Overview
This internship supports the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia in developing work related to risk knowledge and financing for disaster risk reduction.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting in developing knowledge products tailored for expert and non-expert audiences, including reports, policy briefs, presentations, etc;
- Supporting in data management and analysis;
- Supporting the organization of trainings/webinars/seminars;
- Supporting in the development of risk maps for countries as needed;
- Supporting the development of evidence-based advocacy and communication products on DRR financing and MSME resilience;
- Exploring new innovative tools and solutions for DRR;
- Supporting activities under the Early Warning for All initiative;
- Supporting in the monitoring of the implementation progress of the Sendai Framework.
Required Experience
Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
Qualifications
- be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
- be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent) in a relevant field, such as disaster management, climate and sustainability, development studies, international relations, data analytics for sustainable development, etc.
Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams, etc.
Applicants must be computer literate in standard software applications including MS Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
