The UNESCO Internship Programme 2023
The UNESCO Internship Programme is a studying alternative for college kids and up to date graduates to find out about UNESCO’s mandate, programmes and processes in addition to improve their tutorial and technical information via sensible assignments.
Who can apply?
Age: You should be no less than 20 years previous to use.
Educational {qualifications}:
On the time of your utility to the internship programme:
- You might be at present enrolled in a graduate programme (Grasp’s diploma, PhD, or equal, second college diploma or increased).
- You’ve gotten lately graduated with a Grasp’s diploma or PhD (or second diploma as outlined above), 12 months previous to the beginning of the internship.
Please be aware that candidates who’ve accomplished their full-time college research however usually are not enrolled in a graduate programme usually are not eligible to use.
Candidates in secretarial/assistant or technical/skilled assignments should be enrolled in a secretarial college or in a specialised technical/skilled establishment, and will need to have reached the final yr of their research, or have lately graduated (inside the final 12 months) from their college or establishment.
Languages: You need to have a superb command, each written and spoken, of English or French. A working information of the opposite language (English or French) is an asset, and could also be required for internships in secretarial and assistantship assignments on the Headquarters.
Pc abilities: You have to have a superb information of laptop methods and office-related software program.
Crew participant: You need to be capable to work nicely in a staff and adapt to a world working atmosphere.
Communication abilities: You need to possess sturdy interpersonal and communication abilities.
Remember:
- Period: The minimal length of an internship is one month, and the utmost length is six months.
- Visa: You have to be accountable for acquiring any vital visas.
- Journey: You have to prepare and finance your journey to the situation the place you’ll undertake your internship.
- Medical insurance coverage: You have to present proof of a complete medical insurance legitimate within the nation the place you’ll undertake your internship and for the whole interval of the internship. UNESCO will solely present restricted insurance coverage protection as much as USD 30,000 towards threat of sickness, incapacity, or demise through the internship interval.
- Medical certificates: Earlier than the start of your internship, you have to present a medical certificates indicating you might be match to work. Please be aware {that a} Medical Certificates ought to be issued by a professional medical practitioner and you must NOT submit any of your medical data which is confidential (Outcomes of assessments, X-ray movies and many others.).
- Supporting Paperwork: Earlier than the start of your internship, you have to present your ID/Certificates of Enrollment/Diploma (when you have only recently graduated).
- Go away: Interns are entitled to 2.5 days of go away monthly throughout their internship.
Earlier than making use of:
- Have your motivation letter and résumé prepared earlier than filling out the appliance kind. You solely have one hour to complete the method.
- Make sure that your contact particulars will likely be legitimate within the subsequent 6 months.
- You may solely use both English or French in making use of.
- Please present an unofficial French or English translation of your paperwork if they don’t seem to be in these languages.
- You might be allowed to submit just one utility.
- UNESCO doesn’t remunerate interns. There isn’t any compensation, monetary or in any other case for internship assignments.
- Even in case you are eligible, there isn’t a assure of placement. We obtain extra functions from certified candidates than we are able to place.
- Your utility will likely be additional accessed by UNESCO mangers all over the world and can keep in our internship portal for a interval of six months.
- We don’t reply to every candidate. If chosen, you may be immediately contacted by the supervisor. If you don’t obtain any replace inside six months, it signifies that your utility has not been profitable.