Urban Development, Housing and Solid Waste Management Intern

UN-Habitat offers a six-month Luanda internship supporting sustainable urban development, housing and solid-waste initiatives through project concepts, partner outreach, indicator tracking, field and design work, data analysis, circular-economy pilots and municipal coordination.

Department: Regional Office for Africa

• Develop project concepts and identify community opportunities for resource mobilisation
• Prepare partner and donor meetings, outreach tools and stakeholder communications
• Track indicators and support UN-Habitat portfolio implementation
• Prepare layouts, calculations, drawings and visual aids for urban projects
• Collect and analyse urban, housing and waste-management data
• Support field inspections and community-based recycling initiatives
• Coordinate integrated solid-waste solutions with municipalities and local stakeholders

• Current enrolment in or completion of a graduate programme, or enrolment in or completion of the final year of a first university degree
• Academic background in architecture, civil engineering, urban planning, community mobilisation, public health, geography, environmental engineering, waste management or environmental science
• Fluent spoken and written Portuguese
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office

• The six-month internship is full time, unpaid and offered in person or hybrid in Luanda
• Interns bear their own travel, visa, accommodation and living costs
• Applicants from Angola are encouraged to apply