Internet Governance Internship

The internship supports the Internet Governance Forum Secretariat with technical and programme facilitation, helping develop annual IGF meeting platforms, remote participation, web functions, social media activity and intersessional work.

Department: IGF Secretariat

• Support IGF programme platforms including scheduling, room reservation and remote participation systems
• Assist technical and substantive work on IGF website functions and design
• Support functionality of the IGF web application
• Contribute to implementation of the social media campaign
• Assist training delivery for remote participation support staff
• Compile annual participation statistics and media analysis
• Support planning for intersessional work and national, regional and youth IGF initiatives
• Support interface design and layout of final IGF output documents

• Enrolled in or completed a graduate school programme, or enrolled in or completed the final academic year of a first university degree programme
• Field of study closely related to the internship
• Good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Teams
• Fluency in spoken and written English

• Expected duration: two to six months
• Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations
• Travel, visa, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions
• Successful candidates may need appropriate visa and work authorisation before accepting the internship