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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Paid Internship Opportunity for Students and Graduates for 2025
Are you a student or a graduate looking for a paid internship opportunity in 2025? Are you a bachelor's student or a postgraduate student? Are you a graduate? The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) internship for 2025 is open and is currently accepting applications. Read below for more details.
About UNFPA:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025) reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations, and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains, and realize our goals.
Eligibility:
Educational requirements
To be considered for this paid internship, applicants are required to have one of the following educational requirements:
- Be enrolled in a first university degree programme (such as a bachelor’s degree or equivalent) and have completed one full academic year.
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme or higher).
- Have recently graduated with a university degree as defined above and, if selected, must start the internship within one year of graduation; or
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional trainee programme and undertake the internship as part of this programme.
Other eligibility requirements
Aside from the educational requirements for applicants, applicants are expected to demonstrate the following:
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to new environments and to establish and maintain good working relations with individuals of different cultural backgrounds.
- Demonstrate interest in the field of development.
- Demonstrate written and spoken proficiency in at least one of the working languages of the United Nations (English or French) and fluency in the official language (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, or Spanish) of the UNFPA office; and
Note Carefully:
Relatives of staff of UNFPA are not eligible for these internships. That is, an individual whose father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or sister is a UNFPA staff member is not eligible for an internship with UNFPA.
Core Values and Competencies for this role:
Values:
- Embracing cultural diversity,
- Embracing change.
- Exemplifying integrity,
- Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
Core Competencies:
- Thinking analytically and strategically,
- Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships.
- Achieving results
- Being accountable
- Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
Benefits/Support:
Interns who do not receive financial support from an outside party (such as an academic institution, university, or government) are eligible to receive a stipend as a contribution towards living expenses. The stipend is based on the intern’s agreed place of work, which may be different from the duty station of the hiring office in cases of remote arrangements. The stipend is normally paid in local currency at the end of each month.
Equality and Work Environment at UNFPA:
Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce. UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity, and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation, and selection for all, regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity.
Disclaimer:
Take note of a scam. UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing, or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.
How to Apply for the UNFPA Internship
After going through all the requirements and qualifications above, if you are a good fit for this role, CLICK HERE TO APPLY.
Deadline to Submit an Application
To be considered for this internship role, do apply before or on 12/31/2025, by 03:44 PM.