Overview
Internship opportunity in the Office of the Director/WIF at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. The role involves assisting with the organization of the World Investment Forum and related research and administrative tasks.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in the organization of the 2026 World Investment Forum and other meetings/conferences/workshops by preparing documentation, liaising with participants, and updating databases.
- Assist in background research for speaking notes, speeches, articles, and correspondence on investment for development, sustainable finance, and private sector development.
- Assist in maintaining databases, developing user surveys, and managing performance-management tools.
- Assist in preparing first drafts of analytical studies on investment and enterprise for development issues and policies.
- Assist in monitoring, backstopping, and assessing the implementation of programmes and projects, including in investment for development, sustainable finance, private sector development, and investment and gender.
- Perform other duties as required.
Required Experience
No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
Qualifications
- Applicants must be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school program (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent).
- Studies in areas such as economics, international economics, development, public policy or international relations is required.
- Applicants must be computer literate in standard software applications.
- Applicants must have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
- Applicants must have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, including willingness to understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
