Health & Wellness Internships at United Nations

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and the representative office of the Secretary-General. We support programme implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT) globally, as well as other UN offices in Kenya, by providing Administrative, conference, Security and information services (www.unon.org).

The UNON Health and Wellness internship is for 3 months with a possibility for extension depending on the needs of the Organization.

The Internship is UNPAID and full-time.

Interns work five days per week (35 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to which they are assigned.

Health & Wellness Internship Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision of the JMS Medical Officer, the intern will assist the program manager in the implementation of the JMS Wellness programme and specifically perform the following duties under guidance:
• Assist in the preparation of health and wellness communication tools.
• Assist in health promotion and outreach activities including preparations and logistics for delivery of health talks, participation in healthy U campaigns, support for wellness group challenge activities, outreach activities focused on health, nutrition and fitness.
• Assist in the dissemination of health awareness materials and marketing and promoting of the wellness programme through Innovative application of information technology tools such as online presence, social media activity, newsletter articles, mobile based applications and fitness tracking.
• Assist in monitoring and evalaution of the wellness programme through surveys and interviews, data collection, and analysis, report writing and presentation of recommendations.
• Assist the UN CARES programme with administrative support for major events such as the annual UN Run and Children’s HIV training.
• Can use the activities and experiences contemplated in this role to learn, to be engaged and involved, and to gain the core skills as per the learning objectives of the sponsoring college / institution.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications for the Health & Wellness Internship

• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
• Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
• Be computer literate in standard software applications.
• Applicants are not required to have professional work experience for participation in the programme.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another UN Language is desirable.

How to Apply

Apply here for the Health & Wellness Internships