Intern - Communications

Job Description

Background
On 8 September 2022, the General Assembly unanimously adopted resolution 76/306 to establish a UN Youth Office as a dedicated entity for youth affairs within the Secretariat. The UN Youth Office leads the UN’s efforts on youth development, focusing on raising international awareness of and bringing attention to promoting youth rights and stronger youth participation in formulating, implementing and evaluating the various development, peace and security, human rights and humanitarian frameworks.

Duties and Responsibilities
The intern is expected to work five days per week, full time from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. within the United Nations Youth Office, located at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, carrying out his/her tasks under the supervision of a staff member - the supervisor.

The intern is expected to perform various activities and will work in areas of communication, including:

• Assist in the development of visual communications products such as website blogs and press releases, banners, infographics, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, and other communications materials, following the Office’s visual identity and Organizational brand guidelines.
• Assist with the design, planning and execution of social media campaigns, including monitoring and responding to comments and messages.
• Create weekly and monthly editorial calendars for social media content and schedule posts accordingly.
• Track social media engagement and analyze data to identify high-performing content and opportunities for optimization.
• Produce videos and photos of UN Youth Office events.
• Support Office meetings, event planning, outreach, announcements and other communication coordination activities.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications/special skills
Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher).

Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience; however, a field of study that is related to the type of internship is required. Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (Bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. Programme.

Good knowledge of social media platforms and scheduling tools, and standard software applications in Microsoft Suite, especially MS Word and MS PowerPoint, is required. Knowledge of graphic design tools such as Canva or Adobe Creative Cloud is desirable. Knowledge of video editing tools such as Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, or CapCut is desirable. Experience on youth engagement or youth related processes is an asset.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2025