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,Background
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the political
process to address Climate Change. The Convention secretariat supports the Convention, the Kyoto
Protocol and the Paris agreement through a range of activities, including substantive and organizational
support to meetings of the Parties.

Closing date: Ongoing
Location: 31 January 2025

The Communication and Engagement division ensures that the global response to climate change is
informed by a single cohesive message based on the outcomes of the intergovernmental process and
works to improve coherence among the actions of a wide variety of actors and the alignment of those
actions with the objective of the Convention and the purpose of the Paris Agreement.
The Communications subdivision is focusing on external and internal communications with the aim of
ensuring that all staff, Parties and non-Party stakeholders and the public are well informed and can
easily access wide-ranging, relevant, and timely information on the multilateral climate change
process.
Objective of the internship and responsibilities
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.

Minimum requirements

  • 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.

Timeframe

  • The internship is for a period of minimum four months and maximum six months full-time within the
    period between March 2025 to December 2025. The exact period of the internship will be
    determined based on the availability of the intern and the needs of the team. The maximum duration
    of the internship is six months, subject to the intern’s continued university enrolment1 and
    performance.

Computer requirements
For a remote internship, candidates will require a laptop or desktop PC (with Windows 10 or newer)
or Mac (with the latest MacOS update), as well as a reliable, high-speed internet connection. An Office
365 license will be provided by the UNFCCC to enable the candidate to access official emails,
SharePoint, OneDrive and other office applications, such as Word and Excel.
Further computer requirements:

  • An antivirus application which receives regular updates;
  • Browsers must be a newer version with regular updates enabled;
  • Regular Windows 10 updates should be enabled with Windows laptop or PC.
    In addition, a mobile phone will be required to enable Multifactor Authentication (MFA) through SMS or the Authenticator App.

Internship conditions

  • UNFCCC secretariat internships are not remunerated, and the selected intern will be responsible
    for all costs before, during and after the internship assignment. Interns of the UNFCCC secretariat
    are not considered to be staff members. The selected intern is required to work in-person in Bonn,
    Germany on a full-time basis (40 hours per week). For more detailed information about the UNFCCC
    Internship programme please visit the internship section on our recruitment webpage.

Application procedure

  • Candidates who are interested in this assignment and meet the minimum requirements must use
    the on-line application system and include a cover letter. Due to the high number of applications,
    only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted for a virtual interview.

Visit the UNFCCC Careers Page

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BackgroundThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the politicalprocess to address Climate Change. The Convention secretariat supports the Convention, the KyotoProtocol and the Paris agreement through a range of activities, including substantive and organizationalsupport to meetings of the Parties. Closing date: OngoingLocation: 31 January 2025 The Communication and Engagement …

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