Programme Support Intern at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Under the supervision of the Programme Manager for the freight portfolio, the intern will conduct the following tasks:

• Assist in analyzing vehicle electrification policies, strategies, targets, and data related to the members of the coalition and their wider industry.
• Assist in drafting analyses of the impact and potential for vehicle electrification of the members of the coalition, for publishing on behalf of the Secretariat.
• Assist in populating a knowledge-sharing platform on vehicle electrification among the Coalition members.
• Assist in mapping out opportunities for the Coalition members to take a leadership position in the electrification of the wider transport sector in the countries that they operate.
• Assist in organizing the quarterly online meetings of the Coalition (e.g., communications, notetaking, etc.).
• Support the organisation of the annual in-person meeting of the Coalition (e.g., venue booking, travel planning, workshop planning, etc.)
• Support in drafting outreach and communication materials relating to the activities of the Coalition.
• Support the organisation of events to communicate the activities and progress of the Coalition.
• Support the collection and visualization of vehicle electrification data from the Coalition members.
• Carry out other duties relevant to the Intern's educational background.

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 Engineering, Transport or Urban Planning, Environmental management, International relations, Climate change, Science, Physics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Knowledge Management.
• 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.