Under the supervision of the Digital Communications Officer, the intern will assist the work of the communication team in ensuring the timeliness and quality of the secretariat’s digital content and supporting activities for the secretariat’s social media channels and website. In particular, the intern will perform the following tasks:

• Assist in the research, conceptualization and production of new and innovative content for UN Climate Change’s digital channels, particularly Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok in line with the communication and social media strategies.
• Support creating social media cards, sliders, social videos and other audio-visual materials using basic editing and design tools and adding subtitles in different languages.
• Monitor and analyse statistics related to social media content.
• Assist in planning and organizing other communication activities as required.

• Candidates must be enrolled in the last year of an undergraduate or in a Graduate or master’s programme at a recognized university in fields such as public relations, journalism, visual design, media or related disciplines at the time of application and for the duration of the internship. Other fields of study will be considered, provided that candidates have prior substantial experience in social media communications.
• Basic proficiency of Canva and similar design tools are required.
• Basic proficiency with tools to edit videos for social media are an asset.
• Candidates must be fluent in English (both oral and written) and have strong writing skills. Skills in an additional United Nations language are an asset.
• Excellent computer literacy (Microsoft Office) is required.
• Strong interest and passion for social media and climate change-related topics is required.
• Prior exposure to another UN organization, Inter-governmental Organization and/or youth organization is an asset.