Work LocationNairobi Expected duration6 Months Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP's Early Warning and Assessments Division (EWAD) is responsible for analyzing the state of the global environment, providing early warning information and assessing global and regional environmental trends to catalyse and promote international cooperation and action on the environment. This post is located in the GMES EW4E unit, Early Warning and Data Analytics of the EWAD, in Nairobi. This advertisement is seeking multiple interns to work in the unit. The intern will report to Early Warning for Environment Focal Point. The Global Environment Monitoring Systems and Early Warning for the Environment Unit (GEMS-EWE) provide innovative monitoring services on the state of nature & biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change, and their cascading risks, covering risk sources at the upstream to midstream state of the environment, and end-of-pipe monitoring of solutions and investment enablers needed to drive solutions uptake. This is to help the world community at the national, regional, and global levels access early warning data and assessments required to inform science and data-based policy decisions and investments to forestall and minimise the occurrence of rapid and slow onset risks arising from the triple planetary crises and ensure the translation of early warning into early action. Under the supervision of the Programme Management Officer, the intern will be responsible for providing technical support for the Early Warning for Environment and will perform, in particular, the following duties: 1. Contributes to providing substantive support in implementing Early Warning for Environment, including Project management, planning and organizing, aligning with Early Warning for Environment workplan and UNEP rules and procedures, to contribute to UNEP MTS; 2. Works with the technical level of Early Warning for Environment Task Forces and contributes to ensuring consistency and harmonization across all UNEP and external partners. 3. Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to integrated to WESR. 4. Contributes to the organization, preparation and facilitation with administrative and substantive support to consultative of Early Warning for Environment-related meetings, including workshops’ meetings, also including by preparing documents and overseeing logistical aspects. 5. Contributes to the organization and support to internal and external stakeholders meeting. 6. Drafting documents and project proposal for the Early Warning for Environment for the resource’s mobilization. 7. Prepares, in coordination with the Early Warning for Environment networks, inputs for outreach and other communication material related to the Early Warning for Environment. 8. Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to integrated to WESR. 9. Undertakes outreach activities; participates in the development of workshops, seminars, and best practices meetings; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities. 10. Contributes to the collection and analysis of data related to Early Warning for Environment as well as identification of trends or patterns and provides draft insights through graphs, charts, tables, and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation, and reporting. 11. Helped draft fundraising materials for public and private sector funding sources. 12. Support outreach and communication initiatives for the Early Warning for Environment. 13. Perform other duties as required. Qualifications/special skillsApplicants must, at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements: • Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); • Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent); or Have graduated with a university degree in environmental sciences, environment monitoring, Socio-economic Data Analysis, business or public administration, social science, environmental law, or related field. • Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience. • However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required. • Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor’s or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme. Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work. experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required. Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme. Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in written and oral English is required. Working knowledge of other UN official languages is desirable (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat) 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.