Overview
This internship is designed to support the work of the Financing for Sustainable Development Office in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, focusing on international tax cooperation.
Key Responsibilities
- Assistance in drafting, reviewing and preparing papers, presentations, studies, reports and any other relevant documents;
- Attending, providing assistance, and summarizing conferences and meetings, including virtual meetings;
- Research, compilation and analysis of information in tax matters, including in the areas of multilateral treaties, tax treaties, taxation of income derived from the provision of cross-border services in an increasingly digitalized and globalized economy, prevention and resolution of tax disputes, exchange of information, and tax-related environmental, social and governance issues, especially (in the case of all these topics) as they affect countries' sustainable development;
- Preparing and providing input for briefing notes, talking points, speeches and similar materials on tax matters and development cooperation issues for senior UN officials;
- Following relevant intergovernmental meetings (including virtual meetings) of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council, and preparing draft summaries;
- Assisting with any other ad hoc assignments related to the work of the office.
Required Experience
No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme.
Qualifications
- Applicants to the programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements: (a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or (b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent). (c) Subject to review on a case-by-case basis, applicants within a few years from graduation who could not apply earlier and who are in an early stage of their careers; as a first-time entry into the workforce; are changing careers or due to compelling family circumstances.
- Applicants to the programme must be computer literate in standard software applications.
