Communication Intern, Multiple positions

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

The Small Grants Programme (SGP) is a corporate program of the Global Environment Facility implemented by UNDP since 1992. SGP grantmaking in 119 countries promotes community-based innovation, capacity development, and empowerment through sustainable development projects of local civil society organizations with special consideration for indigenous peoples, women, and youth. Given the increasing requirements in Communications and knowledge management the Small Grants Programme is looking for an intern that can help to capture, produce and disseminate its results and knowledge using different media.

Under the direct supervision of the Communications and Knowledge Advisor, the intern will assist with evidence-based communications and knowledge management. In particular, the intern will provide support to the SGP Communications and Knowledge Adviser in the following:

• Ensure visual branding standards and donor acknowledgements are followed by Country Programmes and partners
• Maintain consistent messaging and language about the work of the programme
• Research, write, fact-check and proofread internal and external communication texts, including news articles, reports, blogs, PowerPoint presentations, talking points and other content as required;
• Support the production of SGP communication activities and products such as publications, videos, fact sheets, brochures and exhibition materials;
• Help maintain and contribute to the annual editorial calendar;
• Assist daily media monitoring by scanning online media for relevant news, interviews and articles mentioning of SGP grantees and relevant topics
• Provide strategic support to facilitate the participation and promote visibility of SGP in global and regional events
• Design and carry out targeted social media campaigns and track performance of key metrics
• Write, schedule and track posts on SGP’s social media channels and increase engagement and follower base
• Help produce regular newsletters and enhance its subscription base
• Help maintain the newly revamped SGP global website, both by producing and curating content and suggesting technical improvements
• Multimedia content: produce at least four 2-3 minute videos

Contract type: Internship Contract level: Internship
Contract duration: 3 months with possibility of extension based on performance and funds availability 

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.