Intern - Coordination and Communications at United Nations

Responsibilities

• Support the development of a weekly social media calendar and draft posts for UN Kenya social media platforms.
• Assist in updating and providing inputs to UN Kenya website and other communications productions, including creating and editing videos, articles, and social media posts.
• Support the development, translation, and editing of communications materials, including op-eds, website content, press releases, social media posts, speeches, and other media/social media articles in English and Kiswahili.
• Facilitate on-site communications activity set-up, including video recording, press conferences, photography, etc.
• Support team members in coordinating inter-agency and high-level meetings or events organized through the UN Communications Group.
• Assist the RCO staff in gathering results relevant to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2022-2026.
• Support the production of graphic design of brochures, presentations and other documentation.
• Assist in preparing briefing material, key strategic points and background information prior to UN RC meetings
• Support maintaining the office’s mailing list always updated; and Support RCO in organising strategic high-level events on coordination The internship is for 6 months and is unpaid and will not attract any remuneration or allowances.

Qualifications/special skills

• 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.
• Be enrolled in the final academic years of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent) in information management, document management, digital archiving or a related field of study; Applicants must demonstrate their intention to study further or to work in a field relevant to this internship description.
• Applicants are expected to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel applications.
• Preferred area of study: Studies in Information Management, Library Science, Statistics, or related area.
• 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.