The interns will provide substantive, organizational and logistic support to the daily work of the Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section. Particularly, the interns will be focusing on some of the below set of tasks, depending on which sub-team they will be part of:

• Perform background research and analysis on country situation, trends, legal frameworks and concepts relating to human trafficking and migrant smuggling;
• Assist in technical support to the planning, implementation and monitoring of regional and national technical assistance projects and activities;
• Support in the preparation of training material for technical assistance activities such as capacity-building workshops;
• Assist in collecting and analyzing case-law, as well as managing information on relevant UNODC online platforms;
• Assist in identifying areas for knowledge development and perform research on emerging and cross-cutting issues;
• Assist in the preparation and holding of intergovernmental meetings, other events such as the Working Groups on Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, as well as thematic expert group meetings, briefings and discussions;
• Contribute to the drafting of official UNODC submissions or related guidance notes;
• Assist in strengthening the involvement of UNODC in inter-agency fora;
• Assist in liaising with offices within the United Nations, other external organizations and Member States;
• Assist in preparing briefing notes, statements, presentations and communication materials;
• Compile weekly press clippings on smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons;
• Carry out other tasks related to the implementation of the UNODC Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, as requested.

The internships can be in person or remote.

• Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
  • (a) be enrolled in, or have recently completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
  • (b) Be enrolled in, or have recently completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
• Have studies in criminology, law, political or social sciences, international relations or in a related field;
• Have sound analytical skills, good drafting ability;
• Computer skills, especially MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.