UNDP Rome Centre Digital Media Internship

The UN Development Programme's Rome Centre for Climate Action and Energy Transition, which runs Youth4Climate, works on clean energy and climate finance and serves as UNDP's office in Italy, is taking on a six-month intern for its communications team. Working full time in the Rome office, the intern writes web stories, social posts and newsletters, helps run the Centre's LinkedIn, Instagram and X accounts, covers events and publishes pages on undp.org. UNDP pays interns a monthly stipend towards daily costs such as meals and local transport, but travel, visa, accommodation and medical insurance are the intern's responsibility.

What you get:

• A monthly stipend from UNDP to help cover basic daily costs in Rome, such as meals and local transport. The vacancy does not state the amount; if a university, government or scholarship already funds you, UNDP pays the difference up to its own rate
• Six months of full-time, office-based work on the communications team of UNDP's Rome Centre for Climate Action and Energy Transition
• Hands-on experience across content writing, social media management and analytics, event coverage and publishing on undp.org
• Leave of 1.5 days for each month of the internship

What you'll do:

• Draft and edit web stories, social media posts and newsletters, and help prepare key messages, event blurbs and visual content
• Support day-to-day management of the Rome Centre's LinkedIn, Instagram, X and other channels: scheduling, drafting, posting and monitoring analytics and engagement
• Track which formats perform best on each platform, adapt content to each platform's native formats and feed the results back into planning
• Prepare communications packages for events, help with live coverage by gathering photos, quotes and key takeaways, and turn event material into social and web content afterwards
• Draft, format and publish content on undp.org using its CMS, build basic campaign and event pages, and upload and tag media with alt text and captions
• Keep the Centre's library of photos, videos and graphics organised, support multilingual adaptation of content, and contribute desk research and ideas for campaigns

Key dates:

• Vacancy posted 9 September 2026
• Applications close 16 September 2026 at 23:59 New York time, which is 05:59 on 17 September in Rome
• The internship lasts six months, full time; applicants must state their availability period

More information:

• Apply through UNDP's online recruitment system using the Apply Now button on the vacancy, and attach a portfolio of relevant work
• UNDP's job page lists this role as Digital Media Intern / Rome Centre for Climate and Energy: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_jobs.cfm
• UNDP's internship programme overview: https://www.undp.org/careers/people-programmes
• UNDP careers FAQ, with answers on internship stipends, visas and insurance: https://www.undp.org/careers/frequently-asked-questions
• The United Nations charges no application, processing, training, interviewing or testing fee at any stage

• At the time of application you must meet one of these four education conditions:
• Enrolled in a postgraduate degree (a master's or higher) in communications, media studies, graphic design, marketing or a related field
• Enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree (bachelor's or equivalent) in a related field
• Recently graduated with one of those degrees and, if selected, able to start the internship within one year of graduating
• Enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship programme and undertaking the internship as part of it
• A portfolio of relevant work is mandatory: applications without one will not be considered
• A strong, current sense of how content works on LinkedIn, Instagram, X and short-form video, and comfort with social media tools, content management systems, scheduling platforms and basic analytics dashboards
• Experience with Canva, CapCut, Adobe Creative Suite or other design tools, and knowledge of the UN system, are assets
• Interest in climate action, energy transition and sustainable development
• Excellent written and spoken English; working knowledge of Italian or another UN language is an asset
• Office based in Rome, full time, for six months
• No nationality restriction is stated; the vacancy sets insurance rules for applicants who are neither Italian nationals nor residents of Italy
• Travel, visas, passports, accommodation, living expenses and medical insurance are the intern's responsibility (or a sponsoring institution's); insurance for non-residents must cover medical evacuation to the home country and repatriation
• If selected: a university letter confirming enrolment and graduation date, a professor's recommendation letter, your latest transcript, a passport copy, a medical certificate of good health and proof of medical insurance
• No age limit is stated