Communication Intern / Programme Management Intern

About the role

The Beyond Lab, within the Office of the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, advances social innovation and systems change for long-term sustainability, building on the 2030 Agenda. It is recruiting up to three interns for six months to support its programme management and communications activities across its flagship initiatives: Futures Balance, Youth Moving Beyond GDP, Beyonds Challenge and Beyonds Security. The intern works under the supervision of the Chief of Beyond Lab.

Key responsibilities

• Communications Intern: support the communications strategy, draft and edit content for digital platforms, publications and outreach materials, create visual and multimedia content with tools such as Canva, and support communications around events, stakeholder engagement and partnerships.
• Digital Innovation and Futures Balance Intern: support the coordination of the Futures Balance initiative, research futures thinking and long-term decision-making, contribute to the development, coding, testing and refinement of digital tools, prototypes and data visualisations, and prepare technical documentation, presentations and reports and organise workshops.
• Policy Innovation and Thematic Initiatives Intern: support research and implementation of thematic initiatives such as Youth Moving Beyond GDP, Beyonds Challenge and/or Beyonds Security, contribute to policy research on participatory policymaking, systems thinking, intergenerational equity and emerging security challenges, and design and facilitate workshops and consultations and prepare policy briefs and reports.

Required profile

• Enrolled in or having completed a graduate programme (second university degree or higher), or in the final year of a first university degree (minimum bachelor's level).
• Fluency in English; knowledge of another official UN language is an advantage.
• Experience with programme management and social innovation, research and policy analysis, communications and stakeholder engagement, and multi-stakeholder collaboration is welcome but not required.

Required skills

• Proficiency in coding is an asset for the Digital Innovation and Futures Balance position.
• Use of Canva and other design software for the communications role.