The Communications Section at UN Women Headquarters in New York seeks to enlist a full-time intern to support with social media outreach.

The intern will assist the Social Media Manager in drafting messages for Twitter, Facebook and Google+, engaging UN Women’s social media audience, pinning photos on Pinterest, and monitoring all social media accounts. 

Under the supervision of the Social Media Manager, the intern will specifically be responsible for the following:

• Drafting messages for @UN_Women, @SayNO_UNiTE (and @ONUMujeres and/or @ONUFemmes, if possible), and facebook.com/unwomen, facebook.com/sayno.unite (and facebook.com/onumujeres and/or facebook.com/onufemmes, if possible):
• Monitor the UN Women website, Flicker and YouTube accounts for new content; draft and schedule posts for Twitter and Facebook in English (and Spanish and/or French, if possible).
• Based on the media clippings, select the most interesting content, prepare draft tweets and schedule them for approval via HootSuite.
• Research additional content on women’s empowerment and gender equality and schedule tweets via HootSuite.
• Research interesting posts from partners and schedule retweets via HootSuite.
• Actively expand the network of followers.

Maintain lists on Twitter:

• On a daily basis, monitor new followers and add them to lists on Twitter.
• Prepare weekly update of new VIP followers (influencers/celebrities).
• Initiate new lists on Twitter in consultation with the Social Media Manager.  

• Cross-post selected Facebook content on Google+ and engage the Google+ community.
• Research strong photos for the UN Women Pinterest account and pin them.
• Cross-post strong UN Women images on the UN Women Instagram account.

Monitor social media accounts:

• Monitor mentions for retweeting.
• Monitor the social media accounts for questions, and flag them to the Social Media Manager.
• Monitor the social media accounts for negative comments, and flag them to the Social Media Manager.

• Support the Social Media Manager during Twitter chats.
• Support live tweeting from events.
• Support preparations for social media outreach and implementation for relevant International Days and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
• Other tasks as requested by the Communications Team. 

• Self-starter; organized; 
• Able to multitask and balance multiple responsibilities.

Education:

• Must be enrolled in the final year of a Bachelor, or in a Masters degree programme.

Experience:

• Experience in communications desirable;
• Proficient in using new technologies, web-based platforms and social media networks;
• Familiar with women’s rights issues or international development/relations.

Languages:

• Fluent in English and either Spanish or French; both are a plus.

Conditions:

• UN Women will not pay for the internship; all the expenses connected with it will be borne by the intern.
• UN Women accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship; The Intern must provide proof of enrolment in a health insurance plan;
• The Intern will not be eligible to apply for, or be appointed to, any post in UN Women during the period of my internship or for the six months immediately following the expiration date thereof;
• The Intern will be personally responsible for obtaining necessary visas and arranging travel to and from the duty station where the internship will be performed.

Once the candidate has been selected, the following additional documents need to be submitted:

• Letter of enrolment from school or proof of (Master’s programme) graduation if within less than one year;
• Scanned visa document/scanned passport document if no visa is required;
• Scanned medical insurance document.