Drug Control and Crime Prevention Intern at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

The intern shall undertake the following duties which may include, but are not limited to:

• Contribute to the preparation of background documents, presentations, summaries, talking points and speeches.
• Assist in the preparation of technical assistance workshops, meetings, high-level events and conferences
• Attend and take notes at meetings.
• Assist to translate documents and material from Somali to English and vice versa
• Perform other tasks as necessary

Qualifications/special skills

• To qualify for an internship with the United Nations Internship Programme, the following conditions must be met: Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: 
• be enrolled in, or have recently completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• be enrolled in, or have recently completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
• have graduated with a university degree (as defined above)(Official proof from the university in support of one of the above options has to be attached to the inspira application) 

The intern should also:

• Be computer literate in standard software applications;
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter; and
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work. experience.
• However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required. Applicants should have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.