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Junior Professional Consultant
| Status: | Filled |
|---|---|
| Organization: | United Nations Association in Canada |
| Acronym: | UNA-Canada |
| Type: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Mandate: | Founded in 1946, just months after Canada’s signature of the UN Charter in San Francisco, the United Nations Association in Canada is a nation-wide, volunteer-based, not-for-profit registered charity. UNA-Canada works to engage and educate Canadians - with a focus on youth - in critical international issues, to raise awareness of the UN and its work and to offer to the global commons made-in-Canada solutions and innovations to international challenges. UNA-Canada’s public education and outreach programmes encompass conferences and seminars, community activism, the publication of policy analyses, informative documents and educational resources, and a robust web site that covers a broad range of UN-related issues, including sustainable development, food security, peace-building, human rights, UN reform/revitalization, corporate social responsibility and the strengthening of the role of civil society and international organizations. With a professional staff in Ottawa, UNA-Canada has 14 - soon to be 15 - branches across the country; 14,000 members; a Council of Organizations consisting of 25 organization supportive of Canada’s multilateralism and the Canadian Corporate Leadership Council of the UN which encourages corporate citizenship while supporting the work of UNA-Canada. |
| Address: | 300-309 Cooper St. Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0G5 FAX: (613) 563-2455 |
| Please visit the website of the organization offering this internship to verify its application requirements prior to sending your resume. | |
| Contact Person: | Andrea Chow |
| E-Mail: | andrea@unac.org |
| French Web Site: | |
| English Web Site: | www.unac.org |
| Country: | Cambodia |
| City: | Phnom Penh |
| Sector: | Government and civil society |
| Position Description: |
The intern will be working with the Communications Unit to enhance the
image of the UN system as a force for development, peace and justice. The Unit
also promotes local awareness of and support for UNDP as: - A committed partner to governments and civil society in promoting people-centered development; - An effective change agent that makes a difference in people's lives; - A leader in the ongoing development debate. The Intern will: - Assist the communications specialist to develop a UN information database for information sharing. - Liaise with program units and UN agencies to gather project information and lead a mapping exercise of UNDP development projects. - Help provide guidelines for UN agencies on the database updating process to increase capacity. - Edit and proofread UN/UNDP publications. - Help liaise with media on UN/UNDP development-related activities. - Assist the Communications Unit in organizing events. - Help design UN/UNDP publications. |
| Host Organization: | United Nations Development Programme, Cambodia Country Office |
| Host Organization Details: | UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. www.undp.org |
