Job Title: Communications and Design Intern

UNDP is looking for talented, motivated, and enthusiastic intern to will work closely to the SEH to support through communications and design skills. The intern will be a key contributor to UNDP’s sustainable energy initiatives through both strategic communications and knowledge management. The intern will play a crucial role in advancing SEH’s outreach efforts through visual storytelling, social media management, and multimedia production, ensuring effective communication of SEH’s mission and strategic positioning of UNDP and advocacy for UNDP work on sustainable energy.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of key functions:

• Develop high-quality multimedia content (graphics, videos, animations) for social media, knowledge products, and campaigns.
• Assist in managing SEH’s social media presence, including content scheduling, engagement tracking, and analytics.
• Support website updates, knowledge management, and digital asset organization, including maintaining SEH’s photo and video bank.
• Create visual materials for publications, reports, presentations, and external communications.
• Contribute to internal and external communication strategies, including drafting press releases, blog posts, and outreach materials.

Social Media and Digital Content Management

• Develop engaging social media content (graphics, animations, videos, and infographics) for LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram to enhance SEH’s digital presence.
• Assist in implementing social media strategies and campaigns, including international days and energy-related advocacy efforts.
• Support content scheduling and analytics tracking to optimize audience engagement and reach.

Graphic and Visual Content Design

• Create high-quality infographics, illustrations, flyers, posters, and branded materials for SEH’s knowledge products, reports, and promotional content.
• Design and refine SEH’s visual identity assets, including logos, icons, and templates for presentations, policy briefs, and publications.
• Develop engaging multimedia content such as animated GIFs and motion graphics.

 Website and Knowledge Management Support

• Assist in updating SEH’s website with news, publications, and event highlights to ensure accessibility to the latest knowledge resources.
• Support the development of visual assets and layout improvements for knowledge products, including reports and case studies.
• Manage and curate SEH’s photo and video bank, implementing a tagging system for easy retrieval and usage in campaigns.

 Video Content Production and Editing

• Support video content creation and editing using tools like Premiere Pro, Lumen5, and Canva to develop storytelling materials.
• Assist in producing short-form videos, interviews, and campaign visuals to promote SEH’s impact.

Internal and External Communications Support

• Assist in drafting press releases, blog posts, and feature stories highlighting SEH’s activities.
• Develop communications toolkits, fact sheets, and outreach materials for SEH’s campaigns and initiatives.
• Support SEH’s internal communication channels, including Microsoft Teams, and Yammer, and the corporate website with relevant content updates

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

1. Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in fields such as Communications, Marketing, Graphic Design, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.
2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in these disciplines;
3. Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (1) and (2) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
4. Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

Experience:

1. Experience creating multimedia content for social media, marketing campaigns, and knowledge products, demonstrating a strong ability to translate information into engaging visuals.
2. Hands-on experience in graphic design, branding, and motion graphics, with a portfolio showcasing past work.
3. Previous involvement in social media content creation and management, with familiarity in engagement strategies and analytics.
4. Experience working on website design, layout improvement, and knowledge management systems.
5. An understanding of sustainable development, climate change, and energy access communications is an advantage.

Language requirements

1. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English language is required;
2. Fluency in other official languages of the UN is considered an asset.

Additional information:

Institutional Arrangements

The interns will report to the Director of the UNDP Sustainable Energy Hub.

When completing a remote internship, interns will be responsible for providing their own equipment, internet and communication access and work space.

Interns’ Expenses

Interns may be given a stipend under conditions prescribed in the section on stipends, below.  Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, passports, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of:

(a) The nominating institution, related institution or government, which may provide the required financial assistance to its students; or

(b) The intern.

Stipend

Where an intern is engaged in-person and is not financially supported by any institution or programme, such as a university, Government, foundation or scholarship programme, a stipend intended to help cover basic daily expenses related to an in-person internship, such as meals and transportation at the duty station, will be paid by the receiving office.

Where an intern is engaged remotely and is not financially supported by any institution or programme, such as a university, Government, foundation or scholarship programme, a remote stipend intended to help cover expenses related to the internship, such as internet connections or other means to remain in contact with the receiving office, will be paid by the receiving office.

The stipend will be paid on a monthly basis and part-time internship arrangements are prorated accordingly.

Where an intern is financially supported by an institution, government or third party, UNDP will, subject to the rules of such institution, government or third party, pay the intern the difference, if any, between the external financial support provided and the applicable UNDP stipend.  No other payments of any kind will be made to an intern by the office in connection with an internship agreement.

Interns will accrue combined sick and annual leave at the rate of 1 ½ days per month, which will be prorated to the nearest half day for part-time internships. Any accrued leave days not used by the end of the internship will be forfeited. Any unjustified absences during the internship period exceeding a total of nine days or as prorated for part-time internships, will be deducted from the monthly stipend.

Insurance

Interns, whether engaged in-person or remotely, are responsible for securing adequate medical insurance for the duration of their internship with UNDP and must provide self-certification of good health prior to starting the internship. UNDP will not reimburse the medical insurance of the intern. Any costs arising from accidents and illness incurred during an internship assignment will be the responsibility of the intern.

Selected candidates for in-person internships must show proof of valid medical insurance for the duty station in which they will intern. For interns that are neither nationals nor residents of the duty station of the internship, the insurance must include adequate coverage in the event of an injury or illness during the internship duration which:

1. Requires transportation to the home country or country of residence for further treatment;
2. Results in death and requires preparation and return of the remains to the home country, or country of residence.

UNDP accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to personal effects that may occur during the internship.

Subsequent Employment

There is no expectation of employment with UNDP following an internship.

Third-party claims

UNDP is not responsible for any claims by any parties where the loss of or damage to their property, death or personal injury was caused by the actions or omission of action by the interns during their internship.