United Nations Association in Canada - Internship Opportunity

Dear Valued UNA-Canada Partner,

I hope that you will share widely our latest call for our competitive, prestigious International Development & Diplomacy Internship Programme. There are only three weeks left to apply.

My name is David Yu and I am the Programme Officer for the United Nations Association in Canada’s International Development & Diplomacy Internship Programme (IDDIP).These internships provide successful applicants, known as Junior Professional Consultants (JPCs), with invaluable, demanding, deeply meaningful work experience, as well as a proven bridge to employment. The Programme also provides professional development support including: job readiness, resume building and webinars   before, during and after our JPCs deployment. In its 19^th year of operation, the IDDIP has sent hundreds of Canada’s best and brightest graduates and young professionals to UN agencies around the world.

Eligibility/Quick Facts:

• Must be a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Must have completed an undergraduate degree.
• Over 90% of our Junior Professional Consultants (JPCs) find related work within three months of their completed internship.
• Internships are self-funded, typically six-months in length with UN agencies such as: UNDP, IOM, UNICEF, UN Women, IOM, UNHCR.
• Current host agencies are located in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Peru, Rwanda, India and Indonesia.
• Successful applicants will be deployed in early June.
• These internships offer invaluable, deeply meaningful professional development experience.

To apply, please visit http://unac.org/unac-projects/international-internships/

The application deadline is March 16^th, 2015.

Thank you for your support and cooperation in promoting this very important programme. We encourage you to forward the soft copy of the attached advertisement, or this email, to other organizations or faculty that may be interested. We also encourage you to pass this along to  undergraduate or graduate student associations, career centres or school newspapers that might be able to further promote the programme on their facebook pages, twitter accounts or other job boards.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to call me (613) 232-5751 ext. 234 to have a quick chat.

For more information about UNA-Canada, please visithttp://unac.org/

UNA-Canada, with a mandate to Grow Global Citizens, has developed this programme to provide just these experiences to talented Canadian graduates. Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

David

David Yu
Junior Programme Officer / agent adjuncte de programme 
United Nations Association in Canada | Association canadienne pour les Nations Unies
300-309 Cooper St. Ottawa, ON  K2P 0G5

T: (613) 232-5751 ext 234 
F: (613) 563-2455

Twitter: @UNACIDDIP  @UNACanada