Overview
This internship supports the UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Cabo Verde, facilitating dialogues with partners to improve development assistance policies and practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in drafting and preparing official documents, correspondence, briefing notes, concept notes, and internal coordination materials.
- Develop presentations, infographics, visual briefs, and other communication products for RCO meetings, partnerships, and external engagements.
- Produce minutes, summary reports, and action trackers from meetings, conferences, workshops, and consultations.
- Support planning, coordination, and logistical preparations for RCO events, partnership meetings, and consultations.
- Support social media outreach and broader communication efforts related to partnerships and normative themes.
- Conduct background research and support data collection, synthesis, and presentation related to partnerships and normative priorities, including gender equality initiatives.
- Support maintenance of partnership databases, stakeholder mappings, contact lists, and tracking of commitments and follow-up actions.
- Support implementation of the RCO’s normative workplan and inter-agency engagement related to normative priorities.
- Support other ad hoc activities as deemed relevant and needed by the supervisor.
Required Experience
Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
Qualifications
- 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.
- Preferred area of study: Advanced university studies or recent degree completion in one or more of the following areas: International Relations, Political Science, Development Studies, Economics, Public Administration, Communication, International Development, Environmental Studies, Social Sciences or Business Administration.
- Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
