Overview
The Regional Security Intern will research and monitor the security situation in the Europe and Central Asia region, contributing to maintaining awareness of factors affecting UNDP personnel and operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Performing unclassified research of online media and open sources, daily situation reports, incident reports, analysis, drafting advisories and dissemination.
- Providing timely and accurate information on current conflicts and security threat warnings.
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of events relating to the security environment.
- Assisting in developing security advisories and strategic assessments on security threat trends.
- Monitoring security incident trends affecting UNDP personnel, assets and operations.
- Monitoring international security frameworks, policy implementation and crisis preparedness.
- Adjusting information on threats and trends to changes in the operational security environment.
- Supporting Emergency Response and Crisis Management situations.
- Drafting situation and operational reports, lessons-learnt reports.
- Supporting liaison and coordination activities with partner organizations and counterparts.
- Attending conferences and meetings, providing minutes, outcome notes, briefings and profiles.
- Supporting team events and training workshops.
- Performing other related duties as assigned.
Required Experience
- Experience in data collection and analysis in the field of social sciences is an asset.
- Proficient writing and communication skills, for a range of different audiences and media.
- Experience working collaboratively in a team structure in a multicultural environment is an asset.
- Knowledge and a proficient user of Microsoft Office productivity tools, including Excel.
- Knowledge of mapping, information and GIS systems and information management data bases is an asset.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in European or Eurasian Studies, International Political Economy, Politics and International Relations, International Relations, Peace and Security, International Security Studies, Strategic Studies, Interdisciplinary studies, Military studies, Police studies, or any equivalent studies.
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent); in European or Eurasian Studies, International Political Economy, Politics and International Relations, International Relations, Peace and Security, International Security Studies, Strategic Studies, Interdisciplinary studies, Military studies, Police studies, or any equivalent studies.
- Or have recently graduated with a university degree in European or Eurasian Studies, International Political Economy, Politics and International Relations, International Relations, Peace and Security, International Security Studies, Strategic Studies, Interdisciplinary studies, Military studies, Police studies, or any equivalent studies; (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.
