Internship - Division of External Relations, Global Communications Service, Public Outreach and Campaigns Section

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Internship
Division of External Relations, Global Communications Service, Public Outreach and Campaigns Section

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering an internship position within the Public Outreach and Campaigns Section in our Geneva, Switzerland.
UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. We are in over 125 countries, using our expertise to protect and care for millions.

Title: Internship
Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland
Duration: 6 months
Contract Type: Internship, full-time basis
Closing date: 1 October 2019
Start date: As soon as possible

Organizational context
UNHCR Campaigns and Events
The Public Outreach and Campaigns Section also manages UNHCR¿s flagship events including; the Nansen Refugee Award, the With Refugees movement, the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness and World Refugee Day. The overall aim is to encourage further financial support, greater awareness and empathy for forcibly displaced people. Interns are thoroughly embedded in the team and tasked to deliver concrete elements of one of our key projects.
The Public Outreach and Campaigns team is specifically searching for intern support for its campaigns and its Visitor¿s Center. Since intern roles in either area have similar competencies and skill requirements, we are looking for intern candidates with the flexibility to work across these functions depending on need.

Key responsibilities:
¿ Assist with the in-depth research and eligibility determination of Nansen Refugee Award nominations, create candidate profiles and help with the call for nominations.
¿ Help to keep campaign web pages and communications material download pages up-to-date and help produce communications toolkits for UNHCR staff.
¿ Help produce promotional content for events and campaigns, postcards, roll up, short videos, slide shows.
¿ Help manage translation of core communications materials.
¿ Be a focal point for archiving key content.
¿ Assist with campaign impact analysis

Essential minimum qualifications & eligibility criteria:
In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:
¿ Recent graduate (those persons who completed their studies within one year of applying)  or current student in a graduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by UNESCO; and
¿ Have completed undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of the Organization.
An individual whose father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister is a staff member of
UNHCR, including a Temporary Appointment holder or a member of the Affiliate Workforce, is not eligible for an internship.

Desirable qualifications and skills:

¿ The candidate must be interested in communication, advocacy or external relations work.
¿ Knowledge of Photoshop, WordPress software, editing tools or an interest in learning them is an advantage
¿ Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
¿ Required languages: English is essential, French and/or any other language is an asset
¿ Interest in the humanitarian cause
¿ Excellent interpersonal skills
¿ Discretion
¿ Meticulous attention to detail
¿ Effective in time management
¿ Organizational abilities
¿ Computer skills

Location
The successful candidate will be based with the team in the Geneva, Switzerland.

Conditions
It is a full-time role with working hours starting from 9.00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday (40 hours per week).

Allowance: Interns who do not receive financial support from an outside party will receive an allowance to partially help to cover the cost of food, and local transportation
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The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disa Please note that the closing date to apply to this Internship advertisement is Tuesday 1 October 2019 (midnight Geneva time).