Public Information (Social Media)
Internships
Org. Setting and Reporting
The United Nations Environment
Programme (UN Environment) is the United Nations system’s designated entity for
addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level.
UN Environment is the leading global
environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the
coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable
development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative
advocate for the global environment.
UN Environment’s Communication
Division communicates UN Environment’s core messages to all stakeholders and
partners, raising environmental awareness and enhancing the profile of UN Environment
worldwide.
The intern should have experience
working with a wide range of social media platforms, such as: Twitter;
Facebook; Instagram; LinkedIn and Snapchat.
The Communication Division internship
is for 3 months with a possibility for extension depending on the needs of the
Organization.
The Internship is UNPAID and
full-time.
Interns work five days per week (35
hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to
which they are assigned.
Responsibilities
·
Curate and produce digital content
for potential use on UN Environment’s social media channels;
·
Curate and produce articles on news
related to the work of UN Environment;
·
Organize multimedia for use in
connection with social media posts.
Qualifications
·
Be enrolled in a graduate school
programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
·
Be enrolled in the final academic
year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
·
Have graduated with a university
degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period
of graduation.
·
Be computer literate in standard
software applications.
·
Applicants are not required to have
professional work experience for participation in the programme.
·
Fluency in oral and written English
is required. Knowledge of another UN Language is desirable.
How to Apply
Public Information (News and Media)
Internships
Org. Setting and Reporting
The United Nations Environment
Programme (UN Environment) is the United Nations system’s designated entity for
addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level.
Its mandate is to coordinate the
development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment
under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and
the international community for action.
UN Environment is the leading global
environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the
coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable
development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate
for the global environment.
UN Environment’s Communication
Division communicates UN Environment’s core messages to all stakeholders and
partners, raising environmental awareness and enhancing the profile of UN
Environment worldwide.
The intern should have experience
working with a wide range of social media platforms, such as: Twitter;
Facebook; Instagram; LinkedIn and Snapchat.
The Communication Division internship
is for 3 months with a possibility for extension depending on the needs of the
Organization.
The Internship is UNPAID and
full-time.
Interns work five days per week (35
hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to
which they are assigned.
Responsibilities
·
Create relationships with
international journalists covering a variety of environmental themes, piquing
their interest in reporting on some of the most urgent environmental issues of
our time.
·
Media monitoring, getting a broad
overall idea of the role that environmental reporting plays in the current
media landscape and where there is room for UN Environment to be part of the
conversation.
·
Contribute media outreach strategies
and brainstorming creative ways to highlight UN Environment in the media.
Qualifications
·
Be enrolled in a graduate school
programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
·
Be enrolled in the final academic
year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or
equivalent);
·
Have graduated with a university
degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period
of graduation.
·
Be computer literate in standard
software applications.
·
Applicants are not required to have
professional work experience for participation in the programme.
·
Fluency in oral and written English
is required. Knowledge of another UN Language is desirable.
How to Apply