Intern - Economic Affairs -trade Facilitation

To expedite the internship process, please kindly specify your preferred start and end dates in the cover letter. The Trade Policy and Facilitation Section is a busy and dynamic team within UN ESCAP. The section involves in a wide variety of work in the areas related to trade, trade policy and trade facilitation. Types of services includes: research and analysis; providing training and capacity building for policymakers and researchers; delivering advisory services to member governments; organizing regional dialogues, meetings and forum. Much of our work is focused on the development needs of the region's least developed countries and other countries with special needs.
• Responsibilities*:
Daily responsibilities will depend on the intern's background and the work of intern's supervisor as well as the internship period. Duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Background research, literature reviews and drafting inputs including contributions to ESCAP publications on the issues related to trade, trade policies, regional integration, trade facilitation, trade related sustainable development issues.,
• Support for the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network (ARTNeT), the UN Network of Experts for Paperless Trade and Transport in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExT) and the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) including work to improve research dissemination by various channels (e.g. social media, webpage)
• Monitoring and evaluation of regional trade agreements and maintaining the APTIAD database
• Data analysis on trade flows, tariffs, non-tariff measures trends
• Support for section events, including through the website and social media
• Logistical support for training events, conferences and meetings
• Other tasks as required by the work programme

Interns are encouraged to engage in research topics of their and supervisor's interest. Past interns, under the supervision of the professional staff, have published joint working papers and policy briefs.

Competencies

The United Nations Core Competencies include:
• Communication: Ability to draft clearly and concisely, good written and oral language skills.
• Teamwork: Good interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from different national and cultural backgrounds to achieve organizational goals.
• Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be 'clients' and seeks to see things from clients' point of view.
• Planning & Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies and identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required.

Education
(a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or,
(b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent).

Work Experience

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required for the Internship Programme. Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

Assessment
N/A

Special Notice

The Cover Note must include:
• Title of degree you are currently pursuing
• Graduation Date
• Period of availability for taking internship. (The availability for more than 4-month internship could be an advantage)
• List of IT skills and programmes that you are proficient in
• List of top three areas of interest/department preferences
• Explanation of your interest in the United Nations Internship Programme

Should there be a need for an intern that matches the applicant's profile, the applicant will be contacted directly by the Division. Please note that due to the large number of applicants, Division are not necessarily in a position to reply to each request and only short-listed applicants will be contacted for further consideration.

United Nations Considerations

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

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Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICAN