Civil Affairs Intern: Research, Drafting, Data Collection and Innovation Analysis

Supports the Civil Affairs Team with policy research, drafting, lessons-learned capture, communications, event coordination and data analysis, including exploration of AI tools, to strengthen guidance and good-practice exchange for United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Department: Civil Affairs Team, Policy and Best Practices Service

• Research Civil Affairs policy, local peacebuilding, community engagement and conflict dynamics
• Draft reports, concept papers, policy documents, talking points, newsletters and related materials
• Capture lessons learned, identify good practices and document guidance gaps from peacekeeping missions
• Develop communication and advocacy products, presentations and impact stories
• Support conferences, consultations, workshops and team workstream coordination
• Proofread and copy-edit policy and knowledge products
• Collect and analyse data and manage information and databases
• Explore AI tools for report summarisation, qualitative insight extraction and workflow automation

• Current or completed graduate programme, or current or completed final year of a first university degree programme
• Field of study closely related to Civil Affairs policy, research, data or communications work
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• No previous professional work experience is required

• Unpaid internship based in New York with possible part-time or remote adjustment
• Full-time hours are 35 per week and part-time hours are 20 per week
• Initial term is two months full-time or four months part-time and may extend to six months
• Interns bear travel, visa, accommodation and living costs
• Desired start date is 1 September 2026 or sooner