Intern - Humanitarian Affairs

About the role

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is the UN Secretariat department that brings humanitarian actors together to coordinate responses to complex emergencies and natural disasters. This internship is based at UN OCHA Qatar-Doha and covers coordination and communication work in humanitarian action. It is full-time, part-time, in-person, remote or hybrid, for an initial period of three months that can be extended to six months by mutual agreement.

Key responsibilities

• Support monitoring, analysis and reporting on humanitarian action or disasters
• Support advocacy initiatives by collecting information and liaising with humanitarian partners, government officials and the media
• Take part in working groups, meetings, conferences and consultations with other agencies and partners
• Assist in the office's daily work, including developing road maps and coordinating with other OCHA branches
• Provide operations and logistics support
• Help draft reports, documents and communications such as survey sections, background papers, parliamentary documents, briefings, case studies, presentations, correspondence, notes and talking points
• Prepare information materials for humanitarian advocacy and share them with partners
• Perform other duties as required

Required profile

• Enrolled in or having completed a graduate programme (second university degree or equivalent or higher)
• Or enrolled in or having completed the final year of a first university degree (minimum bachelor's or equivalent) in communication, media and international relations
• No professional work experience required; a closely related field of study is desirable
• Fluency in reading, speaking, understanding and writing English and Arabic

Required skills

• Good knowledge of standard software, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Teams
• Ability to draft news articles and/or social media posts is desirable

Interns are not paid by the United Nations; costs for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the intern's or their sponsor's responsibility. The UN charges no fee at any stage of the recruitment process.