Internship Roles at UN-Habitat

Responsibilities

• The intern will support the work of the solid waste team, including its different programmes, such as Waste Wise Cities and African Clean Cities Platform.
• The responsibilities encompass research, collaboration with stakeholders, communication and documentation, capacity building, monitoring, and administrative support. And further
• Support projects’ implementation under Waste Wise Cities and African Clean Cities Platform
• Organize webinars on solid waste management topics
• Review the online course and formulate a strategy for engagement with users
• Formulate and implement a strategy to engage new member cities and affiliates under Waste Wise Cities and African Clean Cities Platform
• Support regular communication with member cities and affiliates of Waste Wise Cities and African Clean Cities Platform
• Perform other duties as assigned 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: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, urban development, management and administration, or other social sciences.
• 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. Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage.

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The recruited Urban Mobility Programme Support Intern will work under the direct supervision of the Lead of the Urban Mobility team. Supporting the team’s broad set of activities and projects, the Intern’s principal tasks will be as follows:

• Conduct research on future trends for urban mobility and emerging mobility technologies such as Mobility-as-a-Service concept, hydrogen powered mobility systems, Autonomous Vehicles, and Advanced Air Mobility;
• Assist with literature reviews and analysis on the impact of the future trends and emerging mobility technologies on urban mobility, mainly focusing on cities in the Global South.
• Undertake desktop research on the latest academic and policy pathways towards and best practices for innovative mobility technologies, and produce written briefs and reports that feed into the team’s ongoing projects;
• Support the team in the development of analyses reports, communication materials, presentations, maps, illustrations, tables and graphics;
• Support staff in literature review, knowledge piece development, and project development activities;
• Any other tasks as assigned related to urban mobility.

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: Transport Planning; Civil Engineering; Urban Planning/Design; Computer Science/Information Technology; Data Science; Environmental Science, Mechanical Engineering; Innovation Management; Business Administration, Public Policy, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Transport Geography, or Urban Geography; or another field deemed relevant.
• 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.
• Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage.
• Explain how your experiences and/or interests align with the theme of future trends in urban mobility and emerging mobility technologies like Mobility-as-a-Service, hydrogen-powered mobility systems, Autonomous Vehicles, and Advanced Air Mobility.
• For this role, proficiency in gathering information and data from diverse sources across various mediums, and adeptness in structuring and organizing them coherently is imperative. Kindly elaborate on how you fulfill this criterion, citing examples from your experiences.
• Can you interact well with people of various social and cultural backgrounds in an occasionally stressful environment?

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The recruited Urban Mobility Programme Support Intern will work under the direct supervision of the Lead of the Urban Mobility team. Supporting the team’s broad set of activities and projects, the Intern’s principal tasks will be as follows:

• Provide technical support to ongoing urban mobility initiatives in project cities; with a focus on urban mobility/ transport planning and SUMP elaboration.
• Assist with data collection, including desktop research on urban mobility and transport policy and plans, conducting questionnaire surveys with relevant stakeholders, and collection of urban mobility data from local and global data sources.  
• Support the team in the development of analyses reports, communication materials, presentations, maps, illustrations, tables and graphics.
• Undertake desk research on the latest academic and policy pathways towards and best practices for innovative urban mobility plans, and produce written briefs and reports that feed into the team’s ongoing projects;
• Support staff in project meetings and capacity building sessions and workshop with a focus on mobility and transport planning, including the preparation of technical notes and presentations for such meetings and follow-up on activities;
• Support staff in literature review, knowledge piece development, and project development activities;
• Any other tasks as assigned related to urban mobility.

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: Transport Planning; Urban Planning/Design; Civil Engineering; Data Science; Environmental Science, Computer Science/Information Technology; Mechanical Engineering; Innovation Management; Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Transport Geography, or Urban Geography; - with specific attention to Transport/Mobility and skills in Research, or another field deemed relevant to the subject areas covered by the Programme for the purpose of this internship.
• 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. Do you meet any of the above criteria?
• If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application.
• Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage. Please explain how your field of study is related to the internship position you are applying for, i.e. in urban planning, urban design, transport planning, engineering. In addition, if you have knowledge of Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Albanian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and/or other languages in Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, please indicate here.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook is essential. Additionally, experience in urban and transport data analysis, as well as proficiency in data visualization tools such as GIS, transport modeling software, and statistical/econometric software, is advantageous.
• Please provide examples demonstrating how you fulfill this requirement. Can you interact well with people of various social and cultural backgrounds in an occasionally stressful environment?