Pollution and Circular Economy Support Internship

About the role

The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is looking for an intern to join its Pollution and Circular Economy workstream. The intern will help implement UNEP FI's work programme on pollution and the circular economy, working with other thematic streams and external stakeholders. The position can be done remotely or in Geneva, Switzerland, for an expected duration of 6 months.

Key responsibilities

• Support internal work on pollution (especially plastic and chemicals pollution) and the circular economy, taking initiative on a piece of applied research or other tasks agreed with the supervisor.
• Help develop guidance materials, case studies, capacity-building programmes and other work on pollution and circular economy.
• Support the Circular Economy Working Group, which produces guidance for banks on operationalising the circular economy, and the Circular Economy Community of Practice, which fosters peer exchange in the finance sector.
• Support the Pollution Working Group and the Finance Leadership Group on Plastics, which contributes to the future international plastics treaty.
• Carry out research on pollution, circular economy and finance, including metrics, indicators, data, norms and practices, and collate information from reports, publications, webinars and company disclosures.
• Coordinate communications with working groups and other teams, and provide administrative and communications support such as tracking sheets, meeting minutes and webinars and brochures.

Required profile

• Student in the final year of a bachelor's, master's or PhD programme, or recently graduated; applicants to the UN Internship Programme need not have professional work experience.
• A field of study closely related to the internship, such as finance, economics, sustainable development, environmental studies or international relations.
• Fluency in oral and written English; knowledge of French and Spanish is desirable.