UNEP FI Risk Centre Intern - Support for Risk Programming

About the role

The UNEP FI Risk Centre, part of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, is looking for an intern to work with its climate and nature risk specialists on a programme of events and publications aimed at risk professionals. The internship lasts about 6 months and can be done remotely or in Geneva, Switzerland. The centre works directly with financial institutions on topics such as climate and nature data, scenario analysis, sustainability risk management and disclosure best practices.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the Research Lead with focus group management: building and maintaining participant lists, identifying target banks, drafting invitations, scheduling meetings and taking notes.
• Prepare first drafts of case studies for review by the Senior Adviser and banks, and keep a source log of what each bank supplied.
• Gather and review supervisory and industry sources for each module of the Operational Playbook.
• Produce a research/evidence pack per module: summarized findings, verified APA 7th citations and working links.
• Draft Operational Playbook modules and components to the provided template and house style.
• Manage the publication review process, internally and externally, with the Communications and design teams.
• Help redesign the Risk Centre website: manage and sort resources, advise on filing options and user experience.
• Support Risk Centre operations (email, calendar, website updates, member lists) and coordinate with members, partners and other UN teams.

Required profile

• Student in the final year of a first university degree (Bachelor's or equivalent), a Master's or PhD programme, or a graduate who starts the internship within one year of graduation.
• Academic background in economics, social sciences, natural sciences, environmental science, public policy, sustainable development, business administration, finance or a related field.
• Fluency in oral and written English; English and French are the working languages of the UN Secretariat.
• No professional work experience required, but the field of study must be closely related to the internship.

Required skills

• Familiarity with risk management, banking or prudential regulation, sustainability or E&S risk, or related fields.
• Ability to analyse institutional documents such as bank risk frameworks and supervisory guidance and synthesize them into structured templates.
• Comparative research across jurisdictions and sources, with accurate referencing.
• Clear, formal, practitioner-facing writing and stakeholder coordination for multi-region events.
• Database management and experience with SharePoint are desirable.