Call for Internship for Economic Affairs at Economic Commission for Europe in Switzerland. The deadline for this application is 15th May 2021.

About:

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It helps to promote economic cooperation and integrations among its member states.

Description:

The internship is in the Office of the Director of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe based in Geneva.

Responsibilities

The intern must contribute to the work of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Division as follows:

• To provide research assistance on issues of economic cooperation and trade in the ECE region
• (research feeding into e.g. speaking notes, concept notes, briefing papers).
• Also, assist in the organization and servicing of meetings, (e.g. provide organizational, communications content-related or/and general assistance).
• Likewise, to provide general communications and outreach assistance (e.g. build and maintain a network of contacts of counter-parts and beneficiaries).
• To support the Office of the Director through various tasks related to the Trade and the Economic Cooperation and Integration sub-programs (e.g. desk research, meeting support, drafting of reports and processing of data).

Education

To qualify for the United Nations Internship Program, the following conditions must be met:

Applicants to the United Nations internship program must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

• (a) Be in a graduate school program (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• Also, be in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
• Additionally, have graduated with a university degree, as defined above, and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.

Work Experience

No working experience must apply for the United Nations Internship Program. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship, fluency in English and working knowledge of Russian.

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