Internship Library and Knowledge Management

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

岗位领域：语言文职工作性质：实习

学历要求：本科及以上岗位职级：P1

工作地点：Geneva (Switzerland) 截止日期：

岗位信息网址：https://www.unjobnet.org/jobs/detail/ohchr-internshiplibrary-and-knowledge-management-88812139

职位描述

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Internship-Library and Knowledge Management

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Geneva (Switzerland)

I-1 Intern Internship

Documentation and Information Management General Support Innovation and Knowledge Management

Closes 25 Sep 2026 · 10 days 23:59 EDT (UTC-4)

In your timezone: 2026年9月26日周六 11:59 (Asia/Hong_Kong) Employers can close earlier.

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Cost of living 112 (US=100) Hardship H

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Posted 3 days ago

Job Description

Work Location

Geneva/OHCHR-H building

Expected duration

01.01.27-30.06.27

Duties and Responsibilities

The interns shall support the Dynamic Knowledge and Library Team, in the UN Human Rights/OHCHR Global Operations Division, Methodology, Learning, Policy and Practice Section, in fulfilling its duties, namely: to provide quality information and knowledge services and to be an effective gateway to information and knowledge in the area of human rights and, more specifically, of the work of the United Nations in the area of human rights. This Job Opening is intended to recruit three intern positions, with three different profiles: Library profile, Data Science profile, and Communications/Knowledge Management profile. The interns will support the development of the Human Rights Knowledge Gateway, where thematic knowledge hubs are hosted, contributing to research work related to those, as well as to the development of content and resources for the OHCHR intranet and knowledge hub for one or more core human rights areas of work. In addition, the interns, depending on their profiles, will contribute to specific workstreams: The intern with a communication and/or knowledge management profile will support the organization and facilitation of knowledge sharing events led by the Methodology, Learning, Policy and Practice Section, assist in the production of knowledge sharing materials and activities, such as videos, tutorials, website editing and Library guides and knowledge retention and knowledge dissemination initiatives, and assist in the development and update of Intranet and Knowledge Hub content. The intern with a Data Science profile will support the data science efforts of the Methodology, Learning, Policy and Practice Section, aiming at automating tasks as the subject classification of Library assets, tagging of websites and documents, as well as extracting and processing relevant, structured information from documents and sites. The intern with a Library profile will help in the daily management of the OHCHR Library, ensuring cataloguing and indexing tasks, research and reference queries, digitization tasks, dealing with clients and managing the physical and online collections and assist with other tasks as requested.

Qualifications/special skills

To qualify for the United Nations Secretariat Internship Programme, applicants must, at the time of application, be enrolled in a graduate school programme (i.e. Master's degree or equivalent degree, or higher) or in the final academic year of a first-level university degree programme (i.e. Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree) in the areas of library science, information science, knowledge management and/or a human rights, law or international relations related field, OR have graduated with a university as defined above in one of those study fields AND, if selected, must commence the internship within one year period from the date of graduation.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another United Nations official language - Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish – is an asset.

Additional Information

Not available.

Intern Specific text

Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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