Exciting UNFCCC Internship Opportunity: Apply Now for the Records Management Internship remotely or in-person in Bonn!
Closing Date: 15 April 2026
Exciting UNFCCC Internship Opportunity: Apply Now for the Records Management internship remotely or in-person in Bonn!
Background
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the political process to address Climate Change. The UNFCCC secretariat supports the Convention, its Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement through a range of activities, including substantive and organizational support to meetings of the Parties and the implementation of commitments. It is a dynamic organization working in a politically challenging environment to help resolve one of the defining issues of our time.
The Operations Coordination in the Operations Department is to ensure the strategic focus, effective coordination and operational improvement of the Operations department by collaborating with Programmes Coordination and Executive in taking and reviewing decisions on the strategic direction
and priorities of the secretariat and the corresponding allocation of resources.
It is to ensure that all divisions of the department contribute to the secretariat’s aspiration to remain a strategically agile and effective organization, fostering the organization wide culture and values of innovation, agility and flexibility for the achievement of its goals and mandates, and taking a coherent secretariat-wide approach to resource mobilization and partnerships through coordination, policy support, processes, capacity-building and development of the required intelligence, tools, resources and services.
Objectives of the Internship
Under the direct supervision of the Records Management Officer, this assignment is designed to provide the Records Management Intern with an opportunity to gain experience in a wide range of records management and archival activities, through the following tasks:
- Support the implementation of digital preservation system
- Support the implementation of archives management system and on-line archives access platform
- Support the QA of Web archiving project
- Support the data migration project
- Catalogue, index, describe, digitize, and organize information resources
In addition, upon completion of the UNFCCC internship, the Records Management Intern will have been able to contribute to a variety of key records management and archival projects within the organization. These may include supporting metadata tagging, digitization, and digital preservation efforts; assisting in the organization and labelling, cataloguing and preservation of physical records; and helping to prepare legacy records for data migration.
The intern may also support activities related to improving access to archival content and ensuring the consistency of information across systems. All tasks will be carried out under the supervision of the Records Management Officer, providing the intern with valuable hands-on experience in professional records and archives management practices.
Timeframe
The internship is for a period of four to six months. The exact dates will be determined based on the availability of the selected candidate, the organizational needs and for on-site assignments, the time
approved in the internship permit. The assignment could be extended up to a maximum of six months. The selected intern will be expected to perform the assignment onsite at the UNFCCC premises in Bonn, Germany / remote complying with the IT requirements.
For assignments on site: The selected candidate might require a permit to perform the internship in Bonn. This could limit the time on-site to a maximum of 3 months in some cases and could entail carrying out part of the internship remotely. Thus, any selected candidate shall take this in consideration when applying. Also, they are expected to comply with the IT requirements.
Minimum requirements
Applicants must, at the time of application and for the entire duration of the internship, meet one of the following requirements: 1) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher, such as a PhD) at a recognized university; or 2) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent) at a recognized university.
Other Requirements:
- University studies shall be in the field of Archives, Records, or Information Management Studies, or in the areas of library, history, business administration or in computer science or in the field of climate change and sustainable development or related.
- Working knowledge of English (oral and written)is required
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