[Jobs] Internship possibilities at UNECE Population Unit (fwd)

[Liz Ozselcuk]

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Liz Ozselcuk, Manager
elto at demog.berkeley.edu
Department of Demography
Graduate Group in Sociology and Demography
2232 Piedmont Avenue
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA  94720
(510) 642-4529
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:40:53 +0100
From: Fiona Willis-Nunez <Fiona.Willis-Nunez at unece.org>
To: undisclosed-recipients:  ;
Subject: Internship possibilities at UNECE Population Unit

Dear Colleagues

I would like to ask for your assistance in circulating this message widely
amongst your networks of students of demography, sociology and related
subjects.  Many thanks for your help.

The Population Unit of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE) is looking for qualified interns for 2011.  Internships are for a
minimum of two months, maximum of six months, and are for current graduate
students.  They are non-remunerated.  Information on the work of the
Population Unit can be found here: http://www.unece.org/pau/Welcome.html
and details of the internship application process here:
http://www.unece.org/pau/internship.htm (students interested in applying
should also read the general UNECE internship application page,
http://www.unece.org/oes/internships/internship_prog.htm).

At present the Population Unit is working primarily on topics related to
ageing: producing a series of Policy Briefs on ageing; assisting countries
of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia with designing policies
for mainstreaming ageing; servicing the Intergovernmental Working Group on
Ageing; and coordinating regional implementation and follow-up to the
Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing.  We are also closely
involved with the Generations and Gender Programme, http://www.ggp-i.org/,
for which we administer data access.

Applicants should have an excellent level of written and spoken English.
(Knowledge of French and/or Russian would be an advantage).  We would
welcome applications from students with good knowledge of population
issues, especially those relating to ageing and older persons;
understanding of international organizations and policymaking; and
excellent research skills (locating, organizing, evaluating and
summarizing material).  Students with knowledge of simple qualitative
database design would be particularly useful to us at present.

Please feel free to contact me or my colleague Stefanie Bluth
(Stefanie.Bluth at unece.org) with any questions.

With best wishes,

Fiona

Fiona Willis-Núñez
Population Unit
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva
Tel: +41(0) 22 917 1257
email: Fiona.Willis-Nunez at unece.org