• Country: Geneva, Switzerland
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNCTAD 
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-02-05

Duties and Responsibilities
The position is at the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Internship Programme is unpaid and full-time, i.e., an intern is expected to work five days per week (40 hours). The internship is offered either on an in-person or remote basis.

For in-person internships, interns must have a valid visa. All costs of travel, accommodation, medical insurance and living expenses must be covered by the intern.

The position is located in Geneva in the Division of Technology and Logistics (DTL). The internship will start on February for an initial period of 3 months.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Trade Facilitation Section carries out research and technical assistance activities aimed at promoting and building capacity in trade facilitation focusing on improving cross-border clearance efficiency and performance and trade growth and sustainability for development, especially in the context of developing countries.

The focus of this internship will be to assist the section in its work to undertake research and analysis and related technical assistance projects.

Training and mentoring will be provided all along the internship by the supervisor (s) and team of colleagues in the Office. Carrying out his/her tasks under the guidance and supervision of a supervisor, duties include:

• Participation in online meetings with the supervisor and team.
• Undertake research and drafting related to Trade Facilitation reform challenges, National Trade Facilitation Committees contribution in the implementation of international agreements and/or UNCTAD products/ tools in facilitating national trade facilitation reforms.
• Attend, service, and summarize conferences, webinars and meetings related to Trade Facilitation.
• Assist the TFS team in the preparation and standardisation of material for training modules of the UNCTAD Empowerment programme for National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs).
• Assist in preparing digital and paper-based products (such as brochures, presentations, articles, etc) for promoting the Empowerment programme.
• Assist and contribute in the preparation and organization of in-person and online workshops, starting from backstopping the preparatory work, organization, and delivery, up to the final assessment and reporting after the completion of the workshops.
• Attend and summarize meetings and conduct research related to facilitating transit coordination in and among developing countries.
• Attend and summarize meetings and conduct research exploring the role of communication in elevating the transparency and indispensability of national trade facilitation committees in national trade policies.
• Prepare short drafts on specific issues as indicated by the supervisors, including development of charts, graphs.
• Provide substantive support to the preparation of relevant documents (e.g. presentations, project documents and management of projects) as required by the above-mentioned activities.
• Support other activities of the Section as required.

More generally, interns shall:
1. Observe all applicable rules, regulations, instructions, procedures and directives of the Organization notwithstanding their status as described in section 5 of the UN Internship Programme Administrative Instructions ST/AI/2020/1.

2. Provide the receiving departments/offices with a copy of all materials prepared by them during the internship. The UN shall be entitled to all property rights, including but not limited to patents, copyrights and trademarks, with regard to material which bears a direct relation to or is made in consequence of, the services provided under the internship. At the request of the UN, the interns shall assist in securing such property rights and transferring them to the UN in compliance with the requirements of the applicable law.

3. Respect the impartiality and independence required of the UN and of the receiving department/office and shall not seek or accept instructions regarding the services performed under the internship agreement from any Government or from any authority external to the UN;

4. Unless otherwise authorized by the appropriate official in the receiving department/office, they may not communicate at any time to the media or to any institution, person, Government or any other external source any information which has become known to them by reason of their association with the UN or the receiving department/office, that they know or ought to have known has not been made public. They may not use any such information without the written authorization of the appropriate official, and such information may never be used for personal gain. These obligations also apply after the end of the internship with the UN.

5. Refrain from any conduct that would adversely reflect on the UN or on the receiving department/office and will not engage in any activity which is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the UN.
Qualifications/special skills
The United Nations internship programme is intended to expose students or recent graduates to the United Nations to enhance their educational experience and to help them gain experience in the work of the Organization.

Therefore, applicants to the programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
(a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or,
(b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).

Moreover, interns should:
• Be computer literate in standard software applications;
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter; and
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.
Languages
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.

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