The internship is located in the Stand-By Partners Program (SBP) under the Emergency  Response Section (ERS), of the OCHA Response Support Branch (RSB), Coordination  Division.

The intern will directly support the SBP team in fulfilling mandated activities and projects. Tasks will include:  

• Support handling of new SBP requests, nominations, deployments and extensions of SBP experts.
• Timely recording and tracking of requests, nominations and extensions.
• Monitor the newly introduced data management tool.
• Support analysis of Performance Evaluation Reports and development of stories.
• Provide support as required.

• Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
  • (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
  • (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's degree or equivalent).
• The University degree must be in the area of political science, international studies, public administration or humanitarian related field.
• Applicants should have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for this internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is desirable. Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.