Communications Intern

As part of the Communications Unit and under the supervision of the Communications Specialist, the Communications Intern will be responsible for undertaking the following activities: - Support the development and implementation of UNDP Sierra Leone’s Communications strategy, Annual Communications Plan and Key Performance Indicators - Support content development for stories, op-eds, talking points, press releases and/or social media posts - Assist team members in synthesizing information from UNDP programme teams - Support in preparing presentations, decks, pitches, toolkits and process documents. - Assist in maintaining dashboards, meeting calendars for the Communications Unit - Support the team with curation and coordination of events, campaigns, workshops, highlighting the work of UNDP and building relationships within the ecosystem - Build communication materials for events and help spread awareness through relevant channels. Technical /Functional Competencies: - Writing and Editing skills - Ability to analyze large sets of data and reports and synthesize complex issues. - Create excel spreadsheets and dashboards - Familiarity with website management, social media platform, branding and fostering private sector partnerships - Experience of creating content across a variety of medium - Demonstrated ability to plan and curate campaigns, events and workshops - Excellent oral and written communication skills - MicroSoft Powerpoint, Word and Excel skills - Basic research and analysis - Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things. - Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches for publishing content, fostering partnerships and launching campaigns. Education: Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements: - Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); - Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent); - Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.