Communication and events on forests for fashion, food and more

Work LocationUN Premises Geneva Expected duration6 months Duties and ResponsibilitiesUnder the guidance of the staff of the UNECE Forest and Bioeconomy Section, the interns the intern will contribute to the activities of the Section in the following areas: • Helping to organize and manage meeting including: intergovernmental meetings, special events (International Day of Forests), Forests for Fashion and UN Fashion Alliance events and side events at major conferences), webinars and roundtables. • Communication and public relations work including social media feeds and reels, news stories, web site articles, presentations. • Thematic program and project work including climate and forest, UNECE's work on \"Forest for fashion\", supporting the UN Fashion Alliance; UNECE's Trees in Cities Challenge; nature-based solutions or forest and food; • Research and assistance to study and publication production, as required; • Fund-raising and project development. General: Performs other related duties as required, including a variety of administrative tasks necessary. for the final delivery of the work unit's services and related to the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI). Work implies frequent interaction with the following: Staff within work unit/section and peers in department/regional commission; staff of other international organizations working on related issues; academics and representatives of civil society, both NGOs and the business community. Results Expected: The intern successfully provides support to: • the organization of webinars, trainings and high-level meetings for experts to exchange on experience on boreal forests and other topics listed above; • the Section's communication with relevant stakeholders via social media, web page and news stories; • advancement of the work on nature -based solutions in cities including food systems and urban forestry, Forests for Fashion, UN Fashion Alliance and Trees in Cities Challenge; • Section's fund-raising and project development activities; • Section's research and assistance to publications production, as required; • other activities of the UNECE Forest and Bioeconomy Section as required; • all other facets of the work of the secretariat as assigned. Qualifications/special skillsTo qualify for the United Nations Secretariat internship programme, applicants must, at the time of application, be enrolled in a graduate school programme (i.e. Master's degree or equivalent degree, or higher) or in the final academic year of a first-level university degree programme (i.e. Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree), OR have graduated with a university as defined above AND, if selected, must commence the internship within one-year period from the date of graduation. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of Russian or French is desirable. Additional InformationNot available. Intern Specific textInterns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer. No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.