Responsibilities

• Under the direct supervision of the UN-Habitat Focal Point for Children and Youth, the intern will:
• Assist in conducting desk reviews and facilitate stakeholder mapping related to youth and children in urban settings, and contribute to the preparation of knowledge products, background papers, briefing notes, and reports.
• Support the design, planning, implementation, and documentation of child- and youth-focused projects or initiatives and contribute to logistical and administrative preparations for meetings, workshops, and events.
• Support outreach activities to promote youth participation in urban policy dialogues and community-led planning processes and assist in engagement and liaison with youth-led organizations, child rights networks, and urban governance institutions.
• Assist in drafting communications materials, including social media posts, blogs, and newsletters that amplify children and youth voices in urban development.
• Support in tracking progress on youth- and child-specific components of HRSIU’s projects and initiatives and contribute to the preparation of periodic internal and donor reports.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications/special skills

Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements: a. 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 Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications Microsoft Office Suite. Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

Preferred areas of study:

•  Undergraduate degree in human rights, gender, urban planning, sustainable development or equivalent
• A postgraduate degree would also be acceptable
• A graduate-level intern would be preferred
• Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience