Duties and Responsibilities

The UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) supports member states to respond to maritime crime challenges. As part of this work, the GMCP provides technical assistance to member states to ensure that their laws and cooperation agreements are well suited to enable effective on-water interdictions, investigations, and prosecutions. The programme continues to support the criminal justice systems of states in the Horn of Africa, Indian Ocean region and West Africa prosecuting suspected maritime crime offenders arrested by their own law enforcement authorities or transferred from the authorities of other states. This aligns with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and customary international law allowing every state to arrest and prosecute pirates on the high seas and prosecute them.   UNODC GMCP supports maritime law enforcement authorities to ensure that they have the basic capability to patrol their territorial waters and provide the services expected of a functional coastguard. GMCP intervention includes the provision and maintenance of equipment, training of staff and communication and coordination between the regional entities in the areas of maritime law enforcements, domain awareness and justice.   This vacancy announcement is for an internship position starting in March 2025 for a period of four months and is designed to be flexible (in-person or hybrid full time) (40 hours) but can be adjusted based on request by the successful candidate.  This internship is located in UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) Madagascar office. The Intern reports to the Associate Programme Officer.  The internship is UNPAID, and interns work five days per week   The intern will support the team in the organization and support of capacity building events for law enforcement and judicial officers in the Indian Ocean West Region

Tasks will include: 

• Assist with planning of project implementation in the Indian Ocean Region
• Assist with the drafting of website articles and social media posts
• Assist with attending meetings and taking notes
• Provide support in M&E and internal and external reporting.
• Performing other tasks as necessary

Qualifications/special skills

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:

• Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher)
• be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
• Be computer literate in standard software applications
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work. experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
• Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme.