Intern - Programme Support at UN-Habitat

Responsibilities

The intern will support the RPD Front Office in the following tasks:

• Support divisional and corporate reporting requests, including consolidation and quality review of inputs from Regional and Country Offices
• Assist in the oversight of regional and country portfolios, including tracking key activities, deliverables, and priorities and maintenance of relevant matrices and dashboards
• Support coordination of RPD inputs to corporate processes and governing bodies, including preparation of briefing materials and timelines
• Assist in ensuring coherence across RPD-HQ functions and alignment with other headquarters divisions
• Facilitate structured information flows between headquarters and the field, including tracking requests, deadlines, and follow-up actions
• Support data management, basic analysis, and data visualization, including the preparation or updating of dashboards, tables, and summaries
• Contribute to cross-regional knowledge management and learning, including documentation of good practices and lessons learned
• Support preparation of presentations, briefing notes, and background documents for RPD senior management
• Perform other related duties as required by the supervisor

Qualifications/special skills

Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:

• 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: International Development, Public Administration, International Relations, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Management, Urban Studies, or a related field.