The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees offers assistance and protection to refugees around the world. UNHCR is one of the largest refugee agencies, with a staff of over 9,300 employees in 125 countries who help millions of refugees, returnees and internally displaced and stateless persons.
The External Relations Unit for Belgium and Luxembourg seeks native French-speaking interns for five to six months starting 1 April 2016. The intern should have a good command of English and a good comprehension of Dutch and knowledge of the media sector (including social media). Graphic design, website content management and video-making and editing skills are a strong asset.
What they offer
· Work in a dynamic, international environment
· Learn about state-of-the-art promotional techniques
· Learning about refugee issues with one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world
· First-hand accounts of refugee situations, via presentations given by staff assisting refugees in Belgium and abroad
· Experience with a UN agency
· Wide variety of interesting tasks
· Chance to practice English
· Letter of recommendation from a prestigious organization
Working method
Interns are entrusted with increasingly independent tasks. We seek individuals with a responsible, follow-up approach. The UNHCR External Relations office for Western Europe is also strengthening its use of social media and videos, for which the interns are key contributors. We continuously innovate with new projects. Interns participate in meetings; their creative ideas, technical knowhow and other contributions are highly valued.Some of our projects’ end results are visible on our website unhcr.be, in which the interns play a key role in updating.
General description of internship
· Researching and summarizing information on a variety of historic and current refugee issues
· Monitoring and analyzing the Belgian and Luxembourg press on a daily basis
· Writing, editing and translating texts (English and Dutch into French), usually for the website
· Finding and loading content onto Twitter, the website and Facebook, to strict deadlines
· Assisting with the organization of events
· Assisting with presentations about refugees
· Taking, editing and filing photographs
· Assisting with the creation of videos and publications (brochures, bookmarks, posters)
· Assistance with general office tasks on an ad hoc basis
How to apply
Please e-mail your CV and cover letter before 2 March 2016 to Keuning@unhcr.org with the subject ‘’PI Internship’’. Early applications may be given priority. Note that this is not a paid internship.
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