Urban Infrastructure and Resilience Intern

Cairo, Egypt

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2026

Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disasters and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations and regional organizations and activities in both developed and less developed countries. Led by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG), UNDRR has over 140 staff located in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and in regional offices. Specifically, UNDRR guides, monitors, analyses and reports on progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, supports regional and national implementation of the Framework and catalyzes action and increases global awareness to reduce disaster risk working with UN Member States and a broad range of partners and stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians and the science and technology community. This internship is located in the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) in Cairo, Egypt. The internship is unpaid, part-time, and remote. The intern works five days per week. The intern will work under the supervision of the Associate programme officer. The intern will support ongoing work on urban resilience and resilient infrastructure in the Arab States • Conduct desk reviews of existing strategies and policy documents related to urban development, climate change adaptation, infrastructure planning, housing, and local governance. • Support the design and analysis of structured surveys, interviews and questionnaires to assess integration of urban resilience and infrastructure resilience into national and local planning frameworks. • Support the collection and analysis of both secondary data and primary data through interviews and consultations with key stakeholders (government entities, agencies, and partners). • Support the identification and analysis of gaps in the integration of urban resilience, resilient infrastructure, and DRR into development frameworks, sectoral policies, and planning processes. • Conduct research on good practices and approaches for localizing DRR and urban resilience in the region. • Draft analytical summaries, background notes, presentations, and briefing materials based on research findings. • Prepare knowledge products, including presentations, briefs, and communication materials. • Ensure cross-cutting themes such as disability inclusion, and the use of sex-disaggregated data are reflected in all outputs.

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent). 1. Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required; 2. Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and MS Teams. Applicants must be computer literate in standard software applications including MS Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); 3. Ability to conduct policy analysis and desk research is desirable; 4. Experience or familiarity with urban resilience, disaster risk reduction, or climate adaptation is desirable;

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship, fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic is required for the internship. • Official languages of the United Nations secretariat are: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

• Due to the high volume of applications received, only successful candidates will be contacted.

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. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.