Overview
This internship supports UNHCR Kuwait's private sector partnerships and external relations teams, contributing to advocacy, coordination, and assessing UNHCR's image as a humanitarian agency.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft routine correspondence, reports, briefing notes, background documents, and minutes.
- Collect, register, and maintain information on government developments with impact on UNHCR operations.
- Assist in preparation and facilitation of high-level missions, workshops, and government meetings.
- Coordinate preparations for strategic dialogues, high-level engagement, and senior visits.
- Support internal coordination by managing information flow and identifying priority matters.
- Ensure timely communication with government authorities, UNCT, and external partners.
- Contribute to the UN Strategic Cooperation Framework once signed, including communication group participation.
- Contribute to the production of information materials for public awareness campaigns and for the preparation of in-house bulletins, newsletters and information kits by contributing to articles, reports and other information gathered from various sources.
- Regularly monitor media and local situation regarding UNHCR.
- Coordinate communication and cooperate with other UN agencies as part of the joint UN communication group.
- Organize and prioritize tasks independently.
Qualifications
- Be either a recent graduate (having completed their studies within two years of applying) or a current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by IAU/UNESCO; and in the fields of media, communications, politics, international relations, development studies, law, business or other relevant disciplines are encouraged to apply.
- Must have completed at least two years in university or a fresh graduate (no more than one year of completion of degree).
