Environmental Affairs Intern at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Under the direct supervision of the Environmental Affairs Officer the intern will:

• Assist in policy development, including reviewing and analyzing issues and trends, preparing evaluations, and conducting other research activities and studies.
• Support the Corporate Services Division (CSD) in implementing UNEP’s Environmental Management System (EMS), enforcing internal environmental policies, and identifying needs for drafting or revising relevant guidance.
• Assist with initiatives aimed at reducing travel emissions.
• Support survey initiatives by designing data collection tools, reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting responses, identifying problems or issues, and preparing reports.
• Assist in completing UNEP’s 2024 annual environmental inventory.
• Support the identification of achievements within the UNEP EMS cycle for each of the five (5) environmental aspects: climate/energy, water, waste, staff sensitization, and sustainable procurement.
• Assist in scheduling meetings, including preparing agendas, compiling presentations, managing logistics, communicating with members, and drafting meeting minutes and reports.
• Assist in managing sustainability aspects in the context of UN reform offices and support other offices as needed, including activities related to the Business Operations Strategy (BOS).
• Assist in updating the “WeCollaborate” EMS webpage.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
• be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in environmental sciences, business or public administration, social science, environmental law, or related field.
• 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 must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme