The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities.
UN-Habitat is the focal point for all urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system.
UN-Habitat works with partners to build inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and communities.
UN-Habitat promotes urbanization as a positive transformative force for people and communities, reducing inequality, discrimination, and poverty.
The Cities Investment Facility (CIF) is a multi-stakeholder, partner-driven initiative of UN-Habitat that enables the flow of capital into urban development by supporting projects through ideation, design, feasibility, and financial close.
CIF complements existing investment facilities and market-making services by enhancing early-stage design and origination, particularly in low and middle-income countries and secondary cities.
The intern will report to the Programme Manager, Cities Investment Facility.
Marketing and Communications
Assist in designing and implementing the overall marketing strategy for CIF.
Draft, format, and edit social media content for the social media calendar.
Conduct research on thematic issues.
Assist with planning and producing marketing campaigns across CIF social media channels.
Contribute to internal UN-Habitat publications.
Prepare specific content and materials (documents, reports, strategies) designed for the public, working closely with external partners, in English.
Graphic Design
Conceptualize visuals based on ideas from Communications and Project teams to develop graphs, infographics, and graphics.
Design marketing collateral, e.g., newsletters, brochure covers, posters, social cards, that fit CIF brand guidelines.
Assist with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages.
Ensure that the Brand is always executed in a consistent manner across all marketing collateral.
Design electronic invitations and event-related collateral.
Support social media campaigns.
Coordinate the production of short-form videos for use on social media.
Conduct basic research on target audience to inform design work.
Qualifications/Special Skills
Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher), or the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level), or have graduated with Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD, or equivalent.
Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
Demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and a personal commitment to the ideals of the UN Charter.
Ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs.
Preferred areas of study: Arts, Media, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or related fields.
Background in Arts, Media, Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or related fields is required.
Excellent IT skills, especially with design and graphic software such as Adobe and Canva, are desirable.
Previous experience with visual communications, graphic design for web and print is required.
Languages
Fluency in oral and written English is required.
Knowledge of another UN language is desirable.
Additional Information
Applicants should indicate any previous UN internship experience, including the UN entity and specific dates.
Intern Specific Text
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.
Deadline : Aug 27, 2025
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