Overview
Communications & Knowledge Management Intern Jobs in Canton de Genève, Switzerland at UN News
Location: Canton de Genève
Communications & Knowledge Management Intern
Communications & Knowledge Management Intern
Apply locations Geneva, Switzerland time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date:
January 30, 2025 (11 days left to apply) job requisition
Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based): H (no hardship)
Family Type (not applicable for home-based):
Family
Staff Member / Affiliate Type
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Internship
Target Start Date
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Final date to receive applications
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January 29, 2025
Terms of Reference
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a full-time internship with the Corporate & Shared Value Partnership Team of the Private Sector Partnership Service under the Division of External Relations at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva.
Established in December 1950, UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for asylum seekers, refugees, returnees, internally displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. UNHCR currently operates in over 130 countries, using its long expertise to protect and care for millions of people.
Organizational context:
UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnership Service (PSP) supports UNHCR’s fast-growing globalcollaborationwith the private sector through its network in Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. Within PSP, the Private Partnerships and Philanthropy Section (PPH) engages corporations, private foundations and individual philanthropists. Within PPH, the Corporate and Shared Value Partnerships Unit, based in Geneva and Copenhagen, develops and supports UNHCR’s fundraising network across the globe to develop partnerships with companies to raise funds, advocate for and advance refugees’ rights, promote refugees’ economic and financialinclusion, and increase refugees’ access to products and services that they require.
The position:
The communications and knowledge management intern will contribute to the development and implementation of the team’s content strategy with an eye to strengthening online and print communications,brand awarenessand public engagement for UNHCR’s partnerships with corporates. This entails looking at our internalcommunicationof corporate guidance to PSP and non-PSP network as well as products for corporate audience. This content support will enable private sector fundraisers to cultivate, grow, and strengthen existing partnerships.
The intern will report to the head of the Corporate & Shared Value Partnership team and collaborate closely with the colleagues in the PPH Private Sector Engagement and Global Communications teams, including other key stakeholders across DER such as Crisis Communications and Brands Unit, and beyond.
Duties and responsibilities:
Communications:
Support the proofreading, re-packaging, writing, editing, and commissioning of various content and assets;
Contribute to the planning, development and management of best practice communications that maximizes engagement and visibility for UNHCR’s work on corporate and shared value partnerships;
Support content development, production, and distribution in close coordination with UNHCR’scommunicationand content teams.
Work with UNHCR’s global corporate fundraiser network to understand needs and priorities and socialise products / content.
Knowledge management:
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Title: Communications & Knowledge Management Intern
Company: UN News
Location: Canton de Genève, Switzerland
Category: Marketing / Advertising / PR, Non-Profit
