Communications Intern ( Swedish Speaking)

Background

As the lead UN development agency, UNDP supports countries in their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP is present in 170 countries around the world and works to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities. The UNDP Nordic Representation Office is located at the UN City in Copenhagen, with satellite offices in Stockholm, Oslo, and Helsinki. Together we work for distributing knowledge about UNDP’s work in the Nordic countries as well as coordinating the partnership with these key donors.

The internship position offers a unique opportunity for insight into UNDP’s work and the chance to gain experience from an international professional environment. We are a small office, and the intern will have the opportunity to participate in an array of different tasks and be positioned to influence the office’s work.

The intern will work out of UNDP’s office at UN City in Copenhagen under the guidance of the UNDP Nordic Office Deputy Director and UNDP Nordic Office Partnership Specialist (located in Stockholm).

Duties and Responsibilities

As an intern, you will be given fixed assignments, but as we are a small and busy office, you must be comfortable taking on a variety of assignments and be prepared to contribute where and when needed. We would like to find someone who is structured, independent, creative, and takes initiative.

Tasks will include:

• Support the development and publishing of communications material through our various social media channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, X and Facebook).
• Support in keeping our websites undp.se and globalamålen.se up to date.
• Assist in planning and conducting of public events such as conferences, seminars and report launches.
• Translate news articles and other texts (Swedish to English and vice versa).
• Support the preparation of briefing material for seminars, meetings, and international visits.
• Perform administrative support.

  Competencies

  • Excellent communications skills in English and Swedish, both written and oral.
  • Strong interest in, and knowledge of, global development and the work of international organisations.
  • Strong social media skills; knowledge of web publication tools and graphic design tools such as Canva is an advantage.
  • Team player; works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
  • Good organizational and time management skills.
  • Able to work independently.
  • Knowledge of the UN/UNDP and the Sustainable Development Goals is an advantage.

    Required Skills and Experience

    Languages:

  • Fluency in spoken and written Swedish and English is required.

    Eligibility:

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  • Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);

Application Process:

Interested individuals must include the following documents when submitting the applications in UNDP job shop (Please note that only 1 (one) file can be uploaded therefore please include all documents in one file):

General Conditions