Programme Management Intern (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism)

This Programme Management Intern (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism) position offers a high-impact opportunity to support the critical UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Global Programme on PCVE, a core priority for the UN Secretary-General and the global counter-terrorism strategy. The intern's role provides support in research and analysis, project documentation, policy inputs, and reports. The position is instrumental in strengthening global efforts and policies to effectively prevent violent extremism and promote human rights.

UNOPS DSI has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism to implement project activities under the Global Programme on Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE)  within UNOCT.

The United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT) was established by the General Assembly in June 2017. UNOCT has five mandated functions:

 (1) Provide leadership on the General Assembly counter-terrorism mandates entrusted to the Secretary-General from across the United Nations system; 

(2) Enhance coordination and coherence across the Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities to ensure the balanced implementation of the four pillars of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy; 

(3) Strengthen the delivery of United Nations counter-terrorism capacity-building assistance to Member States; 

(4) Improve visibility, advocacy and resource mobilization for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts; and 

(5) Ensure that due priority is given to counterterrorism across the United Nations system and that the important work on preventing violent extremism is firmly rooted in the Strategy.

Under UNOPS supervision and working in close collaboration with UNOCT teams, the Programme Management Intern (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism) will provide support to several UNOPS projects implemented on behalf of the UNOCT Global Programme on PCVE. 

The internship position is situated within the Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP) under the Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) of the New York Portfolios Office (NYPO). The intern will provide the following functions:

• Contribute to substantive research and analysis of issues related to the programme and support the preparation of project documentation, technical inputs, visibility materials, reports, briefing papers, talking points, background notes, speeches, webstories.

• Participate in meetings, as appropriate, and draft the respective notes, summaries and reports.

• Keep abreast of the latest trends and monitor events and developments on issues related to preventing and countering violent extremism in areas such as strategic communications, youth engagement and empowerment, policy assistance, gender,and human rights. Related subject areas include the intersection of violent extremism with gaming, artificial intelligence, and mental health, and climate security.

• Process and organize relevant information and data, categorizing the information by its relevance to the Programme as well as inputting into various UNOCT databases.

• Provide assistance in tasks related to organizing fact-finding missions, training courses, workshops, round-table meetings, conferences, events, etc. to enhance capacities and policies in Member States.

• Perform other related tasks, as required.