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Internship
Brussels
UNHCR
External Relations internships NL/FR with graphic design
Company description
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 16,800 employees who help millions of refugees in 134 countries.
Job description
The External Relations Unit for Belgium and Luxembourg is seeking two interns for 6 months starting in September or October 2019. The applicants must be native Dutch or French speakers with an excellent command of written and spoken English and a very good knowledge of French or Dutch. Knowledge of the media sector (including social media) is required. Graphic design and CMS skills are an important asset. Submission deadline is midnight CET 21 July 2019. Early applications are encouraged.
Internship tasks:
- Researching and summarizing information on a variety of historic and current refugee issues
- Summarizing refugee-related issues in the Belgian press on a daily basis;
- Writing, editing and translating texts (mainly English into Dutch or French),
- usually for the website;
- Proposing and uploading content onto Facebook, Twitter and/or the website to strict deadlines
- Assisting with the organization of events;
- Assisting with the creation and updating of publications (e.g., brochures, postcards);
- General office tasks on an ad hoc basis
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In order to be considered eligible for an internship, the following criteria must be fulfilled:
- Be a recent graduate or current student in a graduate/undergraduate school;
programme from a university;
- Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR, such as international relations, communications, journalism, graphic design or
languages/translation;
- Have no direct family ties with a UNHCR staff member (including Temporary Appointment holder)
nor of the Affiliate Workforce.
We offer
- Work in a dynamic, international environment with a wide variety of interesting tasks;
- Insight into public outreach initiatives and campaigns aimed at a variety of target audiences;
- Learning about refugee issues with one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world;
- Insight into refugee situations, facilitated by staff assisting refugees in Belgium and abroad;
- Experience with a UN agency and letter of recommendation from a prestigious organization;
- Paid internship for a period of 6 months
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- French: mother tongue
- Dutch: mother tongue
- English: good
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