirable. Knowledge of another language used in Asia-Pacific is an asset (e.g. Bengali, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai).
Contract Duration
4-6 months
Work Modality
Home-based (remote) or Bangkok, Thailand
Remuneration
The internship is UNPAID. 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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